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You don't kill them because of the amount of work you've already put in. It'd be a waste.

Plus, they pay you back massively in amusement. Their tantrums, their ridiculous statements, the clothes they wear, their haircuts, the stupid things they do. It's all hilarious.

This sums it up really:

Arrrgh can't get this to work and thinking about it, the link is a bit sweary (it is Samuel L Jackson reading 'Go the bleep to sleep')so if you want it, go find it wild and free on t'interweb....

Plus, they pay you back massively in amusement. Their tantrums, their ridiculous statements, the clothes they wear, their haircuts, the stupid things they do. It's all hilarious.

Is this the parents or the children, sorry a bit tired after a very long day with the kids. My 3 year old has decided he's not tired at all and is currently downstairs eating MY DINNER for me!

You need to get more laid back. I learned pretty early on that if I started getting wound up by the little horrors I was for an early grave. So I chilled out a lot more, let him get on with it and just laughed inside at all the daft stuff he gets up to.

I admit, it's sometimes hard to find the funny side when they stand on your ipod or you have to fight a large gang of drunken teenagers off them (yes, both these things have happened to me) but even then, it's worth looking back on with a smirk.

Now he's 16 it's great. I have to stiffle a laugh every time I see his 'cool' clothes and haircut and his outbursts are even funnier than when he was three and he believed all the lies I told him.

Mine (18 month and 5yr old girls) do that (as on what the OP said), but it's tollerable because they are my own kids and I love them to bits as a consequence, plus it's nice to see them happy and enjoying themselves. I can't stand other people's kids though so I can understand non-parents views on the matter.

As soon as my daughter can speak I plan to have a huge placard made up with the word NO printed on both sides in 2ft letters. When she's 16 one side will be changed to YES. Then when she's 18 she can burn it 🙂

Patience and acceptance and an ability to see the funny side sort of soak into you while the rugrat is waking you up with blood curdling screams every hour or so for the first year of their life.. (plus you get a good nine months of training looking after the pregnant mother..) so it's quite an intensive crash course with no room for failing.. it's probably in contravention of many human rights laws but it certainly works..

It kind of takes care of itself.. other peoples kids are still a bit of a challenge though for sure..

I'm a step dad to thirteen year old twin boys. How I've never drowned them I don't know...

Its a chemical trick, once they are born they give off some hormones which you recognise as your own and then your heart melts. Game over..

As they get older you become more tolerant because you start to realise that they are a replica of you... in oh so many ways!

think yourself lucky, some of us never got the chance to have kids

Children are like farts - people only really like their own.

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Its a chemical trick, once they are born they give off some hormones which you recognise as your own and then your heart melts

Nah, it's not that. I love my daughter because she actually IS awesome, not just because she's mine 😉

Last night my 2 year old and 4 year old were dancing wildly around the living room to Back In Black whilst I did my best Angus Young impression. [i]Those[/i] are the moments that wash away all the bad stuff 😀

have to second the above comment about them being good value on the amusement front.

I constantly get moaned at from the wife for not taking them seriously when they're telling me how it's the end of the world as they can't remember where they've just put down an integral part of the lego 'spaceship' (those things would never get out of our atmosphere, no concept of aerodynamics) etc.

My 5 year old had a tantrum this morning at 6.03 when I told him he wasn't allowed out of bed until 6.05!!! I'm trying to teach him the importance of never getting out of bed at anything other than a kind of round number bu the just doesn't understand the concept.

Plus I had a great time going to the shops yesterday while it was pissing down with my almost 3 year old in shorts, anorak and wellies. 30 mins splashing in puddles was probably the highlight of his year by the look on his face.

Times like that are proper priceless and I wouldn't change them for anything

[i]I'm trying to teach him the importance of never getting out of bed at anything other than a kind of round number[/i]

get that OCD passed down through the generations...

I used to set my alarm for 6:31 just to avoid the mental trauma of a 6:30 start.

Last night my 2 year old and 4 year old were dancing wildly around the living room to Back In Black whilst I did my best Angus Young impression. Those are the moments that wash away all the bad stuff

My 2 yr old twins are being immersed in my choice of music - this morning Izzi was particularly fond of the Beastie Boys.

I'm fighting with Mrs TT on music, her being American.

MsTT has a bit of a dance to Fools Gold by the Stone Roses every evening under my supervision. These transatlantic battles will shape my daughter while she wears me out.

My eldest daughter is horribly impatient, cocky, gobby overly-demanding, and prone to irrational tantrums.

However, the youngest one doesn't seem to be like me at all. Phew 😉

Nah, it's not that. I love my daughter because she actually IS awesome, not just because she's mine

Which proves my point exactly, you are under the influence of a heady cocktail of chemicals.

[i]a heady cocktail of chemicals[/i]

I think it's more that several years of sleep deprivation cause mental changes from which you never fully recover rather than any ongoing chemical imbalance.

I'm just fattening mine up ready to cook them.

Which proves my point exactly, you are under the influence of a heady cocktail of chemicals

A cocktail of awesomeness 🙂

Kids, you got to love 'em.
Last week...
5 year old girl - Chickenpox
3 year old girl - fall in the garden leading to full thickness laceration of lip requiring maxfacial and plastic surgeon under general anaesthetic (poor little thing)
6month old boy - teething and not sleeping more than 4hours at a time.

Me - job interview this morning at 8am.

Waiting for the feedback now. Not convinced I'll get it, but if I managed to convince the interviewer that I was at least a human being, I'd settle for that at the moment.

