I need to know about moments when you have shouted at your children and the whole room has stopped and stared to make myself feel better!

[Octo]

Yesterday at softplay - very busy - 3 ds in tow

ds1 off playing
ds2 (will get back to him)
ds3 feeding

ds2 finds an unmanned icecream dispenser and starts pulling the lever so the ice cream comes out (think horrid henry) - quietly shout at him across room to stop several times, then at 4th time, put feeding ds3 down, stood up/walked towards him and YELLED at him to stop immediately. The whole room stopped

Shrunk into corner and gave ds2 a firm telling off. To which he said 'but its free ice-cream'

Happens all the time, I've halted traffic before!! And I am a good mummy-even my ex mil says so (apparently to other people!)-and she does not give compliments!!

I did that in Waitrose (where better!) the other week. DD(4) was being a pain in the butt and had been all through the shopping trip, and I ended up shouting in the queue that if she didn't pack in the sodding mithering I was going to phone Childline.

I got stared at by everybody.

[bad mother with purple hair]

Do you think I should have left him to it?

Have you ever considered leaving your children in inappropriate places when you are reduced to this state?

I once screamed at all three of mine (including their dad) in the middle of York after having them all whinge and complain about absolutely everything that we had done that day... just at the point where the brass band playing in the street stopped for a break. The entire city centre seemed to come to a standstill and everyone turned to stare at the mad woman. I bowed, smiled at the people, said thank you and walked off!!
Never been to York since

Just a thought obvisouly

I have to say the place was completely unmanned (Brewsters) and was considering giving him a cup and spoon!

Thanks for your replies - glad am not alone!

Yes.

Frequently.

In fact I have threatened to - cue DD shrieking to the whole of wherever we are that "mummys are supposed to be kind to their children"

LOL stripeymama!

oh god........................TONS of times!

and to go with comments like stripymamma....

DD1 once told me that I was mean (over saying no to sweets IIRC), and I told her, rather louder than intended, that I was a mummy and being mean was a perk of the job!!!

stared at AND tutted at I was.

still mean it tho......being mean is sometimes the only perk

Oh yes I am, according to DD, the meanest mummy ever (fancy not buying every packet of sweets/baby dolly/blardy barbie magazine we see)

I told her once that I sit up at night thinking of new ways to be mean

PMSL stripy

I have to get my kicks somehow you know

Having had a 'shouty' day yesterday this thread has made me feel so much better.

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Just got back from the Sainsbury shopping trip from hell with all 3 dc so this has cheered me up greatly

My shrieking wasn't at banshee level though- I'm saving myself for next week-last week of hols!!!!!!

Other day, I was about 10 feet from nursery door, other mother opened it and my dd shot out. Screamed her name and ran after her (not a mean feat considering I'm pregnant and enormous). Whole nursery, full of parents and children stood in amazement. Think me scream may have been a bit loud.

Oh Joash - that was you in my home town

Did the same with my dd age 12 in the Cineworld complex in Cheltenham 2 weeks ago.

On the way to the cinema with dd after a couple of hours of her shrugging, huffer-puffing and general girly bad mood strop.

WILL you take that LOOK off your face NOW or we will go STRAIGHT BACK HOME (an empty threat really as I really wanted to see Golden Compass)

Cineworld complex has bizarre acoustics so my rant echoed all around, cue (what I imagine as hundreds of) christmas shoppers looking and staring.

Thankfully after the mortification both dd and i got the giggles. But bloody hell I sounded like a ranting old fishwife.

Al you mums of little kids who imagine that public shouting matches will somehow cease once children get to a reasonable age please be informed otherwise!!

Reading this made me feel so much better!!

DS1 and 2 in the double buggy in M&S DS2 had a firm grip on a thomas tank bedroom bin. Gently prised his little hands off it and put it back, he threw the mother of all tantrums screaming "mummy no" over and over.

Didnt think id said it so loud but i must of the whole place came to a stand still as i shout

"its a bloody bin and if you dont stop squealing im going to take you out and put you in it and leave you here for the bin men"

cue lots of old ladies tutting and staring!!

ah you're all evilmummies after my own heart.

DS1 who is - as we speak - being a complete git, suffering from Xmas school holidays that are a whole, oh, 2.5 weeks to farking long, actually packed a bag day before yesterday. (Bless him, he put in it: 1 nintendo DS, 1 painting by numbers book, 1 set of paints (NO brush...)). NO pyjamas, food supplies, bus fare: only the essentials.

He shouted as he slammed the front door: I wish I had a different mum. I shouted back: so do I...

A very good friend of mine was getting the usual tutting and staring treatment in the supermarket when her 6 year old daughter was rolling on the floor in horror at being refused Turkey Twizzlers or somesuch. Some old dear apparently came over and said: 'do you really think you should be holding her down like that love?'. To which my mate replied 'oh sorry dear, see, she's autistic and its the only way we can get her to calm down.' Old dear promptly went bright red and apologised profusely. She wasn't/isn't of course...

In Tescos earlier this evening.
In the squash aisle, DS1 is going nuts chucking stuff in the trolley.
I get down on one knee and hold him by the shoulders and say, firmly, and rather loudly:
'If you do not STOP chucking stuff in the trolley and being silly, you will have to sit back in the trolley.
Do you want to sit in the trolley? 'No Mammy'
Are you going to be a good boy then and walk nicely? 'Yeh Mammy'
Okay then.

Offhe runs, screeching like a banshee.

Everyone in the vicinity was staring agog.
My authorative tone worked on all bystanders, though not DS1 and DS2 was sat in the trolley laughing.

Me in the park today having taken DS3 away from the playground and back to the field because we had gone to the park to play football with his mates (at his request), and were then ignoring said mates.

DS3 started walking back towards the playground. I said "DS3, do not go back there again please". He said "Watch me, sucker", and continued walking. I should point out that he is 5, FGS. I did some serious shouting and the entire park fell silent.