The Olympic Games - Toddler vs Mummy

I was thinking to myself the other day, with all the running around I do each day it's surprising that I am not slimmer (hmmm maybe that's something to do with the cakes I make and eat!). 

With so many adverts and news telling us all about the BIG event next years which is the Olympics,it got me thinking about the games with a cheeky competitiveness nature,  that my toddler and I compete in every day in our day-to-day life!! 


I don't know about you but my day is filled with mummy vs  toddler Olympian style events:

The Wee-athon

Stopping whatever you are doing to ensure your toddler makes it to the potty, gets trousers and pants down and is sat on it properly. Then rush to get a cloth if there are any spillages then take full potty up flight of stairs to empty before coming back down the stairs again and waiting for the next wee-athon to start

The Clothing Relay Race

Ok so it's time to get your toddler dressed. You go up the stairs to fetch their clothes and come downstairs and give them their starting orders by announcing that it is time toget dressed. And he is off!! You then spend the next 5 minutes or so chasing him around the open planned downstairs area, around the table and under the table maybe up and over the sofa and then back round again!! You might manage to get one leg in a pair of trousers before he is off again leaving his trousers behind him. Finally, you track him down and get his clothes on - only for the wee-athon to begin and his pants and trousers are taken off again! 

The Try-to-get-out-of-the-house-lathon

Bit like a mini trialathon 

So you want to go out in the car and announce this to your toddler and he is off and the try-atholon begins! 

1.Relay Race - A bit like the clothing relay race, you start to chase him around the downstairs part of the house trying to get his arms in his coat. Sometimes. You might just get one arm in before he escapes from your grasp and another mini relay race starts again! 

2. Sofa Aerobics - Then you need to get his shoes on so you resort to picking him up while his legs and arms are flapping and carrying him over to the sofa to try and put his feet in his shoes. This involves lots of bending down actions as you have to pick up the shoes off the floor when they fly off his fast moving feet! 

3. Weight Lifting - so finally you are ready to leave the house when your toddler decides he wants to being everything but the kitchen sink with him! Cuddly toys, books, toy cars, mobile phone, iPad you name it he wants to take it with him. So you end up heavy laden with baby in car seat in one arm, baby & toddler changing bag over your shoulder and a load of toddler accessories in your spare arm/hand!

The Tug-of -door

This is the game where your toddler shuts the door on you in a room and every-time you try to open it he is closing it! I tug it one way, he pushes it the other way. Soooo frustrating and can go in for a while because you dare not try and open it to vigorously for gear of trapping little fingers or knocking out one's son!

The Obstacle Race

Well while trying to attempt any of the above tasks involves almost tripping up over toys, books and bits of puzzle. There is always an obstacle in one form or another lying in wait to trip me up!


I think that if points were given out the results table would look like this:


Toddler - the winner!! first place: Gold Medal
Mummy - the loser!! last place : Bronze Medal

What Olympian type games or events do you find yourself taking part in on a daily basis? 

DAY 15