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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2010-02-11 01:26 pm
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Kids. Who'd have 'em?

Transcript of my walk home from picking up the Cherub (age 4 1/2) from pre-school. To be honest she's getting too big for her pushchair (buggy) but omg does it make life easier on occasion. Cut to spare you all! *g*

Cherub: I WANT TO GO TO TOWN!
Me: Not today dear. Here, have your biscuit.
Cherub: I don't want that biscuit.
Me: Well that's what I brought. You can have a different one when we get home.
Cherub: I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME! I WANT TO GO TO TOWN! WAAAAH!
Me: Tough, we're going home.
Cherub: I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME! I WANT TO GO TO TOWN! WAAAAH!

She keeps this up for a while, until she spies the playground further along the road.

Cherub: I WANT TO GO TO THE PLAYGROUND!
Me: It's a nice day.... yeah, go on.
Cherub: AND THEN GO TO TOWN!
Me: No.
Cherub: THEN I DON'T WANT TO GO!
Me: Are you sure?
Cherub: I WANT THE PLAYGROUND THEN TOWN!
Me: We're not going to town.
Cherub: WAAAH! THEN I DON'T WANT THE PLAYGROUND! *sob* I WANT TO GO TO TOWN!

As she keeps shouting she [grumpily] starts trailing her feet on the pavement.

Me: Please don't put your feet on the ground, you're going to get hurt.
Cherub: LEAVE ME ALONE!
Me: Very well.
Cherub: I WANT TO GO TOWN! I WANT TO GO TOWN! I WANT TO GO TOWN! WAAAH!
Me: Darling, do you honestly think this strategy is going to work?
Cherub: I WANT TO GO TOWN!
Me: Whatever. (I'm such a heartless mother...)

As we were getting closer to home, she decided to do that worming herself out of her harness that children get very good at, so - to stop her from actually falling out - I lifted her out.

Cherub: I WANT A CARRY!

She is skinny, but heavy. Also carrying a child + pushing a pushchair is pretty knackering.

Me: No. You can walk, or you can get back in the pushchair.
Cherub: I WANT A CARRY!
Me: No.
Cherub: I WANT A CARRY!

I start walking off.

Cherub: WAAAH! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME! I WANT A CARRY!

This is the point where it got kinda hard to keep a straight face, cause she was alternating between sitting down on the ground and jumping up and down in anger.

Me: You've been naughty and shouty. Say sorry.
Cherub: I WANT A CARRY!
Me: What do you say?
Cherub: I WANT A CARRY!

This continued for a while, and then we had a time-out, wherein she had a sip of her drink and decided that she did want her biscuit after all. Cue TRAGEDY when she dropped it.

Cherub: MY BISCUIT! *heartbreak*

So I picked her up.

Me: Are you sorry for being shouty?
Cherub: *mumble mumble yes*
Me: What was that?
Cherub: I'm sorry.
Me: Are we friends then?
Cherub: *sad nod*

So she did get a carry in the end. Here endeth the day's dose of parenting. (I might have been mentally composing this post in my head as things unfolded. *g*)


To give this post some purpose other than my daughter's tantrum, a fabulous KitKat advert from 2001 that made me terribly nostalgic. Do you remember when Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was all over TV (and Daleks weren't)? (From this post, which has the best ring tone *ever*!)

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[personal profile] shapinglight 2010-02-11 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh! So in this instance, she wasn't so much a cherub as an imp?
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
More of a shouty little idiot. Bless. :)
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[personal profile] gillo 2010-02-11 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I have friends who called their son alternately "Cherub" and "Boiled Goblin". It worked well. Now he's taller than his dad so is the Giant Mutant Ninja Teenager instead. Unless we really want to wind him up, in which case he's a cherub again. *g*
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
*points to icon*

You know, I never call her 'Cherub' at home - it's usually 'darling' or 'princess' or something similar. (Or just her name, obviously.) She gets upset with nasty names, poor thing. "I'm a GIRL, not a monkey!"
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[personal profile] gillo 2010-02-11 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That also sounds familiar. F went through a phase of refusing to wear trousers because "I'm a
GURL
!"
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Life would be boring without them, that's for sure. :)
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[personal profile] jerusha 2010-02-11 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Remind me how she got the nickname "Cherub" again? LOL!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Pictures like this? *g* I guess even angels have off days...
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[personal profile] kathyh 2010-02-11 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought when you called her "Cherub" you were risking trouble down the line *g*. Sweet to read, but probably not so sweet to experience!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I was in a good mood, so that helped A LOT. And it wasn't too bad to be honest - there's something about watching a proper tantrum unfold that's quite entertaining. :)

[identity profile] calturner.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! I remember days like this well. :D
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure all parents do! *g*

[identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The cherub is FOUR AND A HALF? OMFG!!!! I had no idea how much time had passed...
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I was waiting for someone to make a comment like that...

Yes indeed, TIME FLIES! She'll start school in autumn!

[identity profile] harmonyfb.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I sporfled at your tantrum account. Been there, done that. ::laugh::

And I desperately want an obnoxious ringtone of the Daleks shouting "GIVE US A CUDDLE!"
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I sporfled at your tantrum account. Been there, done that. ::laugh::
Oh it was a classic.

And I desperately want an obnoxious ringtone of the Daleks shouting "GIVE US A CUDDLE!"
If I had any computer skillz at all I'd be all over that. Because that would be awesome!

