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It’s no secret that children of all ages - from babies to teenagers - can do and say some hilarious things, (whether they mean to or not!) But sometimes it’s parents that have their own hilarious moments and it may be children’s reactions that make it even more humorous. With that in mind Arla Big Milk want to know some of your funniest parenting moments!

Have you ever had to quickly cover for your child’s unfiltered comments whilst out in public? Perhaps you’ve turned your back for one minute at dinner time and come back to find your child has decided to put the food over their head rather than in their mouth? Or maybe you’ve had to tell them off for something that is in fact hilarious and you just can’t keep a straight face?

Whatever your funny parenting moments, share on the below thread to be entered into a prize draw, where one lucky MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

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My parenting fail is laughing when I'm trying to tell my kids off, but when you come in the room to find your toddler covered in tomato sauce because their brother decided to help by giving them the whole bottle it's hard not to laugh! Once that giggle escapes my lips I'm done for because they always say "it's okay and its funny isn't it mummy because you're laughing"

DD went through a phase of spotting people who "looked like" relatives. Usually this was based on hair colour, weight, glasses, clothing colours, etc but significantly NOT gender. So she'd sometimes shout out loudly "LOOK, LOOK, THAT'S GRANDAD" at passing women.

Waiting for a GP apt in a crowded reception and my 3 year old dd decided to use the kiddies play corner to have a tea party and duly proceeded to politely ask each and every patient if they would like a cup of tea. Everyone found this very enchanting and lots of nods and smiles coming my way. Finally dd gets to me and asks, ‘Glass of wine, mummy?’. Mortified and the place erupted into laughter! Out of the mouth of babes! 😂

My son who was about 6 at the time fell down the stairs from top to bottom wearing a pair of oversized science goggles. He landed in a heap on the floor. I ran in total panic for him to just stand up as if nothing had happened and carry on his conversation as if it was the most normal entry to a room ever. Still makes me giggle

My DS2 was born with developmental delays, and like a previous poster, had problems with 's' words and used to say 'dauthage' 'dandwich' 'dockth' etc. One day in Waitrose, he yelled 'I feel dick' and in the midst of some extremely snotty looks, then proceeded to vomit over the floor. In time, his speech therapy appointment came through, and I patiently explained to the therapist all the things he could say and he couldn't say. She turned to him, and said 'R. Say sausage.' He looked at her and said 'Sausage'. With a huge smile. Did the same for every 's' word she threw at him. I was mortified. OH and I were silent in the car all the way home, shaking our heads. And then a few weeks later, he told his extremely stuck up physiotherapist, completely randomly and out of the blue 'Do you know my Mummy? She does massive farts.' OH found it funny until he added 'And Daddy does too, but not as big as Mummy's.'

After changing my son, and putting him in his bouncy chair I was putting all the things away, when I turned around my oldest son (2 years old) had covered his brother with talc powder, all I could see were two little eyes. I did not find it funny at the time but I do give a smile now

My dd was 3 and talking about my good friend who uses a wheelchair who was in the car with us. My ds had just started walking.

DD said "mummy when your friend was a baby she could walk couldn't she?"

Friend said "no i couldn't walk even when i was a baby"

Cue big gasp from the back seat "but how did your mummy get the wheelchair out of her front bottom?"

I thought my friend was going to choke laughing and I had to pull over because I couldn't see through the tears to drive.

When I got home I asked DH if he had explained where babies come from. He went red and said that dd had asked him and he panicked and told her the truth

When my little boy was one years old he suddenly grabbed his bum and went 'oooh my arse', and then carried on playing as if nothing had happened. So random but so funny!

Mine always thought of a question to ask about where babies come from, just as we were getting served at the checkout in a crowded supermarket!

I was out shopping with my daughter aged 3 and we were next to a lady very blessed in the chest department wearing a low cut top and my daughter exclaimed at the top of her voice ‘why has that lady got a bum crack on her chest’? Cringe 😂

DD was about two and a half and looking like the perfect little girl in her pushchair - pink summer dress, white sunhat with pink ribbon round it. We were heading to the supermarket which was quite a distance away and we approached three teenage boys sitting on a wall waiting for a bus. As we drew level DD raised her hand in a royal style wave and said, "Hi guys". The boys almost fell off the wall they laughed so much and I have no idea where she got the phrase from.

we was on holiday in scotland and my son asked the lady in the shop if this is where scottish eggs were made....he meant scotch eggs!

So last week I was trying to occupy my 3 year old son with a flash card app on my phone and we come across the word peanuts, but when saying it sounded more like the part of a males private area! Bearing this in mind we were sat in the doctors waiting area, just a few head turns.

DH is always telling me off for swearing accidentally in front of DD. I dropped a bottle of sauce on the floor and said “shit!”
Dd said “don’t say shit!”
I replied “I know, I’m very sorry. I shouldn’t say that word and nor should you, I won’t do it again”
Dd said in severe tones, “yes don’t day it, that’s Daddy’s word!”
DH was sat at the table and bright red!

My husband was showing our youngest a tree trunk and explaining how you could guess how old it was by the rings. He asked our little one how old he thought it was, obviously LO's loud reply was 'nearly as old as Mummy'

Standing outside the changing rooms as Centreparcs waiting for his sister, he wasn't renowned for a little voice...
"Hey Granny, that man's got boobies!" He did indeed. We pretended not to hear, unlike the passing teens who practically wet themselves!

whilst pushing my son around the supermarket in the early hours (as you do) a lady bent over the freezer to reach something and as she did my son managed to grab hold of her skirt and as she swung round and smiled at him he said "what do you say ? You say PARDON Me" The woman turned scarlet as I told my son not to be rude and let go of the ladies skirt - he said "But she farted mum" - I was lost for words!

Tour that is brilliant!

Like many children, my niece as a toddler had difficulty pronouncing certain sounds. Her sound was "F" which she pronounced as "SH". Concerned that it wasn't improving, my SIL took her to a speech therapist. They were called in for the appointment and while sitting themselves in the office with the speech therapist, my niece asked my SIL what they were doing there.
SIL: We're here because you can't say "Fish".
Niece: I can say "Fish"!

My 7 yr old boy cracks me up all the time. We were in a large High St department store and as a small boy, fart humour is one of his favourite subjects. We were walking around and I said, " Hey....Pull my finger." and of course he did and I let out a small quiet fart and I said, "Ssshhh. Don't tell anyone." So he yelled out at the top of his voice, " Hey everyone. My Dad just farted!!!"

My DD is still breastfed at almost a year old and I've learnt I have to be careful what I wear to the supermarket. On more than one occasion she has decided she wants a feed while sitting in the trolley seat so has grabbed my top and pulled it down for everyone to have a good eyeful!

We were once in a supermarket when a larger lady walking the opposite direction down the aisle knocked my daughter as she was passing, my daughter piped up "that fat lady nearly knocked me over", the lady turned around and I nearly died of embarrassment. I told her that it wasn't kind to say that and swiftly left the store.

DD once thought that Father Christmas was shopping in our local Supermarket. Every time she passed him in an aisle, she would just stare at him in awe. He probably got this reaction all of the time.

My daughter and I were sitting on the bus and it stopped to let people on when she spotted a rather large gentleman and declared in her lovely big voice "mummy, how is that man going to sit down".

Returning home form a holiday abroad my DS saw the security guards at the airport and started to say a little too loudly "look casual we have nothing to declare" :)