tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post7458648031425046146..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: Less 'Tiger mum', more 'pushover'Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-80293615316239182292011-03-18T22:00:53.087+00:002011-03-18T22:00:53.087+00:00We all have to have a day off sometime, especially...We all have to have a day off sometime, especially when we're five. You did good. I remember being allowed to stay off school once in Schotland, just because I couldn't face it. It only happened once, but I'm still grateful to my mum for that day.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-20979841265415073352011-03-18T17:25:37.512+00:002011-03-18T17:25:37.512+00:00Going for the realistic option definitely and as y...Going for the realistic option definitely and as you say it doesn't happen every week so they wont get used to not going. Sometimes a change is as good as a rest!mum in meltdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460316200342594004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-55059806683170327812011-03-18T15:48:28.346+00:002011-03-18T15:48:28.346+00:00I'm with you on this one - sometimes they just...I'm with you on this one - sometimes they just need a chance to eb children and to have some time off<br /><br />That said I know I'm much softer with Littler and worry that it means she's going to turn into a horrid little brat but what do you do when she holds her breath is told no?Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-90399884172185612102011-03-18T14:06:55.896+00:002011-03-18T14:06:55.896+00:00I get shamlessly manipulated too by my nearly 5 ye...I get shamlessly manipulated too by my nearly 5 year old...his way of doing it though is not via offering to help me with household chores but to say things like: You look tired Mummy wouldn't you like to lie down? And I could cuddle you....<br />he's SUCH a monstrous child!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-83507772353291019392011-03-18T14:03:07.856+00:002011-03-18T14:03:07.856+00:00I think it's fine. You don't want to make ...I think it's fine. You don't want to make him hate it. I did the same when the boys said they didn't want to carry on with ice skating lessons. They were doing well, so it was a shame, but if they really don't want to do it, why push them at age 5 and 4? We'll give it a go again next winter.<br /><br />Bob the Builder in US sounds really dull - makes me long for the dulcet tones of Neil Morrissey.....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-64719705679115165792011-03-18T13:12:14.650+00:002011-03-18T13:12:14.650+00:00I was emailing a friend in similar vein yesterday ...I was emailing a friend in similar vein yesterday and she replied "you're doing the best you can with the resources you have - that's good enough for me". I found that very helpful.<br /><br />But you've got me thinking. Could Bob BE manlier? Could Wendy BE sexier? Wow. My horizons have just expanded.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-18586130785355866732011-03-18T12:28:47.806+00:002011-03-18T12:28:47.806+00:00far wetter with second child - and this although E...far wetter with second child - and this although E and I both older children and know how bloody unfair it all is! <br />5 is very little, something you don't really realise when they're 5. Am def of the opinion that less is more.<br />And, you know what? Always knew That Wendy was a slut.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.com