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Funny things - good and bad - you'd only know about if you're a parent: share with Arla Big Milk for a chance to win a £300 Love2Shop voucher - NOW CLOSED!

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AngelieMumsnet · 01/02/2016 15:11

Parenting is a joyful, but occasionally exasperating experience, with pride and happiness frequently intermingled with tears, tantrums and toddler meltdowns.

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OP posts:
Ikea1234 · 08/02/2016 14:24

One day I had tried to instill in my son (who was about 4) that if you couldn't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

A couple of days later we were on the train, and my son pipes up with 'Isn't that ugly man over there wearing nice shoes...'

Good grief....

nolene15 · 08/02/2016 14:26

Children say what they see (mine do anyway) At a dr's surgery waiting on our name to be called a locum Asian dr appeared and called my son's name my son in turn stood up and said look mum it's Jackie chan I think everyone left the surgery a little bit happier that day the dr even seen the funny side..
I asked my lo "are you tired yet? he said nope then yawned he looked at me and said that wasnt me that was just my breath talking"

bettythebuilder · 08/02/2016 14:41

Dd went through a phase of loudly commentating on everything when we were using public toilets, she once memorably yelled "ooh Mummy you have such a biiiig bottom" and I could hear laughter from the loo next to us. Had to wait till the coast was clear before going out to wash our hands, I was mortified!

carolacr · 08/02/2016 14:48

At a charity day the Lord Mayor made a speech to thank everyone for coming and raising xxxx amount of money, when my granddaughter aged 2 at the time shouted, "I'm boreddddddddd i want to go home" She drowned out his speech, still laugh about it now and shes 16.

RichardHead · 08/02/2016 15:17

That talking about death can be funny! My 4 year old son seemed to have got most of his understanding about death from watching some nature documentaries, so when I was telling him about my dad (who died a few years ago), he wanted to know who ate him Confused

Maybe we should stick to Andy's Wild Adventures..

windowmouse · 08/02/2016 15:57

My toddler ask my mum why she had a spare room, was the other one broken?!

We all laughed a lot!

beckyinman · 08/02/2016 16:00

Having an accident on a towel during changing a nappy in the early stages of weaning, then having to rinse the towel in the sink and pick out the whole broccoli stalks from the plughole and put them in the bin

jandoc · 08/02/2016 16:04

I've learned not to question their bad behaviour too much when they are just looking for a fight

israrbaig · 08/02/2016 16:40

When I ask my 5 year old to clean the crumps off the table, his action is just to throw it on the floor.

Crumbles go in the BIN not the floor

sarah861421 · 08/02/2016 17:22

my daughter threw up al over herself, me, and the floor just as we walked into Tesco. Unfortunately I had no spare money to buy clean clothes, and no time to go home and shop another day. Sooo, I gritted my teeth and continued with my shop, despite the strange looks from so so so many people. The tesco staff were great btw

becky004 · 08/02/2016 17:23

When DS was about 3, I refused to buy him sweets when in the local shop. We had no tantrum, instead he turned to a passing stranger with hands on hips and said "can I come and live in your house as my mum is horrible to me". We were all giggling.

PosieReturningParker · 08/02/2016 17:38

My Dsis has very proper in-laws.

DS2 and I were chatting to them, he was about 2 at the time. We were discussing DHs weight loss. Dsis MIL asked how he was doing it...

I replied "DS2 Tell Jane what Daddy does every morning as soon as he gets up"

expecting he does the Davina DVD Mummy
"He always does really really huge blow offs"

GrinGrinGrin

Mumnted · 08/02/2016 17:48

Asking my 3 year old to flush the toilet is impossible.

I'm always wrong and he's always right lol

When it comes to brushing teeth I get told he hasn't eaten so he doesn't need to brush them lol

Overall children are funny characters Smile

christinelucey · 08/02/2016 18:20

Ive learned to put the tv remote away and not leave it where my granddaughter can find it otherwise it will end up in the washing machine

Lauzipop1 · 08/02/2016 18:29

2 year old decided during a particularly hot July day that seeing as she had cooled down in the paddling pool so should the iPad. We didn't even realise it was in there until a day later and I was outside and saw it at the bottom completed wrecked. Her defence was that the iPad was too warm.

hannonle · 08/02/2016 19:00

2 year old has opened a draw and is looking inside...
Me: Don't look in my draws [name]
Her: I not!
Me: unconvinced

She does that sort of thing all the time. Also she has taken to copying her older brother with a huffy-cross-arms-foot-stamp-fake-grumpy-thing when she doesn't get her own way, which is both hilarious and cute. Almost as cute as when she calls a tissue an 'achoo'.

Bongo53 · 08/02/2016 20:08

Our wee one peed on a junior doctor :)

wobblywindows · 08/02/2016 20:19

That'll be the time my naked 16 month old put her finger down the bath plughole while I turned away to get the towel. Her finger got stuck, she started crying and when it wouldn't come free I panicked. I can't believe I phoned the fire brigade :o but the newspaper reporter popped round the next day too, so I have the photo.

wobblywindows · 08/02/2016 20:21

^^ was meant to be Shock Blush not :o

vcoxee · 08/02/2016 20:37

My daughter likes gadgets just like her dad ... however he doesn't put digestive biscuits in the game console to see if they play a game ... She was very fascinated by CDs, DVDs when she was a toddler and any round shape item could end up being stuck in the console... oh dear, daddy wasn't happy!

compy99 · 08/02/2016 20:45

I habe learned that when you detect an odd smell, make sure you track it down immediately. We had a very strange smell in our bedroom, we couldn't decide what the smell was and we couldn't find where it was coming from. This mystery went on for days and the smell got worse. I took the bedroom apart to no avail, the only place left was a bedside cabinet that was locked and the key was missing, it had always been empty, but in the end it was the only place left to check. I had to get a screwdriver and force the hinges off the cabinet to open it, the smell knocked me backwards, inside was a bowl of water, mud, sprouts, paper and some unidentified leaves and twigs. It turned out our Daughter had made a "creation" months before and put it in the bedside cabinet as a surprise for us but had forgotten all about it!

Anderson8 · 08/02/2016 20:49

Their very loud thoughts on members of public when out and about!

mave · 08/02/2016 20:49

I have learnt by 3 children seem to be well on their way to despotism. Thankfully, for humanity's sake , most of them grow of it. Mrs Mao & Mrs Stalin's kids notwithstanding

buckley1983 · 08/02/2016 20:50

My son is 3 now, & we have some great conversations.. my recent favourite went as follows.
DS - 'Owls are birds'
Me - 'Yes owls are birds. Peacocks on birds. Pheasants are birds too'
DS - 'What's a pheasant?'
Me - 'We see pheasants on the road sometimes'
DS - 'Why are they on the road?'
Me - 'They walk around on the roads & the cars sometimes hit them'
DS - 'Do peacocks walk on the roads?'
Me - 'No, they do walk around - but not on the roads'
Silence for a moment while he mulls this over.
DS - 'Peacocks walk on the pavement' (said with a knowing nodding of the head)
Love it x

mumpetuk1 · 08/02/2016 21:07

A tub of vaseline in the hair before their school photos is still not funny!