Kids and Small Hotels and Breakfast Time Nightmares

shellsuit

DKLS wrote: »

If a parent can't manage the simple task of sitting a child down giving it some breakfast and eating and behaving in an appropriate manner, I would question their parenting skills, !!!!!! how hard is it?, what does the toddler normally have for breakfast, cereal, toast or smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.

I have had too many meals out ruined by kids who couldn't behave or !!!!!! and parents unable to parent due to pandering to their little emperors. Saturday was a prime example at the local garden centre 2 young kids running wild, crashing into pensioners and tables and screeching and shouting yet the parents were oblivious.

If it was up to me I would have whisked them off to social services or better sell them to a testing lab to save on using bunnies.

You're not a parent are you, so you would have NO idea how hard it can be.

And why would you have wanted to do anything to the kids, when it's not the kids fault?!

You've just said the parents were oblivious, so the kids weren't to blame were they?

jellyhead

That would have annoyed me too, to be honest. Knocking into pensioners is bad, and the parents need to supervise their children better ... or perhaps 1 could go around the garden centre while the other takes the bored children to the park?

Lotus-eater

shellsuit wrote: »

You've just said the parents were oblivious, so the kids weren't to blame were they?

I've always said the parents were to blame before I had my DS3.

Yesterday we went to a small supermarket with a basket, my DD had hold of his hand for a few minutes, he pulled his hand away and ran off, ran to the end of an isle and waited for me to come to get him, then ran off when I did, I ended up sneaking up on him through another isle and it still took me half an isle to catch him... little monkey.
Absolutely refused to come to me when asked/told.

I could see all the hostile judging looks from the other shoppers :rotfl: I probably would have done the same

jellyhead

I had 3 six year olds behaving badly in a supermarket a few days ago, 1 of which was mine. An assistant on the deli counter glared at me and I was so embarrassed that I shouted at them instead of speaking calmly ... ooops!

Also, my 6 year old bumped into somebody yesterday on his scooter.

I'm not a perfect parent, but when children misbehave or do something thoughtless (like standing on their scooter when they are supposed to be standing still, while I am at the cashpoint, then it moves and they bump into somebody) I don't just turn a blind eye and allow him to do it again, so hopefully I'm not too bad

Dunroamin

Nicki wrote: »

I think you are deliberately being a WUM.

The OP's complaint is that the children, who are babies and toddlers, so I imagine all under the age of 3, are being asked by their parents more than once what they would like for breakfast. My youngest is 2 and a half and I do need to repeat questions like this for him more than once. That doesn't make me a rubbish parent, just one that acknowledges that children of that age need a few minutes to process and understand questions and come up with an answer. I won't expect to be doing this when he is 5! And no, none of my children have the same thing for breakfast every day, and never have done. Sometimes they have toast, sometimes cereal and sometimes something cooked. Why should this family who have paid considerably more for their family room than OP will have done for her single, not be allowed to choose their breakfast, but OP is?

I'd personally think that children of this age eat what they're given rather than being asked to put in an an order but, if in that's what happens away from home, wouldn't it be a good idea to do all this dithering before coming down to breakfast?

sassyblue

Person_one wrote: »

What sort of tips can you offer based on how you've raised your child?

Sit down and !!!!!! kids or l'm calling in social services to deal with you or better still having you sent to a test lab like they do cute fluffy bunnies, obviously. :rotfl: _pale_

shellsuit

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I've always said the parents were to blame before I had my DS3.

Yesterday we went to a small supermarket with a basket, my DD had hold of his hand for a few minutes, he pulled his hand away and ran off, ran to the end of an isle and waited for me to come to get him, then ran off when I did, I ended up sneaking up on him through another isle and it still took me half an isle to catch him... little monkey.
Absolutely refused to come to me when asked/told.

I could see all the hostile judging looks from the other shoppers :rotfl: I probably would have done the same

But you were dealing with him weren't you, you weren't oblivious to him running about, so you weren't to blame at all!

My little man who is 3 loves shop doors that open when you stand in front of them. One day he ran back to the door 6 times, while I was trying to walk up the first aisle and hold shopping bags and a basket (so I was struggling to hold his hand aswell).

The more he did it and the more I went back for him, the more he thought it was a game and was squealing with laughter like a little piggy.

I wanted to ground to open and swallow me up :rotfl::rotfl:



When we go shopping now it takes ages as he has to say Hello to everyone. EVERYONE we pass. Then we we get to the checkout, he has to say Hello to whoever it is on the till and if they don't reply, he keeps saying "Hello lady, Hello lady, Helloooo lady, Hello lady" (or man, whichever, obviously).

Then when we're done, he has to say bye too, and bye to everyone behind us in the queue.

Then we have to go out of those blinkin' doors again!!!!!!

Shopping is a nightmare lol!

Everyone thinks he's lovely, especially old people who say he's really happy, friendly and polite but they don't have to shop with him all the time.

jellyhead

shellsuit wrote: »

When we go shopping now it takes ages as he has to say Hello to everyone. EVERYONE we pass. Then we we get to the checkout, he has to say Hello to whoever it is on the till and if they don't reply, he keeps saying "Hello lady, Hello lady, Helloooo lady, Hello lady" (or man, whichever, obviously).

He sounds adorable

Nicki

Dunroamin wrote: »

I'd personally think that children of this age eat what they're given rather than being asked to put in an an order but, if in that's what happens away from home, wouldn't it be a good idea to do all this dithering before coming down to breakfast?

Only if you are completely dysfunctional . I don't choose my meals in my hotel bedroom before I go down to the restaurant, or at home in my lounge before I go out for a meal so why would I teach my children that that is the normal thing to do? I also sometimes discuss with my husband what to choose from the menu when I see it, if I fancy for example both the eggs benedict and the pancakes and am trying to decide which to go for. Its normal sociable behaviour I'm afraid, and if that kind of thing annoys you, don't eat breakfast in a public place.

Normal behaviour is to go in to the breakfast room, sit down, discuss what everyone is having, give the order to the waiter or waitress and receive your breakfast within around 10 minutes, which is a manageable wait between deciding what to have and getting their food for a very little one. Or you could choose your meal in the bedroom, go down, sit and wait for the waiter to come over (which will be 5-10 mins as they will assume you need time to decide what to have), order and wait for another 10 minutes or so, which probably makes about half an hour for your toddler to wait between telling you what they would like for breakfast and it being delivered. I know which option is most likely to produce bad behaviour from most kids.

I seriously don't get why it is anyone's business what the people in the next table are talking about, whether that is a story in this morning's Times, or a conversation with a toddler about what they will have for breakfast even if that conversation is a repetitive one. Just concentrate on your own table and mind your own business!

It equally annoys me when people get irritated when I go out with my severely autistic daughter, who can't talk but does grunt, squeak and babble to herself at a volume the same as, or often quieter, than an adult conversation. It may be a DIFFERENT noise to the one they are used to, but its not a louder one, and if they don't like it, they should take a hike rather than give us evil eyes and try and make us feel uncomfortable.

delain

Shellsuit my squeak is like that