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[GreenLunchBox]

DS1's first Xmas at 8 months old. He was sitting at the table with all of us, in his high chair. I gave him a bit of sprout to try. He wasn't impressed. Screwed his little face up and was so horrified that he flung his head backwards onto the highchair. He didn't hurt himself, but his facial expression and the way he flung himself back was absolutely hilarious! 🤣

[MotherofPiggies]

When my youngest was born, my eldest was introduced to her at the hospital. He took one look and asked if we could swap her for something else….

[Dizzywizz]

Ds2 Was about 10months old when he got himself out of his crib (climbing over the high sides) and walked into our bedroom- giving us the shock of our lives!! He looked so pleased with himself though that we couldn’t help but laugh 😂

[Elderflower14]

When ds2 was about a year old he was cruising round the room in his babywalker. My late DH was a staunch Lancastrian... He absolutely loved Black Pudding (I loathe it) .. We were having lunch on our laps. DH dropped a tiny bit of BP onto DS walker tray.. DS chomped it down and then whizzed back to DH plate and took the rest of the BP off the plate and devoured it!!
DH was 🤯 🤯 🤯!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[tillytown]

Not sure if this is more funny or mortifying, we were at a Christening on Saturday with my toddler and nephews, the Priest was very much into letting the kids be part of the ceremony and invited the children to come up and look at the flowers on the altar. My son decided not to do this, instead went in the opposite direction, grabbed the little bottle of sacramental oils (with help from his cousin) and ran around the church as I chased him to get it back. It would have be bad enough if it was just my friends in the church at the time, but because of lockdown there were multiple babies being baptised... The Priest thought it was funny, I wanted to die.

[Chiloquin]

My daughter doesn't see her father as a result of him being abusive towards me and putting me in danger during my pregnancy.
He was also abusive (not physically) and intimidating after the pregnancy.
I managed to get a non-mol (restraining order) out against him.
We were colleagues and I went into where we used to work to make a purchase and a colleague that I barely knew interrupted a conversation I was having with someone else asking how my daughter is. I told her she was fine and she asked to see a picture. Only to say very loudly "I hope you're letting her father see her".
This then sparked me explaining to her that it's complicated and I don't stop him but it would have to be in a contact center. She continued and eventually said in response to me telling her what he did "well I don't want to her in your business, I don't want to know anything about it". She refused to listen to everything I told her he did and eventually walked off. What do you make of this situation?

[Chiloquin]

@Chiloquin

My daughter doesn't see her father as a result of him being abusive towards me and putting me in danger during my pregnancy.
He was also abusive (not physically) and intimidating after the pregnancy.
I managed to get a non-mol (restraining order) out against him.
We were colleagues and I went into where we used to work to make a purchase and a colleague that I barely knew interrupted a conversation I was having with someone else asking how my daughter is. I told her she was fine and she asked to see a picture. Only to say very loudly "I hope you're letting her father see her".
This then sparked me explaining to her that it's complicated and I don't stop him but it would have to be in a contact center. She continued and eventually said in response to me telling her what he did "well I don't want to her in your business, I don't want to know anything about it". She refused to listen to everything I told her he did and eventually walked off. What do you make of this situation?

Sorry wrong place to post. Accident

[Bearfrills]

DC4 (4yo) went through a phase of drawing on the walls. She kept trying to blame her siblings but this child came fitted with a huge dose of ego and she signs her work so I always know it was her.

One afternoon she coloured in all the white parts of the wallpaper in the hallway and I told her that she was absolutely not to draw on the walls again or I'd take away her pens.

Later that day I went upstairs to find her on the top bunk of her sister's bed. She was lying there on her back, pen in hand, cheerfully colouring in the bloody ceiling like she was Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel.

Her outraged defence as I packed away the pens?

"It's not the wall...!!"

[Frazzledmummy123]

I had twin girls and as we hadn't managed to source a double pram we liked, for the first month or so we had them both in my son's old single pram.

One day I was in the supermarket with them dressed the same in their pramsuits sleeping side by side in the single pram and a lady stood over the pram and said "what a beautiful baby, and oh isn't that lovely, she has a doll who is dressed just like her!".

At this point, the twin she mistook for a doll's eyes sprung open and she let out a wail as if to scold the woman for thinking she was a doll. The lady jumped back and said "good lord, that's a real baby". Almost impeccably timed, the twin gave what looked was a big grin (which would be of course, just her breaking wind but hey! ). As well as being highly amusing, it was as cute as hell .

It makes me smile to this day!

[spaceghetto]

Ds was about 2 weeks old and wasn't feeding well. We were seen at the hospital. I remember having to hold his willy in one hand to get a urine sample while the other I held to a breast pump so I could make him a bottle (it took a while to establish feeding) I remember smiling so much, I felt like super woman!

[Treaclepie19]

When my son was too little to get on the toilet himself I lifted him up to put him on. Only for him to start having a tantrum. Somehow among the confusion he ended up with me lowering his feet down, not in front of the toilet, but inside 🙈
He cried in shock and we had an impromptu bath 😂

I guess he really didn't want to go to "swimming world"

(Slimming world)

[logsonlogsoff]

DD was a few months old, and I was very tired… anyway. Went for a lovely stroll in park, stopped at cafe on way home, sat outside and had a cup of tea, baby fast asleep. Meandered slowly home, got about 100 m down the street and had the feeling I’d left something. Phone in pocket, keys in pocket, checked for purse. All there. BABY!! Forgot baby! Sprinted back to cafe where baby was still fast asleep by the table. I’d temporarily forgotten I’d had a bloody baby.

