Something to make a parent smile!

[binley100]

Oh dirty washing doesn't always make it out of the bedroom, just as far as my side of the bed.!

[Brengirl]

I only have 1 but being 3rd of 12, so surrogate mum to a whole heap of siblings I pretty much went in at number 3.
So true. Oh and if you continue, the next step is to train the older ones to change the nappies, do the washing etc. etc.

So do hope that someone somewhere is looking after YOU.

[Incy]

So do hope that someone somewhere is looking after YOU.

Oh they're all getting pretty grown up these days. Only one sibling still in school. I have to admit to having on the whole had a very happy childhood so no complaints.
I've even been summoned to the big smoke by my siblings to celebrate my 40th so feeling pretty looked after by them at this point

[lynda66]

and if your names lynda .... you just move on to number 3 then decide ones enough ... and i never wiped the dummy, cos that covers it in fluff ... it has to be sucked

[grannymem]

I sent this on to my daughters. Anna (mother of 3) replied:

"So true, but it missed

Photographs
1st baby: You take photos to mark every milestone and then a hundred more to be sure you've caught the moment.
2nd baby: The second baby sometimes appears in the 1st baby's milestone pictures that you've remembered to take.
3rd baby: If you remember that you even own a camera the batteries will have run out and you've forgotten to change them from several months previously.

Lizzy, hope you're getting some shots of William!!"

Lizzy has just had her 3rd baby...

[sewer rat]

No but he's as bad as the kids for
A) never putting things away
b)not being able to find anything
c)not being able to put the loo roll on the holder(just balance it on top)
D)not being able to open the dishwasher

Do you get my drift?........

Oh dirty washing doesn't always make it out of the bedroom, just as far as my side of the bed.!

Don't forget E) putting the dirty washing NEXT to the basket, not in it

And your problem with the above is what exactly

[binley100]

It's hard work enough running round after the kids without running round after one who's old enough to know better.

[Glutton4...]

I'm probably going to open a whole HUGE can of worms here - but...

In my humble opinion;

Mothers seem to 'baby' their Sons, they clear up after them, tidy up and wipe their, err, noses for them, without a thought for the poor cow that's got to live with him when he's older. (AND, who ever suggested they were capable-enough to stand up to pee, needs a slap!) Whereas, with a Daughter, they teach them to be clean, tidy, domesticated and strong, with a 'just-get-on-with-it-I-had-to' attitude.

Hardly any wonder all the fellas expect their wives to take on the 'it's-ok-I-can-do-it-all-and-raise-the-kids-and-do-a-full-time-job-at-the-same-time' work-load.

OK, now all the fellas are laughing, and all the ladies are nodding, I'll get off my soap-box...

[bubblewrap]

It's hard work enough running round after the kids without running round after one who's old enough to know better.

I've never met better!!

[binley100]

I'm probably going to open a whole HUGE can of worms here - but...

In my humble opinion;

Mothers seem to 'baby' their Sons, they clear up after them, tidy up and wipe their, err, noses for them, without a thought for the poor cow that's got to live with him when he's older. (AND, who ever suggested they were capable-enough to stand up to pee, needs a slap!) Whereas, with a Daughter, they teach them to be clean, tidy, domesticated and strong, with a 'just-get-on-with-it-I-had-to' attitude.

Hardly any wonder all the fellas expect their wives to take on the 'it's-ok-I-can-do-it-all-and-raise-the-kids-and-do-a-full-time-job-at-the-same-time' work-load.

OK, now all the fellas are laughing, and all the ladies are nodding, I'll get off my soap-box...

Not only a huge can of worms but probably we could start a whole new thread.

[FionaH]

I'm probably going to open a whole HUGE can of worms here - but...

In my humble opinion;

Mothers seem to 'baby' their Sons, they clear up after them, tidy up and wipe their, err, noses for them, without a thought for the poor cow that's got to live with him when he's older. (AND, who ever suggested they were capable-enough to stand up to pee, needs a slap!) Whereas, with a Daughter, they teach them to be clean, tidy, domesticated and strong, with a 'just-get-on-with-it-I-had-to' attitude.

Hardly any wonder all the fellas expect their wives to take on the 'it's-ok-I-can-do-it-all-and-raise-the-kids-and-do-a-full-time-job-at-the-same-time' work-load.

OK, now all the fellas are laughing, and all the ladies are nodding, I'll get off my soap-box...

Oh dear heavens thats not a can of worms thats a flaming crate full.
I showed your post to my sons, they are still laughing and muttering "I wish"

You were right about the peeing though

[Florence Fennel]

I hated all the ironing I used to do for my boys and I am now amazed that they do their own as they don't trust their partners to do it properly! I have a feeling it's because their partners actually refuse to do it! My old mum used to say that "Boys are only on loan to their mothers, until they get a wife! You get to 'keep' daughters".

A son is a son till he gets him a wife
A daughter's a daughter the rest of your life

[Glutton4...]

... A son is a son till he gets him a wife
A daughter's a daughter the rest of your life

I like that - never heard it before.

btw I don't have either!

[Incy]

(AND, who ever suggested they were capable-enough to stand up to pee, needs a slap!)

Soooo with you there. My son has a disability which makes him rather wobbly so as a small child we carefully taught him to sit down to pee. Imagine my horror when he transferred to mainstream school and his lovely support workers deemed it appropriate to teach him to stand up
We spent the next 5 years checking the loo seat before sitting down as they forgot to teach him to lift it up