No problems whatsoever with my own kids. Other people's kids are a frickin nightmare tho

I think it's more that several years of sleep deprivation cause mental changes from which you never fully recover rather than any ongoing chemical imbalance.

Brain plasticity - chemicals released in your brain when a baby is born (both the mum and the dad get these chemicals) cause your brain to rewire itself permanently. There's a really interesting popular science book about it by Norman Doidge - one of his examples of the brain undergoind a sudden large re-wiring process is parenthood.

http://www.normandoidge.com/normandoidge/MAIN.html

So it's official, kids really do mess with your mind.

I'm just fattening mine up ready to cook them.

I tell mine that every day. It's best to remind them of all the other kids you've raised for meat, and what they tasted like..

so glad i cant have kids, its a blessing it really is 🙂

ours is only 13 months and already shouting "NO NO NO NO" when you try and feed her, then proceeds to knock everything off the high chair and cover the walls in food... quite funny the first time!

i take my hat off to people who have more than one!

wouldnt change it for the world but theres noway were having a second!

[i]theres noway were having a second![/i]

Yeah, right.

We've all been there. My son was 5 when we had our second. I think it took that long to get over the trauma.

my daughter is 9 months old, trying to feed her in her high chair is hard work, every time i try to put a spoonful near her mouth, she thinks its a game and grabs the spoonful of food then tries to feed herself. When I tell her NO firmly, she looks like she is about to burst into tears.....then my heart melts! you have got to love 'em!

every time i try to put a spoonful near her mouth, she thinks its a game and grabs the spoonful of food then tries to feed herself.

It's easy 😉
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The O.P is the Uncle and me being an auntie I'm often in the same position and take my hat off to all parents too. However I've looked after my nephew since he was no longer being breast fed, so have had a teeny bit more experience, and as samuri has said, we've had the opportunity to enjoy all the funny bits too.

Best bit of all though is taking him mtbing and he enjoys it (oh and we get to pass him back at the end of a weekend).

sharkbait - she is soooo cute.

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my daughter is 9 months old, trying to feed her in her high chair is hard work, every time i try to put a spoonful near her mouth, she thinks its a game and grabs the spoonful of food then tries to feed herself.

Give her a spoon or two then, let her have a few goes at it herself whilst you get the rest into her
Swap full for empty spoons with her etc.

Always worked for me

yeah maybe i should let her try herself! its gonna et messy!

my daughter is 9 months old, trying to feed her in her high chair is hard work, every time i try to put a spoonful near her mouth, she thinks its a game and grabs the spoonful of food then tries to feed herself

Whoah! That's called wanting to learn, and it's a good thing!

Give her the spoon, and the food, and let her have a go. So she makes a mess - big deal. You're going to need to clean up anyway. If she's hungry she'll get some in there, you can always help her out a bit if she gets frustrated and stays hungry.

EDIT: better still, cook food that comes in soft chunks and put them on a plate for her so she can feed herself. Stuffing things in their mouths is what babies do best. Google 'baby led weaning'.

she is soooo cute.

Lol @ stoner.
I'm in a naughty mood today after getting really soddy on yesterdays ride.

theres noway were having a second!

But remember: God is evil! What he did when he made us was sabotage the wiring in our brains. Once your little angel is through the pooing/screaming/teething and more pooing stage, and starts to become value for money, a little switch is flicked in your head.

When activated, this sets about deleting all the memories of hallucinating at work through lack of sleep, sealing a nappy only to hear the explosion of liquid bowels, sitting up all night while the little ball of chickenpox tries to scratch itself to death. Gone! All of it. He had to do it. Otherwise none of us would have more than one. EVER!

Whoah! That's called wanting to learn, and it's a good thing!

Give her the spoon, and the food, and let her have a go. So she makes a mess - big deal. You're going to need to clean up anyway. If she's hungry she'll get some in there, you can always help her out a bit if she gets frustrated and stays hungry.

Plus she might have hidden talents in the field of trebuchet engineering, always a useful skill to foster.

The O.P is the Uncle

My ten year olds got a stinking cold, coughs on average every 14 seconds. That's with "linctus" (great word). Found I've had to leave her with the wife and go walk the dog, currently sitting in pub with dog for us both to chill out. Poor little thing, she can't help it but ffargsache... too much. Hope she gets better ASAP.

*sips end of pint and walks back home.

It's best to remind them of all the other kids you've raised for meat, and what they tasted like..

and if they ask why the presenter on cbeebies only has one arm..?

well that's what happens if you're naughty.. 😐

and if they ask why the presenter on cbeebies only has one arm..?

well that's what happens if you're naughty..

ho ho nasty

*sips end of pint and walks back home.

*walks back to pub to get dog

Is the reason why she only has one arm in the public domain, btw?

cos she was naughty when she was little... keep up molly.. 🙄

I second the 'give them a spoon and sit back' attitude (eventually!). Ours (now 17 months) would be so interested in anything I had, that he wouldn't let me feed him unless he had his own spoon.

In fact - that's a real trick to get them to take calpol - give them a metal spoon and let them 'try' to put the spoon in the calpol bottle! It gives them a nice clink, they think they might be able to get the spoon in, and you can get them to take a spoon full of the stuff!

Kids are great, although he's only JUST gone to bed, wheras he should be tucked away, oooh, 2 hours ago!
Don't know where he get the energy from?! (those who have met me may have an idea where this is going!

DrP