Funny things children DO !

[narnia]

So, child, aged 4 ( next week) says, 'I need the toilet'..........'ok, off you go' says I. Child goes off and is in there a little while when I hear all sorts of screeching and groaning. Fearing the worst, I run in without stopping to knock on the door as I usually would. And what was the cause of all the kerfuffle?? Child is standing next to the toilet, with his head firmly wedged in the toilet SEAT !! ( we have one of those 'family seat' thingies which has a training/child's seat permanently attached to the adult one, you just lift it up when adults wish to be seated(!) ). So as I was saying, child's head is firmly wedged in the child-sized seat and pointing upwards, thankfully. I tried to lift the seat off: no luck; child squealed that his ears hurt. So, I realise that his head is the wrong way round to get it out of the seat...........and so I have to pick the child up, holding him under one arm while I continue to try to remove him. He is all the time wriggling squesling and being generally unco-operative........so, I managed to turn him half a head width round ( seat is oval shaped) and eventually managed to wriggle him out............only damage is one very red ear at this point. 'So, what on earth do you think you were doing?' says I 'Pooing' says he and off he scampered. At this point, I realise that yes, that's exactly what he had done, as it was still sitting there in the pan!. Mum arrives shortly afterwards, and I ( I would have won an Oscar for the straight face) explain what has gone on. She burst into a fit of giggles and explained that he likes to watch his poo disappear down the loo, so she thinks that's what went on. I tell you..........my days are numbered..........................and so are his if he pulls a stunt like that again .......

[sunnyday]

[Stargrower]

How is it that I've worked with children for years (and we're talking years) and they still manage to surprise me. Never come across that one before Narnia! :1b

[Rea]

Fabulous

My brother was found standing IN the toilet by his 1st teacher, he didnt want to do 'numbers'. Shoes were soaked!

[klc106]

That's brilliant

[narnia]

I just realised that I have, this month,. been working in childcare for exactly 40 years, and this is definately a first!

[Cait]

congratulations! ::1a

[Panders]

Had them lock themselves in before now (thankfully we can open the doors from the outside)! Nothing like this, reminds me of all those cartoons you used to see of A&E with children having saucepans stuck on their heads from playing spacemen!

 

This evening I sent my granddaughter upstairs to get a book to take home with her, she had been gone a little while, but I was cooking dinner at the time, a few moments later, she walked into the kitchen with the pottie in her hands presenting me with her poo, wonderful says I, good girl, thank you so much, to which she replies "my pleasure"!

[HappyMaz]

I just realised that I have, this month,. been working in childcare for exactly 40 years, and this is definately a first!

And what better present could you have received to mark the occasion than that little vignette of the ingenuity of children! Congratulations narnia: here's to as many more as you'd like to do!

[narnia]

I wanted to share this: We have a little boy who suffers separation anxiety dreafully. His father says he also used to suffer from it and it lasted right through preschool and through his infant and junior school time ( Hmm, daddy, are you transferring that anxiety to your child?) anyway...........we have long periods of crying and long periods of 'where's mummy?', we've tried all the usual things: shorter sessions, cuddles, one to one worker, mum's voice on talking tin, mum leaves a bunch of keys so he knows she has to come back, photos of mum and dad etc.

So, he arrived on Thursday, crying, as usual. My deputy was in the mood for a piece of classical music, so she put on 'Peter and the Wolf'..................and we were utterly transfixed at the sight of the same little boy, who stopped crying, asked 'what's this music?' and listened intently to the whole thing, before telling us, 'it sounds like Gruffalo music' and he started dancing all round the room, then prowling like a wolf!!!!!!!! Utter astonishment from us and rom his mum, who said 'no, we don't listen to stuff like that, we like Beyonce'(!) Guess what we'll be playing for a while??

At the other end of the day, a parent came to collect his youngest son, and came with his 9 year old. In they came, I shut the gate and Pa went in to gather child and belongings. With that, the 9 year old went over to our other gate and started to open it. I asked him to stop and he just laughed at me and carried on. So, my best sergeant major voice and a raised eyebrow brought him to a halt and his father to the door to see what was going on. The child stoppd what he was doing, looked at me and said, It's OK, I read the sign ( sign says to keep gate closed as children are playing). So, I said 'IF you had read the sign, you wouldn't have opened the gate'.....and the cocky little devil said, it's ok, I'LL be the one in trouble if it goes wrong'............so, a not too gentle word in his precious little lughole later, he is in no doubt that from now on if he touches the gate without my express permission, he isn't coming in again and in fact, 'if it goeswrong, it's ME who carries the can, not him as the gate is there to protect everyone and to keep them safe'. His father scooped him up and without even a good bye, left the place in a fat fury.

Mum arrives next morning and asked for a word with me. I thought I was in the mire, but she said her son had arrived home in a state, he had been upset all evening and said he doesn't like me anymore. ( here goes, I thought, youngest is leaving as i am so horrid)........and she said 'I just wanted to thank you. He's been getting more and more difficult at home recently, we can't be doing with telling him off as it's not worth the drama...................so he really needed that! He won't be messing about down here again, so any time you want to tell him off, feel free'...........I was almost speechless, but not quite, it's not my style. I just said if the occasion demanded it, he'd get it, as would any child who was misbehaving. Off she went, smiling and telling me how great it was!

[Panders]

wow and again wow

[Fredbear]

Good for you Narnia.

As for the little one with the music wow.

[Cait]

We'll done you! Glad it worked out ok!

[narnia]

The little boy with separation anxiety was in again today. First thing out of his mouth?? 'where's the wolf music?' Worked a treat again...........so much so, he told me he would go to the loo 'all by myself today'.................and after 10 minutes of scrubbing down the loo because he had pooed all over it, I might have to just enquire 'do you need any help?' a little sooner !! 'Gate boy' appeared at end of session to collect his siblings............and apologised all of his own accord All is well

[finleysmaid]

im hoping for a little miracle myself tomorrow....small child having temper tantrum (very entertaining!!!) proceeded to scream...I DONT LIKE YOU..YOU'RE HORRID GET MY MUMMY NOW! unfortunately i didn't pay much attention!!! gave me a wave on the way out....i wonder what will happen tomorrow

[Froglet]

I have a little boy who is challenging me in lots of ways at the moment. Today he had been doing something over and repeatedly refused to stop when asked/told. He finally stopped (can't remember how that happened!) and was praised for it. Seconds later he starts again so I shot him a 'teacher look' - he did it back! Looks a lot cuter on him than I hope it does on me!