 What
children say to their mum's
Luckily, it isn't the only "us" that gets embarrassed
by what our children say or do. Babyworld members shared their priceless
moments with us…
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"My middle daughter announced to a room of relatives last weekend that
'Mummy has the hairiest lady bits you've ever seen'. Time for that Brazilian
perhaps? She then told my two teenage nieces that I had 'saggy-down boobs,
a wobbly bottom and a tummy that squishes like bread dough'. Delightful
creatures hey?"
Maria
"I've worked with children for 15 years and how I've managed to look
parents in the face I don't know after what their kids have said. One
child was potty training and every time he sat on the potty all his mum's
secrets came out. 'I'm not allowed in mummy's bed anymore as Uncle Stewart
is staying over and he needs to share her bed!' I babysat for this mum
as well and knew that Uncle Stewart was meant to be a friend and no more.
"Child E was on the bus with Child H one day and the nursery was in
a quite posh area, with lots of older ladies with marbles in their mouths.
Child H says 'My mummy has a hairy bum!'. I knew instantly what Child
E was about to reply with and couldn't get to her to shush her in time.
'Well my mummy has a hairy fanny!' The whole bus turned and looked at
me and I couldn't get off quick enough. "My most embarrassing time as
a parent was my daughter announcing, 'Murray came out your flower mummy
didn't he?' 'Yes Eilidh he did!' 'Well that must be one big flower with
the size of his head!'.
Groovee
"When my second son was a bit younger I was getting changed in the bathroom.
He pointed to my lady bits and said, 'Mama you've got poo'. He was talking
about my hairy bits! He has also asked me on more than one occasion where
my 'willy' was. "My friend's daughter asked her why she had 'feathers'
up her nose. My friend didn't know what she was talking about at first
and they she realised her daughter was talking about her nose hair. Time
to buy a nasal trimmer I think!"
Fiona
"My daughter once announced, 'My mummy smells because she is fat'. I
am neither! One of my sons told the teacher in an essay about home that,
'My stepdad comes home from work and shouts at mum and then drinks whisky
till he falls asleep'. He had been watching Grange Hill or something and
blurred the boundaries of reality and fantasy!"
Deb
"I was in Tesco with my five-year-old old son and we were standing at
the checkout. The lady on the till was being very friendly and asking
Oliver about his Christmas. She then asked if he had any brothers and
sisters. He then looked at her and said, 'Yes, two younger sisters and
we all have different dads'.
I cannot begin to explain how mortified I was. Each to their own but
I have been married for nine years and my three all have the same dad!
The woman actually stopped scanning the food, looked at me, looked down
to my wedding ring finger, then back to my face again.
But the worse bit is I did not have my ring on because I had puffy fingers
so took it off! For the first time in my life I was speechless and decided
it was pointless trying to explain myself!"
Ema
"My first son was doing a project at school about likes and dislikes,
including families, and he told the whole class 'my mum likes vodka' and
he wrote it in his book. He was only seven at the time!"
Vicky
"My brother was the best. When he was in school he proudly told the teacher
that his mum picks him up after school every day gives him a butty for
his tea then a sleeping tablet and straight to bed. It was a good job
that the head teacher knew my mum as his school teacher was considering
calling social services."
Dblair
"The other week I went down the shops with no knickers on as they kept
falling down all day and I was sick of them. My daughter has since tried
to mention it to everyone."
GemAngel
"My niece once asked me what I wore to bed, and I said 'Pyjamas, like
mummy'. She said, 'Sometimes my mummy sleeps naked!' I told my sister;
she was slightly embarrassed to say the least! My other niece was looking
in my handbag with my husband for sweets, when she opened the inner pocket
and pulled out a tampon. She asked him what it was and he went very red
and said 'Ask your mum!'.
Cait
"There are a couple of things that I remember with my eldest daughter
when she was small! I was at the front door paying the milkman when she
came up behind me and was tugging at my trousers. I turned around and
asked her what was the matter. She then held up a tampon that she had
found, unwrapped and taken out of its applicator. '
Wasss thisss mum?' Well the milkman didn't know where to look and I couldn't
help but laugh. "Another time we were in the changing rooms of the swimming
pool and another lady, who was larger than me shall we say, was also getting
changed. My daughter turned around and said at full volume, 'Look mummy
that lady is big and fat just like you!'
Imogen
"After Jamie was born I sent my husband downstairs to the spare room
to sleep as his snoring was doing my head in whilst I was up breastfeeding
in the night. A few days later a man came to deliver a take-away and my
daughter, aged four, told him, 'My Dad sleeps downstairs now'. I'm not
too sure I wanted the delivery man to know the state of my marriage!"
Lou
"When my first son was little, I was having a lie-in one morning and
my husband's sister came to drop something off to us on her way to work.
Peter went downstairs and said 'Do you know what my mum just did? A big
fart!' I hadn't! I kept out of her way for ages. Then, about a week after
I had Emma, my second son came into the room when I was getting dressed
and said 'Mum, I think you should go on You Are What You Eat'. How depressing.
Cathy
"Just after potty training Rachael, I took her to the public loos and
she heard a lady next door 'having a wee'. At the top of her voice she
shouted, 'Don't forget to wipe your bits, lady'. The lady came out of
the cubicle at the same time as us. I was very embarrassed."
Steph
"Yesterday our new neighbour came in to say hello and ask how we were
settling in. As soon as he saw her Rory took off upstairs and refused
to come down. I shouted up to him to come down and say hello and all I
got in return was 'I don't like that lady, she's HORRIBLE!'. I don't think
she heard, if she did she didn't let on. And besides, she's a very nice
lady!"
Morag
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