[amc8583]

My daughter and my husband have a lovely time watching films and eating "cockcorn." It always makes me laugh and in some ways I hope she never changes the way she says it!

[MrsFoxyplease]

When my ds had just started talking I remember strapping him into his car seat in our very old banger car when he turned to me and declared "Mummy's racing car...brum brum ...".

[lillypopdaisyduke]

When DS1 was sat during a wedding ceremony, and we gave him a toy car to play with to keep him quiet - it was one which you drew back on the floor and it went very fast whilst it 'unwound' - well it did this whilst the bride and groom were exchanging their vows - we watched in horror as thee little red car hurtled down the aisle and ended up just behind the couple.

[buckley1983]

When my LO was potty training - he ran into the room I was in proudly shouting 'My did a poo!' - I assumed he meant in the potty, so I said 'Yay!' & clapped enthusiastically as I asked him to show me - he grinned & said 'My did a poo on my toy!' - I feared the worst & followed him as he marched off to lead me too it.. He had indeed done a poo & he HAD done it on the potty.. however - there the poor train driver from his ELC playset was lying helpless beneath the mound of poo - still makes us laugh when he remembers it now, we even made up a song about I think! :)

[Sophmoo431]

Please help us this positive had a miscarriage early April so now don't want to get excited if its not positive

[Andoffwego]

DS crawled, stood and walked really early so I sometimes forgot that he was still a baby as he was running around everywhere. One day I decided that he could stand on a chair and make jam tarts with me which I probably wouldn’t have attempted for another year if he hadn’t been freakishly ahead physically. He stood on a chair in the kitchen, he cut out some shapes with pastry cutters, I was high fiving myself for being an ace parent…then he lost concentration (because he was a baby FFS), wobbled, and fell in the kitchen bin. Amazing. Well done me. He loves me telling him the story of how h fell in the bin once now 🙄

[triflinpud]

With our older two children we made a big deal of their first shared bath - toddler and baby once baby was bigger and more robust. Toddler was amazed by the novelty of being joined in the bath by younger sibling, wanted to help and it was all kinds of cute. At this point, for the first (and only!) time, baby pooed in the bath. Cue toddler screaming and scrambling to climb out whilst I tried to remove baby, remove toddler, get them cleaned, dressed, deal with pooey bath… wasn’t quite what I had in mind when we started! But it did make us laugh and eldest now thinks it was hilarious.

[Dyra]

When DD rolled over for the first time at a baby group. I cried with pure happiness as it had been a long time coming by that point.

[SillyBry]

I’ve went out for the morning and have a 45 minute drive home, so think I’ll just sit in the back of the car and feed my 8 week old baby before I go! I contort myself into the 4 year olds booster seat, slide the baby out of her seat and off we go. All is fabulous. Uncomfortable and squashed. I'm possibly flashing myself to half of the M&S carpark. My left leg has gone dead, but baby Rosie is feeding and that’s all that matters.
I somehow burp her and get her back in her seat. Go to open the door to climb out only to remember that child locks aren’t specific to children... no one in the back of my car can get out… even me, the driver! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣🤣
So then I’m faced with the dilemma. Do I start banging on the window of the busy M&S car park and hope someone looks my way and let’s me out? Or do I channel my inner gymnast (at 8 weeks post partum) and risk getting my considerable backside wedged between the two front seats climbing through?!
I decided to treat it as the gym workout I so clearly need and contorted myself into the front, with what only felt like a bum muscle tear and lots of swear words.
I then ring my mum, laughing over how ridiculous my life is and she says ”why didn’t you just wind the window down and open the door from the outside?” 🤦🏼‍♀️😂
Don’t you hate it that even at 34 years old, your mum is always right?! 🙄🤣

[Yolo773]

Went to the local library. It was deathly quiet and we’d just sat down to look at a story.
My DS (a very young toddler) lets out the loudest (and what felt like the longest) fart in human history which rumbled throughout the building. Safe to say we scurried out sharpish.
I really hope the library staff didn’t think it was me! But I can laugh about it now

[biwinoone]

There are so many. However the most memorable ones are these

1- DD was a coliky baby and there were times when she would cry for hours on end. One day she was crying a lot and nothing seemed to help. I tried to distract her by flying her up and down. Up she went and down came all the vomit over my hair, face and mouth. It was a scene. But she felt better aftarwards so all good.

2- When she was around 2 and half years old I went to pick her up from her nursery. A kid in her class told me that he liked my face. Then he said that to DD that he like her face too. My DD happily replied 'Thank you! I like it too!" . Made me laugh so much. I aspire to have this level of confidence.

3- Same age, in the super market whilst I was busy shopping a guy was standing next to us. She pointed at him and loudly exclaimed " Look mum! a beautiful man!" I was mortified. TBF I did notice it as he was really really handsome but I just gave one look and moved on. He looked at us and I was like 'yeah" and ran away.

[Serin]

I'd just say never tie your friends husky to your baby's pram. Esp if you then get distracted chatting to people and discover that the pram is about 150 meters away and still going at quite a trot. Dog and baby both having the time of their life.

[Goingovertosusanshouse]

Getting ready to go for the 6 week check up. Poo explosion just as we were about to leave. Lift DS’ legs up to remove the nappy and he does another one-all over the bed, up the walls, wardrobes and literally dripping down my face! I can laugh now!