tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post4590457768588349528..comments2023-05-07T14:10:02.744+01:00Comments on The River Cottage Diaries: Bringing up BébéWylye Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-8751502530192875552012-01-31T23:02:20.244+00:002012-01-31T23:02:20.244+00:00Hausfrau, me neither. Although The Boy has been as...Hausfrau, me neither. Although The Boy has been asked to try out for a team GB rowing programme. If he was in the Olympics that would be a different matter altogether<br /><br />Iota, the French kids at my childrens' college in France would win that hands down! And yes, baby slinging as an Olympic sport. I like the sound of that<br /><br />Steve, I think you can download it as an e-book on Amazon ;-)Wylye Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-73459830505352120762012-01-31T19:39:35.455+00:002012-01-31T19:39:35.455+00:00"The Satanic Seed of Cheese-Eating Surrender ..."The Satanic Seed of Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys Don't Throw Food" - is that available on Kindle?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-43062782265491507972012-01-31T18:59:17.738+00:002012-01-31T18:59:17.738+00:00Alternatively, they could invent sports to involve...Alternatively, they could invent sports to involve the babies. You could have an event where the athletes had to grab a baby from the crowd, and throw it over the pole vault bar, catch it the other side, and then return it to its parents. Fun for all the family. It's high time the Olympics thought seriously about audience participation.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-32663725484297274722012-01-31T18:57:29.199+00:002012-01-31T18:57:29.199+00:00I have a suggestion. Why don't they introduce ...I have a suggestion. Why don't they introduce food-slinging as an Olympic sport? I mean, those athletes throw the discus and the javelin, and put the shot. Why not have toss the toast, or lob the loaf? Then they could have a junior Olympics, and children could compete. Solved.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-57453868009679898232012-01-31T10:31:26.179+00:002012-01-31T10:31:26.179+00:00I don't want to go to the Olympics not being a...I don't want to go to the Olympics not being a sports fan. Husband plans to watch on the telly so he gets the best possible view without the inconvenience of other people! Well behaved children should be welcomed everywhere, but there are limits to what can be expected of them - I know I couldn't behave appropriately at a sports event!hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311075972682014843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-101199679063865322012-01-30T21:18:02.991+00:002012-01-30T21:18:02.991+00:00Perpetua, for mine it was a question of survival. ...Perpetua, for mine it was a question of survival. I have so little tolerance for misbehaving children that I probably would have done away with them. I count myself lucky that all my friends with young children have lovely ones. It seems the further I got from the South East, the better behaved the children became<br /><br />MH, it's just a shame that the only clip I can find is the later discussion. The earlier one was much funnier. I think if the Olympics was in France all the children would be in the creche<br /><br />Auntie, I can't imagine!Wylye Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-62425710564710227672012-01-30T21:14:01.679+00:002012-01-30T21:14:01.679+00:00Sarah, agreed
Mac n'Janet, I commented to a f...Sarah, agreed<br /><br />Mac n'Janet, I commented to a friend the other day that the older I get, the lower my threshold of tolerance for crying babies and whinging toddlers<br /><br />Croixblanches, hello and welcome. I have to say I can't think of many French children who's manners mirrored the ones that Ms Druckerman knows. On the other hand, I know lots of very well behaved British childrenWylye Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-4226916404469199082012-01-30T18:36:39.275+00:002012-01-30T18:36:39.275+00:00I saw the two Katie's the other morning and go...I saw the two Katie's the other morning and got a real kick out of it. <br />My opinion? No, littles should not be taken to the Olympics. Too crowded, possibly too hot, too loud and too quiet like you say at the beginning of an event, too many seats taken up by ungrateful bodies. There are families with older children who would pay double for a babies' seat. <br />There if a time and place for babies. If the Olympics were in France, babies would be part of the package. I just don't think it's the English way.Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669942398455478155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-60381828219383067582012-01-30T17:44:36.807+00:002012-01-30T17:44:36.807+00:00Wylye Girl, you and I seem to have much the same i...Wylye Girl, you and I seem to have much the same ideas on child-rearing, and mine haven't turned out badly either. As for the Olympics and children, given the price of the tickets, anyone who wastes that amount of money on a child to young to appreciate the experience has too much money.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-65172741816929188602012-01-30T16:33:06.898+00:002012-01-30T16:33:06.898+00:00Snarf! My French neighbours gaze open-mouthed as m...Snarf! My French neighbours gaze open-mouthed as my boy-children have often (when present) part-cooked the meal, cleared away the plates between courses so I can stay at the table to chat-translate-referee, washed up where necessary..all without being asked. OK they're now grown up, but the idea of adult males (let alone anyone's children) doing any of the above appears foreign to the majority of my French friends and acquaintances. If I let on that they can also do ironing and a little light D.I.Y, Gawd knows what might happen....Croixblancheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192628008722634336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-69082858023482215282012-01-30T16:09:50.300+00:002012-01-30T16:09:50.300+00:00I wonder why Katie Hopkins is so down on mumsnet??...I wonder why Katie Hopkins is so down on mumsnet???? says auntie taking her tongue out of her cheek :) Loved KH rant about squaking 8 year old babes in arms!!!!auntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-41167458873864925382012-01-30T15:30:26.578+00:002012-01-30T15:30:26.578+00:00There are appropriate places for babies and young ...There are appropriate places for babies and young children, the Olympics, restaurants after 7 in the evening, theaters at night, bars, yes I've seen them there, and in shared hospital rooms. I'm not entertained by your child, been there, done that and don't want to do it again. I'm an an older adult and quite frankly the fewer children I'm around the happier I am, could this be caused by the number of years I taught school? Don't know, I enjoy children in the appropriate setting, but at this time of my life there are fewer places I'm willing to share with children. <br />Hope I didn't sound like a crotchety old lady, I'm really not.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972390874182782404.post-76722968545793595762012-01-30T15:01:20.540+00:002012-01-30T15:01:20.540+00:00I wouldn't dream of taking a baby or toddler t...I wouldn't dream of taking a baby or toddler to the Olympics. What an unsuitable place. You have to sit in a sit among hundreds unable to move if you want to see the action and watch what's going on. That is exactly what babies and toddlers cannot do.<br /><br />It's also very selfish to expect other people to be tolerant when your offspring starts wailing. They have paid for tickets to see the event, not endure someone else's childcare problem. <br /><br />I hate it when babies are brought into restaurants and start wailing too and their French parents don't whisk them out instantly. I go out to pay to eat in child-free peace.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.com