Golden moments with kids....

noone replied:

Mine's not nearly as funny as yours Tanya - your kids are toooooo cute!

Cameron was 10 weeks early and spent the first 6 weeks of his life in the SCBU ward at the hospital.  He has follow up visits to make sure he's developing as he should, as its common for babies as early as he to have certain problems (luckily he is fine).

Anyway, one of the things the doctors are keeping an eye on is his hearing.  So I took him to the specialist a few weeks ago, and Cameron was yelling in the reception area (I feel sorry for anyone doing a hearing test at the time!) but when we got into the room all he wanted to do was play with everything on the doctor's desk.  He wouldn't tolerate the things in his ears, even holding both arms done he could get the plugs out.  So the doctor went into a side room to test him by making a beeping noise and seeing if Cameron would look up at the puppet in the window. 

Well!  He made one little mistake - he gave Cameron something to play with didn't he - Cammy ignored him completely!!! Looked up a few times but after that just oculdn't be bothered - he had a new toy to play with didn't he??

So we've got to go back, I know very well Cameron can hear perfectly, he just ignores you if he feels like it (like "no! don't play with that" means "if I pretend I cant hear you I don't have to stop") lol.

Anyway, probably have more golden moments, will have a think..........

Kelly replied:

I'm not sure if I've mentioned before but my eldest daughter (10yrs) has rheumatoid arthritis and takes very strong medication which has made all her hair fall out - but thats another story.

Because of this she always wears headscarves when we are out in public. Yes she does get stared at andgets rather frustrated by this. You'd expect some reaction from kids but adults you would hope knew better. But this day apparently not.

We were doing some shopping and this one lady who would have been late 30's-early 40s continually kept staring at her and we over heard a couple of remarks to the effect of what country do you think she's from. This is where my normally respectful daughter turned around and said loud enough to hear ' i look like this because i'm sick - you look that ugly all the time!' Few people looked shocked, others laughed and an elderly gentleman said to maddi that she should have told her off sooner and to the woman  he said mind your own bl***y business

hotfrangipani replied:

Oh Kelly..what a crack up!

John was mucking up at the dinner table one night and as a warning, Peter leant over and flicked his ear.  Much to our surprise and quite pleased with himself, John grins and proudly announces  "hmmm...you missed!" 

Now the worst part is that we just couldn't stop laughing...

Another incident....Matthew is 4 at the time and we have always encouraged manners at the table...one rule is Dont talk with your mouth full.

Yep sure enough out of no where...I think it was Peter being told off...was told "dont talk with your mouth full" by our little man!

Oh....you could almost write a book on these stories!  Keep them coming!

Janine replied:

Kids do make you lugh even when they are naughty and being smart back.

This morning I went to the chemist with my 3yold Kayla and we were waiting to be serve and she keep saying "More bum bum cream, mummy, hurry more bum bum cream. Need bum bum cream mummy. Sore bum bum" The lady who served my could not stop laughing at what Kayla was saying. The others waiting did not know what she was saying until they saw a tub of Lucus Paw Paw Ointment in my hand.

angelfouad replied:

Funny stories...

Well this isn't my story, but wanted to share for all the parents out there!

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mangoscrapping replied:

I have so many funny moments,but I have to say the best one was before I even had kids.

My best friend and I were sitting around in the front yard of her house, not really doing much as you do when you're in uni.

Well the young kids next door started swearing at each other, quite loudly I might add, which we didn't really pay much attention too until their mother yelled out the window at the top of her lungs.

Stop your f----g swearing.

I remember looking at my friend and thinking, well that was effective now the whole neighbour hood knows where they learnt the swearing from.

I do also remember when Anthony was about 3 just old enought to really understand what he was saying, we were trying to walk through a crowded market, when all of a sudden he yells out, would you just get out of the bloody way, I am trying to walk here. Well if I could find a whole big enough I would have jumped in pretty quick.

sparklingvoodoo replied:

My story is similar to Tanyas. My children also are croatian, so when they talk about grandparents people look at them funny. "I went to my Barkas for the weekend" people think they have picked up something I have said too loudly in front of children. Until I tell them it means grandmother, then they understand.