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Hahaha doesn't even surprise me! I do it at every opportunity i have!

Whether its true or not... Who wouldnt want to tell everyone else about "baby's first word" or "first steps" or whatever. to every mum its a big deal, and if your telling friends, they would be gutted if you didnt tell them. you cant really win when it comes to "bragging" as such.

Its Only Natural...Every Family will Talk Bout What Their Child/ren Are Up to especially If they have achived something really special for that family :) x

this is all sooo truee.

I agree. Its only natural to want to talk about what your kids have been doing> I love talking about my kids and telling everyone what they get upto because I am so proud of them but at the same time I love the hear about other kids because they all do other things differently. Like Ryansmummyuk said her son was slow with things the rest of us probably take for granted but I am amazed that he is riding a bike without stabilisers and took them off himself and he isnt even at school yet! Amazing!!! What I hate is other mothers telling me what their kids are like and then suggesting that I or anyone else is doing it all wrong with their kids and trying to tell you how to bring them up.

its a natural instinct xx

I would call it natural pride, not bragging. I love to tell people what Harry has been up to jus as much as i love to hear what others can do! Although i do know a few that are like "oh mine can do this, blah blah blah" after u hve spoken about ure LO, but i think thats jus generally their personality. But tbh I think if u feel u need to better ureself to others i think you need to get out a bit more! lol!

I think 39% is too low, every mother likes to 'brag' about their childs achievements. The ones I hate are mothers who, when you try to tell them something your child has done, talk over you with something their child has done thats 'even better'. Thats just trying to show off. I'm proud of my son and proud of what he has achieved but I wouldnt call it bragging and I wouldnt shove it in someones face. I think its also important like @LittleMumma says not to compare because every child is different. My son was quite slow with his speech and toilet training, but he can already ride a bike without stabilisers (and he took the stabilisers off himself with my partners tool kit)... some kids are just better at different things xxx

I don't feel myself to be a bragger but yes i do tell my friends about how well my child has done in recent things and i love to hear about what their children have done aswell. I don't compare my children as i know all children are different and are great at different things! I seem to moan about my oh most of the time and so do most of my friends so i can't really comment on those who brag about their "husbands" lol. I do feel so mums go way OTT and pressure their child to do well in everything which i think puts an enormous strain on the child and leads them to feel embaressed in front of their friends as they can tell everyone is thinking "oh gawd here we go again". I', trying to lose weight but in no real rush and certainly wouldn't have won the race 15 months on. I do a 30min high energy work out in the morning and 15 min jog/run in the evening as im training for a 5k run. Admittedly if i had more time i probably would exercise more. Pride is natural and it's a great thing if you don't take it too far.