What is the most tedious parenting job?

[Posey]

The one thing that makes me feel "oh I wish dh was here for this" is teeth cleaning. Don't know why, just find it a really tedious chore.
What about you?

reading bedtime stories to my shame!

Emptying the potty

Buying school shoes before the autumn term. Hate it, hate it, hate it.

Bath time.In particular getting DS3 (almost 3 out of the bath)

nappy changing time, ds2 is 10 months and its like trying to change a worm

Agree with the bedtime stories,especially when they want the same one over and over.
I also hate mealtimes,when you spend time cooking a lovely meal,that they would eat no probs last week,but this week they change their mind and decide they no longer like, fish/cheese/sausages/tomatoes/or any or all of them.

On hands and knees with adamprag under the table after every fecking meal.

Pushing a stroller and getting it in/out of the car and house.

I willburn mine ceremoniously when done with the bastard.

lol

Cleaning the loo seat after ds.
flushing the chain after ds
picking up ds dirty clothes from yet another accident
I hate hate hate meal times
clearing the garden of toys at the end of the day

Being a bit slow tonight. Took me ages to decipher adamprag

Oh and bottle & teat washing arghhhhh!

Making packed lunches for school, without a doubt. There's the sheer tedium of standing making sandwiches, the sinking feeling when you realise you have to go to Tesco at 10pm and get bread, and the daily challenge to create interesting fillings. The best thing about the school holidays is feeling justified in BUYING sandwiches for picnics.

I'll second adamprag

Especially whilst pregnant.

Washing the kitchen fllor under the highchair.

The constant hanging out of and putting away of small white vest after teeny tiny socks etc.

Generally removing DD2 from potentially dangerous situations, like the fireplace, and the cat food bowl or from underneath DD1!

Laundering. Especially tiny odd socks.

Pooey nappies. Definitely. And picking raisins out of car seat. Floor under highchair has to be pretty high on the list here too! And picking up trail of clothes as dh peels them off ds on the way to his bath (I know I am lucky that he undresses and baths our high speed toddler but bobbing up and down to retrieve every clothing item to finish with a heap of used nappy is on my AGH list).

Anything to do with meal times. Deciding what to give them, buying the food, cooking it, chopping it up, making sure its cooled down enough, trying to get them to eat it, wiping hands and faces (and other assorted body parts) after they've finished, cleaning up the high chair (I only do this once a day now- who cares if he eats day old toast its good for teething), loading the dishwasher, washing up bits that don't fit in, collecting food and cups and spoons from the floor, unloading the dishwasher...... ARGHHH and it goes on and on and on three times a day for ever and ever.....

washing, breaking up arguements, washing, cleaning the permanent puddle of pee ( ooh, I love a bit of illiteration on a Friday night)from around the loo, washing, cooking, washing, washing, washing aargh! Phew, that feels good!

playdates
parent evenings
Themeparks

Playing games, Messy play and playdates for me.

At this precise moment in time, the whole F*cking lot of it.

The one thing that drives me mad about being a parent? My boys selective hearing if what I'm saying to them doesn't involve the words "sweetie" or "biscuit", and having to shout loud enough for Outer Mongolia to hear me before the kids even respond to me, let alone do what they've been asked! Oh yes, and I hate cleaning floors - I've told my sons that its so much fun to do that they often fight over the chance to use the dustpan and brush or the mop.....its got to be fun, mummy does it every single day......

Asking dd to put her pj's on for the 53rd time. Arghhh!