Last might was so sweet. A colleague of DH's came over for dinner and while Declan was his normal clingy 'who is this strange person' self, he leaned out of DH's arms, held his hand out and said "Pleased to meet you"

He might say the odd naughty thing (naughty mummy ) and he may announce loudly "farty bum" when he has let one rip, but he does have lovely manners

Lots of pleases and thank-yous!

I am feeling a bit low about Ethan's behaviour at the moment.

The other day we had a tantrum getting into the car, a tantrum getting out of the car (and he climbed out of his straps three times in the 8 minute drive), another tantrum leaving Sophie's kindy, getting into the car, getting out of the car, etc, etc. i am presently the mother that everyone stares at critically or sympathetically, while I'm having my hair pulled or being bitten, whatever. I could honestly cry.
Anyway, I stopped off to grab some moisturiser and there was a toy bucket. Once purchase was made I braced myself for another rip-snorter extracting him from the toys. Nervously said 'come on let's but the toys away' with a bravado I really didn't feel. To my immense surprise, he immediately started packing up, came to hold my hand, walked calmly out of the shop waving to the assistant and said a tiny 'Thank-you. Bye bye.' (he practically never talks).

Ours is good manners too Leigh.

Ben can be cheeky, he gets cross easily and his forehead gets all furrowed (exactly like me ) but the child has wonderful manners, please, thank you, and my favourite "you're welcome mummy", I love when he says that. He is also very good at asking if you are OK if you hurt yourself which is very sweet

L's favourite food is broccoli That makes me feel awesome (and I lap it up accordingly)

Every time we get a babyccino, he wants to go and say 'ta' to the barista afterwards before we leave. (I'm convinced they all think I'm crazy lady insisting that it's "his idea" but it really is!)

His most spoken words lately are "Ta Mumma" and "peeeeease Mumma"

And he's just learnt how to blow his nose.

Penny is generally really good with saying 'please' and 'thank you'. The 'thank you's have been around while now, and it still makes me so proud when she says it, especially to strangers.
She's also very polite and says 'Bye bye' to everyone

Her vocab has been exploding lately - probably due in part to the amount of tv she watches, so that makes me feel less guilty about the times when she's watching tv!


As for Miles, well, he gained 720g in 22 days, and the ECHN was very impressed with that, so I must be doing something right in the breastfeeding department!

The ECHN also told me that I had two gorgeous children, and the day before the counsellor commented on how well-behaved and independent Penny is. Both times I felt pretty chuffed

Harriet has lovely manners, it's so cute I love it when she says 'Bye, bye, see you all tomorrow!' when we leave daycare.

Sometimes when I ask her to do something when she's a bit distracted she say 'oh, sorry!' and runs off to do it. I think she got that one from Peppa Pig

Children with good manners is so lovely to see I hope my boys have good manners - I'll try my best!

J always has to have what L has - even if they have the exact same things! J is often taking things off L even though we try to teach him not to, and to share. The other day they were playing with hair brushes and J had both. I quickly went outside to get a shirt off the line and L cried until I came back. J could see that L was crying and so offered him one of the brushes to help him feel better I thought it was so sweet Only 14 months old and already learning sharing

Leo might not be great at the things that keep him alive like food and sleep but he has oodles of personality to make up for it. He's really social, curious and engaging. He already has EQ and will tailor his responses to people according to how he's read them. I love that wherever we go people just fall in love with him. He's the funniest person I know and he can't even talk yet. I fail at all the obvious things but I'm clearly doing something right.

Oscar had had a long day and was a little 'tired and emotional'. I told him I understood how he was feeling, and asked if there was anything which would make him feel better.

He thought for a moment and said "I'd like a snuggy, kissies and some quiet time with Mumma!"

Every night, my boys will say "Thank you for making me a lovely dinner, Mummy" after they've eaten (whether they liked it or not!). In general, they have lovely manners.

Liam has also taken to saying "I love you so much! So much I love you!" to his siblings and us. The three kids all love each other and are so demonstrative about it. (Nick says "I wuff oo" as he can't say I love you properly)

Nick is the kindest boy I have ever met, especially when he thinks no-one is looking (Liam will often only do it when he has an audience). We have really pushed being kind and it seems to be catching on.

And they are great eaters, love their fruit and vegies above all else!

Such lovely kidlets

H has great manners, which is so nice to see. We worked on it for a long time, and now it's become so automatic. We went out to dinner last weekend and it was so lovely to hear him say 'Excuse me, may I please have some water?' to one of our friends. He shows empathy as well, which is a quality I really love in him.

C is just a lovely little baby (if I do say so myself!). When anyone says hi or bye now, she waves. She smiles at everyone, and is so friendly.

This is a great thread

That's so lovely Flowerrose. I hope it made up in part for some of the crapness!

It's probably just coincidence instead of good parenting but a couple of months ago my husband's uncle died. DH was really upset and having a bit of a teary while cuddling our son. DS wriggled to get down and crawled off and came back with a dummy which he gave to DH.