[identity profile] spikereader.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that brings back memories of ignoring screaming children. Now I just get pouty sulky faces (which I tend to ignore in much the same way *g*).

I'd totally forgotten that ad. Fantastic!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that brings back memories of ignoring screaming children. Now I just get pouty sulky faces (which I tend to ignore in much the same way *g*).
The 11 y.o. is getting very good at the pouty sulky faces - at least it's quieter! :)

I'd totally forgotten that ad. Fantastic!
Isn't it just? Youtube ftw!
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[personal profile] gillo 2010-02-11 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
So familiar - one of mine lay on the floor in Waitrose because I wouldn't buy her a (ridiculously expensive) star fruit. I stepped over her and carried on filling the trolley with fruit and veg.

Wait - the Cherub cannot be four and a half. I remember her being born vividly - that was, surely, like about ten months ago? *g*

For some reason when I click on the video clip I get an empty white square and nothing plays. Oh well. Loved the ring tone though!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I stepped over her and carried on filling the trolley with fruit and veg.
Heh. That is, indeed, the only way to deal with it. :)

Wait - the Cherub cannot be four and a half. I remember her being born vividly - that was, surely, like about ten months ago? *g*
*laughs* I shall have to post some recent photos! (She starts school in the autumn...)

For some reason when I click on the video clip I get an empty white square and nothing plays. Oh well.
You can watch it directly here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XznuoDdv-IM

Loved the ring tone though!
Great, isn't it? I'll have to work out how to get it on my phone now...
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[personal profile] gillo 2010-02-11 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the link - fabulous - not just the Daleks, but LL-B wanting his head shaved and the footballer doing needlework too. But Peace and Love Hari Krishna Daleks FTW!

Why do these children keep on growing up when we, demonstrably, don't age a day?
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the link - fabulous - not just the Daleks, but LL-B wanting his head shaved and the footballer doing needlework too.
Sometimes adverts just *work*!

But Peace and Love Hari Krishna Daleks FTW!
Somehow they're even scarier that way...

Why do these children keep on growing up when we, demonstrably, don't age a day?
It's a MYSTERY!

[identity profile] rhiannonhero.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
omg! I relate sooooo much!! lol!!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's extraordinary how stubborn they are. 'I will KEEP shouting, even though it has so far proved completely ineffective!'
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[identity profile] sdwolfpup.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahhhh...so much to look forward to! Hee.
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh it's all brilliant! Just learn to take a mental step backwards and look at the situation objectively! :)

[identity profile] candleanfeather.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That's it, I'm looking for a shelter for poor mothers abused by evil cherubs and giving you the adress.

LOL.
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That's very kind, but honestly she tends to be very good. I think she's getting a cold. *pets her* And who'd entertain me if she was gone? *g*

[identity profile] hello-spikey.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
peace and love daleks! *giggle* Love it!

and aaaaaw... kids. I think mandatory babysitting would do wonders for the teen pregnancy rate.

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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
peace and love daleks! *giggle* Love it!
I *had* to share!

and aaaaaw... kids. I think mandatory babysitting would do wonders for the teen pregnancy rate.
No kidding! (Oh dear, pardon the pun.) But yes - they can be LOUD and DIFFICULT! You just have to learn to laugh. :)

[identity profile] zanthinegirl.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! I have a good friend with a daughter just that age-- she's been tantrum-y lately. I copied and emailed the post to her. I'm sure she'll be amused!

I have no idea who Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is, but that commercial is seriously cute. I love the (obviously jock-type) guy doing needle point. Peace and Love Daleks FTW!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-11 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! I have a good friend with a daughter just that age-- she's been tantrum-y lately. I copied and emailed the post to her. I'm sure she'll be amused!
I certainly was! :)

I have no idea who Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is, but that commercial is seriously cute
He's the long-haired guy, getting a haircut. He's an interior designer, and 5-10 years ago he was on a million different decorating programmes, being flamboyant (both in looks and the work he did). He's a bit like Samson I guess - wouldn't be the same without his flowing locks. (Not gay btw! Happily married with several children. Just... naturally OTT.)

I love the (obviously jock-type) guy doing needle point. Peace and Love Daleks FTW!
It truly is a thing of beauty! ♥

[identity profile] zanthinegirl.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
you might enjoy my friend's response--

Oh good grief, that is SO familiar.... this morning our version was "I DON'T have beautiful hair! I don't WANNA be beautiful! I have a headache! I want to stay home!"

In the evening or weekend (ie don't have to go anywhere) if that stuff even starts up, I usually send her to her room after the first three words. I get SO sick of dealing with all the drama just trying to get out the door every morning. It brings out my inner Mominator!

Glad to hear it's not just me though, lol.....
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-12 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
this morning our version was "I DON'T have beautiful hair! I don't WANNA be beautiful! I have a headache! I want to stay home!"
Heee! Oh hairbrushing... The older two are pretty much OK (except for "You are HURTING me OW OW OW!"), but the Cherub is tricky.

Glad to hear it's not just me though, lol.....
EVERYONE has been there, oh yes.

Thank you for posting her answer, it was fun to wake up to! :)

[identity profile] avrelia.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Kids' tantrums are the best when you read about them, not when you are experiencing them :^)
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-02-12 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes. :)
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