What your child did/said that made you smile today.

shesty

Me... "oh no, it's raining again and it's SO wet".
Three year old..."It IS! It's just making more puddles for me mammy"
:-)

IP freely

After asking my 3 year old to go tidy his room before bedtime stories.

"But I'm busy daddy". I replied "busy doing what". Him sighing "nothing"


At this point mammy was back in the room about to say the same but I asked him who the boss was.

He turned around pointed at each of us and said "not you and not you". And turned around to the TV again...

Bacchus

Last week...
2.5 year old: Daddy, need to go to bouncy castle (she had just found a photo of her cousin in one)
Me: We don't have one
Her: Go to the shop and buy one?
Me: I don't think we'll be able to buy one today
Her: ... Daddy make one?

storker

Saysay19 wrote: »

I’m pregnant and very lightheaded lately.
We recently told our 5 year old. Since Thursday he has taken it upon himself to tidy his room every night and put his washing in the basket without even been asked.

Nesting instinct.

Pawwed Rig

My 3 year old girl wanted me to play with her so she says
'I am the Mammy and you are the baby'
'OK Mamma' I said

She immediately shouted 'NOW CLEAN UP THAT MESS'


A poor reflection on our parenting

Subacio

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Child said an interesting thing to me a few weeks back; we were playing a game where we finished each others sentences.

And then she said:

You were thinking inside my mind.

5 year old; its just interesting how they describe things when they dont have a bank of cliches and standard phrases to tap into.

This reminds me of something my eldest lad said years ago.

He was sharing a room with his baby sister and she woke up screaming (and I mean screaming) in the middle of the night waking us up 2 rooms down the hall, but he slept through it. We asked him how he managed this and he said.

"I have a little box in my head, and I put all her screams in there so that my ears can't hear them".

20Cent

Staying with some relatives who have a bungalow.
Three year old looking confused says the upstairs are downstairs in this house.

They also asked me to open the roof on our car while pointing at a convertible.

gucci

Little boy potty training at the moment, so on 2 hour car journey home from camping he announced he needed to have a poo. It was easy to pull in as we were in quite rural part of Wales - Midlands journey.

So we all sat in the glorious evening sun for a good relaxing 10 mins or so, watching tractors stack bales in a nearby field while he done his business.....The look of contentment and relaxation in his eyes, the smile on his face watching those tractors, what a way to finish a nice few days away. He wont remember that moment, but I surely will.

rainbow kirby

Flying from Dublin back to Manchester this morning with my two boys, the 3.5 year old saw the safety card on the seat in front (thanks Ryanair) and noticed the line drawing with the door ajar and the slide about to deploy - "Mama the door is broken, I'm scared". Took a lot of convincing that the door on the plane was actually closed and working!

It's the small things that make you smile sometimes:

"Daddy, can you do me a favourite?"

Went to school, for the first time

Marz66

Two year old, after eating her breakfast.
I ate all my breakfast. It’s down in my tummy. Down with all the vomit and coughs...

jester77

My 3 year old this morning, "Why is creche 5 days and the weekend only 2 days?"

Bacchus

Little one (2 going on 3) on Sunday, the day before her first day at Montessori, while sitting at table after dinner... she just paused and looking at each of us in turn... "Mama... Dada... I love you both"... and then we had a group hug.

I swear she's figured out emotional manipulation and is playing us like a fiddle.

Bacchus

OSI wrote: »

1 year old is obsessed with anything that moves and makes noise atm (naturally) so when we're out and about it's all "BUS!", "CAR!", "VAN!". He's taken a particular liking to trucks lately, except he can't pronounce it properly yet so it sounds more like "cock". As a parent you obviously adjust to their mispronunciations pretty quickly and it just becomes another word. Wife was shopping in Tesco with him one day when he spots a truck out the window and calls it out. Entertaining his fascination she responds with "it's a big huge one isn't it", after which she had to spend the rest of the shopping trip with a one year old proclaiming to the world that there was a "BIG 'UGE COCK".

We had something similar for a while, though we never figured out what she was actually trying to say. She would say what sounded like "fcuk". It was made doubly weird because every now and then she would say it in proper context... like if something fell, she'd say "ah fcuk". Thankfully it petered out but we still have no idea what it was all about.

dori_dormer

Trying to entertain the kids while doing the shopping, I was asking them animal noises, was running out of animals...
Me: what does a cow say?
Mr 5 and mr 3: moo!
What does a baby say?
Mr 5: goo goo ga ga!
What does a mammy say?
Mr 5 : I love you!

My heart melted! Really thought he was gonna say be quiet or can down ��

The Princess Bride

dori_dormer wrote: »

Trying to entertain the kids while doing the shopping, I was asking them animal noises, was running out of animals...
Me: what does a cow say?
Mr 5 and mr 3: moo!
What does a baby say?
Mr 5: goo goo ga ga!
What does a mammy say?
Mr 5 : I love you!

