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Do you know, I am such a fantastic parent that I have been reading to my children since before they were concieved...

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Fillyjonk · 20/11/2008 09:17

Just wanted to share that really

For this I took silver at the All-Internet Parenting Olympiad last year.

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BrokenliSpears · 20/11/2008 09:21

You should write a book so we could all slavishly strive to follow your brilliant example.

TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:22

oh dear you have just broken the golden rule of mumsnet

francagoestohollywood · 20/11/2008 09:23

Gosh yes, I've been reading to my ovaries since I was 6.

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TeenyTinyTorya · 20/11/2008 09:23

Oh fgs! Saying that you read to your kids doesn't make you some sort of saint you know, lol!

TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:23

actually my mother read to my ovaries when i was in the womb.

wingandprayer · 20/11/2008 09:25

Who took bronze? Was it some lazy slattern who only read to her children after they were born?

chequersandchess · 20/11/2008 09:26

Part-timer - my grandmother read to my mother's ovaries.

TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:27

chequers&c i consider that just pushy, you have probably suffered terrible emotional damage (as manifested by your need to boast on here)

Fillyjonk · 20/11/2008 09:29

Its funny you should say that broccoli as I HAVE been thinking of writing a book

It will be all about what a fantastic parent I am and how if you do it exactly my way then you will have children exactly like mine, and of course you will all want that as my children are perfect.

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francagoestohollywood · 20/11/2008 09:29

I wonder whether our partners had the decency to read to their sperm since an early age. Lazy bastards!

ShowOfHands · 20/11/2008 09:30

My husband used to recite Shakespeare as I ovulated and the grandparents-to-be used to cook old comforting recipes and waft the scent in my general direction while I tried to conceive. I get a special mention for Recognising The Importance Of The Whole Parenting Team and Its Effect Upon The Outcome Of Smugness Toddler Intelligence.

NB: DD's been in the kitchen for about 20 minutes unsupervised while I MN

Fillyjonk · 20/11/2008 09:32

re the sperm, yes you know, it ALWAYS comes down to the mothers, doesn't it?

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TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:33

my parents did riverdance while ils recited rabbie burns and drank copious amounts of whisky and special brew while we conceived to reinforce dd's complex cultural heritage.
[trophy sponsored by the european cultural heritage committee for retaining pointless made up cultural rituals]

spinspinsugar · 20/11/2008 09:34

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TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:35

actually it should be in 'talking out your arse' but that doesn't exist yet.

francagoestohollywood · 20/11/2008 09:37

I disagree Filly, I'm pretty sure that my children would have a higher IQ if they came from more literate sperms

Fillyjonk · 20/11/2008 09:37

mine are bopping to abba developing an auditory-kinaethetic interpretation of a swedish modern classic

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hullygully · 20/11/2008 09:38

I taught mine to read and write before my grandmother was born.

Fillyjonk · 20/11/2008 09:38

what do you mean, spin?

We are having a serious discussion here

Did YOU not read to your ovaries?

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bella29 · 20/11/2008 09:38

I composed classical music whilst in my highchair. My husband disproved Einstein's theory of relativity before he could walk.

I am glad to see this has rubbed off on my beautiful and extremely gifted dc.

Their favourite part in a cartoon they watched yesterday was where a character got up from the toilet and ran off, toilet seat still attached to his derriere. They were still laughing at breakfast.

So educational

Miggsie · 20/11/2008 09:41

Hell, DH was composing sonnets to his sperm years before we decided to concieve.
I meditated every hour and feng shui-ed my uterus and read to my ovaries daily.
All classics, obviously, in the original greek.

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TheGoat · 20/11/2008 09:42

yes dd has a v. fine tuned appreciation for the british cultural heritage of 'le humoure de toilette' and can often be heard chatting poo bum! poo bum!, in a post modern ironic way.

Quattrocento · 20/11/2008 09:43

Bit of irritation at this thread - the book reading thread was harmless and not show-offy at all

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