We love our children dearly, but sometimes they do things that make you just blink in confusion and if you question these little people about their actions, I often get the response "because I did" as if that is a clear and concise answer. I remember once when Josh was younger, he and his 2 small friends locked themselves in the bathroom and then much crying and tears ensued. Luckily, we knew how to unlock the door from the outside and let them out. Another time, a friend told me that her two young daughters (the same two that Josh had locked himself in the bathroom with), who are 3 and 5, locked themselves in their bathroom and then preceded to flood it. When she asked the older, usually more responsible and better behaved one, why she didn't tell her that the younger one was flooding the bath, the 5 year old explained "that she was tired." Again, is that an explanation, only to a small child.
So I ask myself the question, already knowing the answer and welcoming your comments, but am I the only mother, or does your nursery-aged child or 4 year old also have these annoying habits too?
1. Not wiping their noses when they have a cold and letting it run into their mouths, I think that is such a disgusting habit and here's a picture to prove I am not exaggerating.
2. Not covering their mouths when they cough, you have probably guessed that my child recently had a cold.
3. Picking their noses in public and eating it, I really think that is one of the worst habits a small child has and my son often tries to kiss me after doing that. Or I have seen children at the children's centre do that and then play with the toys you just touched and I just think to myself so nasty.
4. Passing wind or farting at the dinner table and then looking at you, all innocently as if to say, "what did I do?"
5. Eating food that has fallen on the floor, even after you have told them not too. Sorry but no 3 second rule in my house, that is just repugnant.
6. Not washing their hands when they have gone to the toilet even after you have told them too, yesterday I had to explain to my 4 year old explicitly, why it was so important that he wash his hands after he use the toilet. I thought to myself, really, but I guess he truly didn't understand about germs and bacteria.
7. Eating food from a stranger, friend or family member, which you have just told this said person they do not eat; because when YOU give them this food e.g. mushrooms they don't eat it. This seems to undermine your credibility, but I am sure every mother knows that, that is the nature of children.
8. Ignoring you and pretending they can't hear you when you call them. When I was young that wasn't never allowed to happen because there would be severe consequences for such behaviour.
9. Not sitting down at the dinning room table to eat dinner, but constantly running up and down, back and forth as if on a race track. Really, can someone explain to me, why that is really necessary, because I just don't comprehend the necessity of such behaviour.
10. Finally, feeling it is necessary to drench the entire bathroom when having a bath, again, why is that necessary? Not really distasteful, just absolutely unnecessary and annoying.
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