My heart melted! Really thought he was gonna say be quiet or can down ��

Reminds me of my then toddler sitting in her cot in the mornings, looking through her animal book, talking to herself.
"What does a dog say, a dog says wuff.
What does a sheep say, a sheep says baaaa.
What does a tortoise say, a tortoise says..."
Long pause then she answers in a deep voice,"tortoise."

We still laugh about it 2+ decades later.

K.Flyer

Ok, not my own child, but yesterday my 3 y.o. grandson who I hadn't seen for a few days. As well as a great big hug he said "..grandad, I missed you so much".
Yup, made my day

Foweva Awone

My son asked me why I always make sure he thanks the bus driver when we get off the bus. I told him it's just good manners to thank them for driving us there safely.

Next time we got off a bus, he yelled at the driver, "THANKS FOR NOT CRASHING AND KILLING US ALL!"

Paddy Cow

Foweva Awone wrote: »

My son asked me why I always make sure he thanks the bus driver when we get off the bus. I told him it's just good manners to thank them for driving us there safely.

Next time we got off a bus, he yelled at the driver, "THANKS FOR NOT CRASHING AND KILLING US ALL!"

While embarrassing for you, I'm sure it gave the driver a good laugh

yellow hen

Was out on the road talking to our very chatty neighbour today. 6Yr old was a bit peeved that she was disrupting our football match. About an hour later doorbell rang and it was said neighbour dropping something into me. Nosy 6yr old came running out to see who it was, took one look at her and said 'oh god, not you again'.
I was/still am mortified.

shesty

One started school and one start playchool last week.
I can't believe it.They are so enthusiastic about it.

Lisha

shesty wrote: »

One started school and one start playchool last week.
I can't believe it.They are so enthusiastic about it.

I’m bribing my son to see out 6th class...... long may the enthusiasm last

Paddy Cow

shesty wrote: »

One started school and one start playchool last week.
I can't believe it.They are so enthusiastic about it.

They're young and naive. Everything is exciting now. Wait until they realise that school is just preparation for work life. Who's bitter and jaded. Not me! :P

Wait until homework, that's what killed school for me.

Think about the Leaving Cert cycle. We expect kids to do 09:00 to 16:00 (with half hour break) in school, do 2-3 hours homework and then another 2 (minimum) hours in study? Every day...
So 10-11 hours a day. At the same time we expect them to build relationships with peers, play sports, and be kids (a 16/17 year old is a kid)

We would refuse to do that in our working lives but expect our, still developing, kids to do it.

Paddy Cow

OSI wrote: »

Don't know what secondary school you were in but I thought the norm was 9:3-30 with an hour for lunch and 2 15 minute breaks? There's even a few schools around us that have half days on Wednesdays.

Talk about spoiled! We did 9 to 4 with a 15 minute small break and half hour for lunch.

Yeah 9 to 4 with a half hour (yes also a 15 minute, forgot that)
Got a half day on Wed

so 28 hours 45 minutes class
4*6h:15min
1*3h45min

Add in homework
5* (say) 2.5 hours = 12 hours 30 minutes

Add in study
5*2 hours = 10 hours

51 hour 15 minutes a week, being quite conservative on the homework/study loads to be honest. You could easily add an hour to each of those metrics and not be beyond what kids are expected to do.
And they are still expected to socialise, play sport, and be teenagers.


So while (bringing this back on topic) my son was all excited for school today saying that he loves his new teacher and I loved that, I am not looking forward to the pressures that school put on young shoulders.

zanador

My son has just started his jc year and I have found that a lot of the pressure can be alleviated at home by constant talk about it. His school doesn't pressure them at all though so am.lucky.

On topic, he's 14 and a grumpy fecker but I was late home from work yesterday and he text me 'please come home soon, I really.miss you today ' and when I got back he wanted to talk to me about an issue with a friend. Afterwards he told.me that I always make him feel better.

Made me think I must be doing something right despite the teenage strops - big smiles!

zanador

zanador wrote: »

My son has just started his jc year and I have found that a lot of the pressure can be alleviated at home by constant talk about it. His school doesn't pressure them at all though so am.lucky.

On topic, he's 14 and a grumpy fecker but I was late home from work yesterday and he text me 'please come home soon, I really.miss you today ' and when I got back he wanted to talk to me about an issue with a friend. Afterwards he told.me that I always make him feel better.

Made me think I must be doing something right despite the teenage strops - big smiles!

Completely without condescending tone, as often happens through plain text...

Well done you and long may that relationship continue (especially in the latter teen years)

scarepanda

Bacchus wrote:

Little one (2 going on 3) on Sunday, the day before her first day at Montessori, while sitting at table after dinner... she just paused and looking at each of us in turn... "Mama... Dada... I love you both"... and then we had a group hug.

My eldest does that as well, she demands family hugs quite often. She's just gone 3 and started doing it I think about a year ago. She'd always tell us she loved us, but now her little sister comes first and they us, melt my heart every time and I never turn down the family hug