Does your child ever just get on your nerves?

ciderwithrosie_2

Just when you think you've cracked one thing with kids, they start on with something else... I remember it well! The 2s and 3s are a most trying age.

If it all got too much I'd take them for a long run about, preferably in the wet and mud - they'd be good and quiet when we got home!

Son3 was the worst, teeth cleaning and hairwashing, you'd swear he was being murdered, no wonder our neighbours still don't speak! There was very little respite from him either as he cut out all daytime naps at a year old and didn't sleep through a whole night til he was 3.

Just keep on with the counting to ten or removing yourself or him from the room, give no response to the screaming and keep telling yourself it's just a phase and it'll pass.

gunsandbanjos

Yup! Generally my daughter (9) is great but every now and then she really pushes my buttons!!

neverdespairgirl

Of course they do! Most toddlers would try the patience of a saint, and very few parents are saints.

My mother (who is an absolutely wonderful parent, with 4 children) told me when my son was young that sometimes being a good parent is just about managing not to throw your child out of the nearest window. That cheered me up a lot when I had the battles over whatever random thing aroused his toddler ire.

Molly41

And teenagers.......I positively h-a-t-e my teens somedays whilst loving them at the same time. They push you to your very limits!

BitterAndTwisted

Perfectly normal behaviour and a perfectly normal response. It's not called the "terrible twos" for no reason. The only question is: how to hang onto yours. Like all things it will pass. And then turn into something else just as infuriating.

marisco_2

Has your son got all of his teeth now or is he still waiting on some? I only ask because how you describe him being, isn't dissimilar to how my youngest was when his big back teeth were coming through. He may just be feeling rough and out of sorts. It's not easy coping when they are so unsettled and agitated, especially when they cant express how they are feeling. I do hope things settle with him soon and he will be back to his normal happy self.

I'd like to offer you a ray of hope and say that as they get older they get on your nerves less. I had it brought home to me last week that this is total wishful thinking though. I had asked my seven year old to sit on the front passenger seat of my car and push the button to release the boot, thinking nothing could possibly go wrong. Some how he lost his balance, went to grab the steering wheel to steady himself and missed it, catching hold of the indicator switch instead and snapping it off. 2 hours down the local garage and £250 lighter in the bank and it is all fixed. I can safely say that said child hit just about every nerve in my body by causing that, even ones I didn't know I had :cool:

Chin up OP, only another 20+ years and he will leave home and give you some well earned peace.

suejb2

Boy oh boy.Mine are 8 and 10 I'm sure they have a contract between them that says when one has finished with you the other one is able to take over,kinda tag team!! Honestly who else googled "selling your children"

Anouchka

Perfectly normal!!!

candygirl

We've just had a few days of hell with my DGS almost 2!!I call him helium boy cos his whining is sooo high pitched:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

aliasojo

marisco wrote: »

Chin up OP, only another 20+ years and he will leave home and give you some well earned peace.

Yeah right! Whilst there are telephones, you will never get peace. Never, I say! :rotfl:

Sympathise OP. :beer: