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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!

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I have twin girls, they were 6 at the time. I was cooking dinner in the kitchen and had everything laid out ready.
I go upstairs, and shortly afterwards I hear one of the twins (Twin 1) crying hysterically. I run downstairs thinking she's hurt herself, or something awful has happened. I find her in a ball on the floor. I pick her up and ask her what's wrong. Here goes our conversation:

Me: "Twin 1, what's wrong?"
Twin 1: "I don't like what we're having for dinner"
Me: "But I've not even told you what we're having yet"
Twin 1: "No, Twin 2 told me, and I don't like it. I think it's horrid"
Me: "Twin 2 doesn't know what we're having for dinner as I've not told her yet"
Twin 2: "Yes I do, I saw it on the side in the kitchen, and I think it's really mean of you to cook that"
Me: "Girls, I don't understand, you've eaten it lots of times before"
Twin 1: "I have NEVER eaten a Sea Lion, and I never would. Why would you do that to us mummy?"
Me: "Errr, what? Huh? You are not eating a Sea Lion for dinner?"
Twin 2: "Then why is it on the side in the kitchen?"
Me: (confused as ever by this point) "There is no Sea Lion in the kitchen?"
Twin 2: (Cocky as anything) "YES there is - it says SEA LION STEAK"
Me: (Penny drops) "No darling, that's Sirloin steak - nothing to do with a Sea Lion"
Both twins: Sighs of relief and "oh that's OK then" and off they run...

They literally went from hysterical to normal in seconds!!

DD2 (6) 'Are you Santa mummy?'
DD1 (8) buts in 'Of course she's not!... She's an elf!'

Made me laugh so much!

My 5 year old DD walked in my bathroom whilst I was 'grooming' myself (trimming my public hair' she looked horrified and said 'Oh god no Mum, don't chop your tuppence off' so I quickly covered up and explained to her about puberty to which she replied, 'oh god, I really don't want a tuppence beard when I'm older' still makes me laugh to this day.

We were in nandos and I was in the toilet while my step daughter waited for me outside. Eventually she started talking to me and then what she said buried me in the toilet.. haha.. she said, “ mama looks like you’re doing a one big poo! Why are you not done yet? That’s going to be too smelly we need to call the paw patrol to the rescue “ OH MY GOD O WAS EMBARRASSED but when I told my husband and my mum they couldn’t stop laughing 😂

Whilst on holiday we sat in a quieter part of the restaurant - it seated about 20 people - as we sat down me and my husband were offered a glass of wine, our 3 yr old daughter said 'you like wine don't you mum?' So I replied yes. Next she said 'you like wine in the morning don't you mum?' At which point every diner went extremely quiet as I nervously laughed and denied her claims. I realised later that she'd seen the wine glass next to our bed in the hotel room that we'd taken back the night before and I'd fallen asleep before finishing it, she'd obviously seen it when she'd come in our room in the morning.

When my daughter was at primary school she was (and still is) very quiet and would rarely say anything when teacher asked if anyone had any news. Just after Easter one year I had managed to buy several chocolate eggs massively reduced in my local supermarket so was very pleased! So was my daughter. The next day when she returned from school she announced that she had told her class I had bought lots of cheap Easter eggs. That was her news! I was so surprised and gobsmacked! I guess the teacher and all the class thought I was a complete chocoholic!! Lol 😂

I'm a yoga teacher- I made the mistake of telling my once constipated toddler that doing yoga can 'help your poo out' (it can for the record 😂) - now any time he's asked what Mummy does/where does Mummy work he happily says 'Mummy helps the poo come out'
😳😳😳

Out for lunch with my sister-in-law and niece. Niece (aged 1 1/2) was having her hair tidied while sitting in a high chair. She announced to all the customers in the restaurant 'Mummie's looking for Beasties'
A great hush fell over the room before peals of laughter. There was no point trying to get out of that one!!

On a recent trip to monkey world, my two year old daughter piped up excitedly ' I can see a monkey I can see a monkey... . Oh just a lady' we made a quick exit!

I was driving in tesco car park looking for a space with my CS age three in the back, when a man shot past me and I called him a T#t, we parkwd and went into the store when halfway round my son who was sat in the trolley shouted out as we stood next to a guy "Mummy, Mummy looks it's that T#t! ""

Whoops lol

His nan cooked him dinner, and my son looked at his plate, and then looked at her and said "Have you ever had food poisoning before?"

cheeky bugger!!

At the beach, we were standing on the sea front getting the children out of their wet swimming things and into clothes, suddenly notice 4 year old ds swaying and dancing rhythmically in his own little world, look up and see we are sitting under a flag pole that is making a rhythmic 'clicking' sound in the wind and realise he is casually dancing to this sound!

There are so many, my son shamed a man into picking up his dogs poo, telling people off for smoking to my mother in law telling my son that there were no biscuits because of my brother in law had eaten them all so he loudly said he couldn't have any cake because of this.

It was actually all my fault

When my boy was about 2 I was making a cup of tea, as I was straining the tea bag the handle came off the cup and tea went all over me so I said "SSSSh**" and who was at the door, my little angel. So his new favorite word of course, you can imagine. So I told him not to say that word and mummy was bad lol

Later that day as I sat talking with friends, DS was sitting playing with his toys saying " sh* is a bad word, no can't say sh, sh* is bad was so funny but of course had to tell him off, trying not to laugh.... oops

When our eldest DS was four, we took him to visit Santa at our local shopping centre where he tried to pull his beard & hat off to 'check it was the real Santa!'

Wondering why my daughter was being so quiet 😂

My son went through a phase of making up poems! (which i thought was lovely.... at first!)
at the school parents evening he told his teachers the one he has for mummy! I hadnt heard it so waited all excited to hear what he had thought up about me....
It went "My name's Clare, I like shoes! I like to get naked and show my boobs!"

I have never gone so red and tried to stop laughing at the same time!! he thought it was hilarious! his teacher saw the funny side but I must have been talked about between all the teachers as the boob flashing mum!

My DD was with her nana who had been helping to host a stall at a massive show in Edinburgh. Nana quickly changing into normal clothes in the loos was mortified when DS shouted out 'Nana why do you have so many different rolls when you bend over' :(

When my eldest was about 4 he walked in on me in the bathroom half way through a tampon change, obviously he was rather distressed and thought I was dying, I fully explained it was normal for ladies to bleed when they are not having a baby.
Thinking he understood the whole lady month issue we went to Tesco and I quickly grabbed some tampons, 4 year old pipes up "What are those mummy?" I quietly replied "Remember our talk this morning about when mummy's are not having a baby?!" ..... As loudly as he could reply in a busy Tesco he proceeds with "OH YES MUM, BECAUSE YOU'RE BLEEDING OUT YOUR BUM!!!"

Cringe I literally ran out of there as quick as my feet would take me!

I always tell my girls to hold my hand when out. I've said before 'if your not holding my hand someone could steal you'
Well that back fired!!
My eldest was 5, and I was looking for a coat out with my dad, their grandfather. Whilst I was trying some on my daughter was next to me. Then my father decided to take my girls and have a look with them at the kids section.
Not knowing where they were I went into panic mode, going 'girls, girls, where are you??' near the front of the store.
Voice from the back goes 'We've been stolen mummy!' 'We've been stolen! But we are getting new jumpers so it's ok!'
I was mortified, the looks I got!

me and my 4 year old daughter were waiting to be served in mcdonalds when his man in front farted my daughter tugged his coat and said loudly don't trump in my face please it stinks everybody looked and i didn't know were to put my face

I was helping out at the nursery school Xmas fair and was doing the Tombola, my next door neighbour who worked at the nursery was on the next table. My DS tugged my jumper and said to me ' mummy, why is Auntie Anne so fat' ... blushing a darker shade of red, I just looked at her and just said 'so sorry' ... I quickly took DS to the toilet where I had to explain somethings should be left unsaid!!

My 4 year old daughter if she falls over or hurts herself she always says "Ow my balls!" copying her daddy!

My son oftens say hes needs to pee all the bad thoughts out .........hes 9 and autistic.

my husband was poorly and poo'd himself a few days later I got called into the room at nursery and told that my daughter Ava had been telling everyone her daddy poo'd herself