Mummy stop singing

[Visitor9]

I am an avid singer lol I sing in the car with Eliza and lately she has been asking me to stop. I hear a quiet "Stop singing mummy" then she gets all emotional screaming stop singing..I dont like it anymore. This is ok for me I stop but we were at a party last night and the older kids were doing a concert and Eliza starts to yell "stop singing "as thou she controls the universe.

BUT it is ok when she is singing..she says mummy sing the make it loud song! Sing the tick tock song and she sings along. How do you tell a 2yr that people can do what they like especially when her life is dictated around what Mummy and Daddy say and more times than enough she gets in trouble doing the things she likes to do as they are often dangerous

The only thing she does get right is to tell Daddy to stop singing cause that is terrible
Any ideas how to deal with this...I can see us in the city and her screaming at the carols singers to "Stop singing"

[AnyDream]

Oh dear...yes I can see this is potentially hazardous at Christmas time! I went thru a similar phase with DD1 re loungeroom dancing, I just calmly explained that I was enjoying what I was doing and would like to continue with it and she could join if she liked or she could go and play in her room if she didn't like it. Not quite the same as singing though as I imagine sometimes you can get "noise" overload (you know if you're a bit tired or stressed, the level of the noise can be overwhelming - some ppl are more sensitive to that than others). Do you think this might be the case - or does she just not fancy it right at that moment?

I suspect in a group situation (like party) if you tell her they are going to keep singing because they like it and everyone else likes it and give her a choice of staying to listen or leaving, I bet she'll choose staying to listen. In the car though, not sure about that as she can't choose to leave - maybe that's an area where you will have to compromise for her.

[Phteven]

Yasin sometimes tells me Mummy no sing!!! I usually stop on the principal that it's harmless to humour him over the little things.

[~Raven~]

Angus screams at me to stop singing too.

[Lucy]

I thoought it was just me and my terrible singing voice..........but I am evidently not alone! Olivia (from about 18 months) started demanding that I "stop singing mummy", but Charlie loved to be sung to as a baby.........loudly........LOL!

Now Charlie has started telling me off too "No sungs mum" , so poor Lexie misses out.......

It must just be an age and stage thing..........

[Visitor9]

LOL I am a great singer Lucy dont know why she has problems with it, I probably should mention that she yells "Mummy stop eating my icecream "as well . I am only trying to tidy up the drippy bits
I will avoid anywhere someone might belt out a tune so I dont die of embarassement.

[New Dawn]

I have the same here but she is now 4 she will now tell me I cant sing that song coz it a boys song or if its a song she likes she tells me to sing quiter and when she sees kai asleep then she will tell me shhhh kai's sleeping O the joys of children. we have a 4 day drive to melbourne at christmas so that will be fun!!!!! or maybe I will just come back madder than I am already lol.

[Lulu]

Age and stage....definitely. All my kids tell me "not sing mummy".

I tried to settle Beth with twinkle little star a few months ago and all I got was "thuttup"!

Or maybe it's my voice...

[Charlyfrog]

Lulu2!! Oh that made me laugh...."thuttup!"

3yr old DD has a new toy guitar that plays tunes as well as notes. DD set it to this repetetive tune so I started singing "doo-doo doo-up" along with it and DD stopped it and said, "No, don't doo-doo mummy, not yet." She then started the tune again and said, "ok, now doo-doo mummy, you can doo-doo now"

I too get told to, 'shh, be quiet baby's sleeping' if DD#2 is asleep OR if one of many baby dolls is having a sleep..................