eight I am safely in sn topic so can i say that they should think themselves lucky

[2shoeswhoismshadowsnumber1fan]

that their dc's can call them anything.
I would be over that moon if dd could call me something. to see people moaning about being called mum is just shit.........rant over.

No doubt, 2shoes!

DD1 has dyspraxia. I'm so thankful whenever she says anything clearly.

Why do they moan about being called mum? DD can't talk at all and its unlikely she ever will. I'd give all for her to call me anything!

Well said! Apparently I am referred to as Mum by DD3 in my absence. But I doubt this, she's never said OWT at all to my face

yes you're entitled to say what you want of course (and I'll fight to the death anyone who says otherwise

but that doesn't negate other people's issues with their own children even if they're NT .. but then again I don't know what thread you're referring to so maybe they are just all assholes

Totally agree Twiglet

I moan about Grace (NT) , But I can't be grateful she can tell lies coz her twin Ellie can't (SN)

Thats not a good one to try to explain, but you know what I mean

Its so hard isnt it. I get mad hearing other people moan about lack of sleep coz of their 4 month old, or their 10 month old isnt sitting up, or my child calls me Angela instead of Mummy!!

But they are their concerns and I suppose to them they are big concerns, of course they haven't got a clue what its like to have big concerns over their child, but why should they?

As long as its only people on the internet, I can sort of cope better with it, I get annoyed if close friends moan about certain things...now they should know better lol lol

Im waffling and not making any sense at all

sorry!!

you put it much better than me Twiglet lol lol and so much chorter!!!

it was a chatty thread about the word Mum and peoplewere posting what they prefered to be called. so the thread was harmless. it was just one of those things that just make you sad.
Thank goodness for ds we have just been talking about all the brilliant things dd does.(she can't say dad but she can say his name)so he has cheered me up

Hi
the one I find really difficult is when parents tell a child in a buggy to be quiet when they are trying to talk. A woman in a cafe the other day was ignoring her two- ish daughter who then turned and started talking/babbling at me. The mum apologised and rolled her eyes and said "god she just will not be quiet for a minute". It wasn't even in that faux-annoyed but actually really proud way that some parents have but just really bored by her daughters burgeoning speech. Really sad...

I'd feel sorry for the mother in that case pagwatch ... she's patently not coping very well is she?

there's always more dimensions than the ones you see

Twiglett
yes your so right.
I didn't react to her other than to chat to her daughter and say how sweet and charming she was and that i didn't mind her talking at all. Having had all the "can't you see that child needs a good smack" stuff I'd never lecture or judge. I just thought that whatever the reason it was sad that her dusghters attempts were being rebuffed when we all had to work so hard and so long to help my boy sqeeze a few frustrated sounds out.

Big cheer for your ds! Signed his fanclub.

yeah it's tricky if its on mumsnet isn't it because you can't help seeing it. Sometimes takes huge effort to not type 'get a grip' on a thread. I usually ring my friend (with a child with SN) and moan about the ridiculousness of such threads- gets it out of the system without upsetting the erson concerned. If someone carries on and on and on about something ridiculously petty in real life (my aunt is the best at this) then I feel quite justified in getting cross and thinking they should know better. Wrong audience etc.
Now if we had a password protected area .....

I sometimes moan about ds2 and ds3 not shutting up all day and it driving me crazy btw- but am then met with a chorus from my friend/my mum of "well you'd be moaning if he wasn't...." so if they tell me to get a grip then I suppose.......

I spent some minutes then wondering why you used a emoticon

must be hungry

as you know dd has got "speech" as such but she can say mum well her version cos she just did

meant has not got

Lol, I obviously meant shorter not chorter!!!!

It annoys me too. My ds1 cannot talk, but my dd makes up for him . I actually prefer talking to the kids anyway, much more than their mothers. Kids are so much more interesting don't you think and never talk about the boring weather!!!

My two, in the car on the way to school, with in one ear;
ds1 (7nt) rambling about his science lesson without taking a breath or even wanting acknowledgment or an answer.
In the other ear;
ds2 (4sn) rambling about something that would never make sense to anyone else, just lots of seemingly random words strung together.
Most days I realise what a lovely sound this is, but just occasionally a moments peace would be welcome!

Aww 2shoes....has today been a bad one?

Tis VVVQV btw.....