A civilised house ...

[Fuschia]

Is one where you don't have to mOve the toothpaste to somewhere high up out of reach

[ClareC]

And it's possible to put a load of washing on without someone changing the programme half way through......

[Fuschia]

And you can speak to your insurer without being obliged to pass the phone across for toddlers to say 'hello, what's YOUR name?'

[snowboarder]

You don't find cat food (dried, at least) in your wellies..

[Fuschia]

You can use the toilet without a child trying to batter down the door

[ClareC]

You can eat a bowl of fruit and fibre without a toddler picking out all the fruit leaving you with just the dull fibre!

[ClareC]

You can eat "bad" food without hiding the fact you are doing so from small people!

[Ondine]

You can serve broccoli without making anyone cry

[ClareC]

Nobody wakes you up at 3.30am!!

[Mamey]

Neighbours

[ClareC]

Uncivilised neighbours?

[crystal7]

5am is NOT morning even if the birds are singing...

[Olga]

You hear a blood curdling scream coming from downstairs, you run as fast as you can into the living room to find your daughter can't separate two bits of Lego!

[ryedalema]

You can make a cake without turning around to find all the eggs (broken) and flour mixed in...in the sink!

Just happened - gggggrrr - back to the Co-op!!

[ryedalema]

Oh and you don't have to put sunglasses on to go into your daughters' 'princess' bedroom

And, you don't find:

-'drawings' on your spreadsheets

- Dummies, leftover food in your briefcase

- knickers/tights/dress and top all in one peelable lump in the washing basket, if it gets that far)

And to avoid sulks/tantrums, food (real food!) doesn't have to be pink and covered in sprinkles.

And you don't step on, or get given tissues/wipes/knickers with the soggy side up.....ewwww.

Boy - I could go on and on and on here :)

[FreeB]

Yes ryedalema but not always work, nothing is perfect in life. But if you can find everything what is listed here

great good for everyone. Let me know how things are going and if all this actually work, becouse I would like to try with my new baby in another forum without changing the rules.

[ClareC]

Let's not even mention the puke on the shoulder I currently sport daily like a fashion accessory!

[Mamey]

Fuschia Wrote:

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> And you can speak to your insurer without being

> obliged to pass the phone across for toddlers to

> say 'hello, what's YOUR name?'

How can you speak to the insurance company if you never call them, your secreatry does all the work fo you.

Have realise now this is all to blame the companies for bad services. But nobody is changing the rules

as the policy's is for everyone but some of them are not genuine.

[The Nappy Lady]

You can clean & tidy the whole house & enjoy it for more than....1 hour max before it looks just the same as before you did anything.

:-(

[The Nappy Lady]

Oh, and you get an evening - don't find yourself sitting down to eat dinner with your partner at 9pm.

You get to listen to Radio 4 without being interrupted at the key moment (same with TV programmes).

You get to drink a cup of tea before it has gone cold.

[ClareC]

You can clean and tidy the house in one go......

[HoneyBoo]

So you can have more time and to look for the weekend to meet your best friends for a dinner. As always so much to talked about and have a good fun, is great to be around with them even for a few minutes becouse they always make you laugh. I love my free time to have a quality time for them I have almost orgonize everything when one of them left the country to work in Australia for good. My children and I will miss her a lot.

[Mamey]

So you can have more time and to look for the weekend to meet your best friends for a dinner. As always so much to talked about and have a good fun, is great to be around with them even for a few minutes becouse they always make you laugh. I love my free time to have a quality time for them I have almost orgonize everything when one of them left the country to work in Australia for good. My children and I will miss her a lot.

[Lochie]

A civilised house is where you don't chuck the last nappy of the day onto the landing as you get child into the bath, only to find nappy has unravelled mid-flight to leave a huge turd on the carpet

[Curmudgeon]

You don't have to refer to a nice glass of Merlot as juice