Does your child ever just get on your nerves?

pinkshoes

Being a parent is a bit like a roller coaster ride.

One minute you are full of pride for something amazing they have done (DS did a poo in his potty today) then the next minute you want to throttle them (he then deliberately wiped a big snotty bogy on my clean jumper).

Most days I want to throttle him at some point. It's human nature - he's learning how far he can push me and whether I follow through with threats.

flower24

My daughter (7 next month) has been awful at bedtime the past 2 nights, I don't know what comes over her it's like a red mist descends and nothing stops her! Shouting screaming stamping and kicking....I'm not feeling well at the moment either.....drained now!

So yes I know how you feel lol

raq

7 weeks off from school and yes we also have had a few times.

My youngest has a speech delay and also has mild autism ( doesn,t like his teeth brushed either ) been very challenging this summer but I love them to bits and wouldn,t have it any other way.

Dreading Wednesday as I know my youngest son doesn,t want to go to school and there are gonna be tones of tears.

Not to scare you or anything just keep an eye on things with the speech delay and make sure you are getting all the help that you need. We went through so much at the start with speech and language and it,s only now things have setttled down with the help.

Best of luck

Gillybean

All. The. Time.

Right now they're playing nicely but earlier I was ready to walk out the door,DS1 was winding his brother up to the point of screaming!

And yes, there are times when I would love to tell them to stop acting like a [EMAIL="tw@t"]!!!!!![/EMAIL].

meer53

Try going through the menopause and having a teenage daughter ! It's hard for me to remember that she's being hormonal as well as me. Sometimes i just want to say "shut the f**k up" !!

We've had a chat and we have both agreed to try to be a bit more understanding but it's still bleedin hard some days. Especially since my doctor told me i had to stop taking HRT 2 weeks ago ! I've been on it for 4 years and love it but due to other health issues i can't have it anymore

fabforty

meer53 wrote: »

Try going through the menopause and having a teenage daughter ! It's hard for me to remember that she's being hormonal as well as me. Sometimes i just want to say "shut the f**k up" !!

We've had a chat and we have both agreed to try to be a bit more understanding but it's still bleedin hard some days. Especially since my doctor told me i had to stop taking HRT 2 weeks ago ! I've been on it for 4 years and love it but due to other health issues i can't have it anymore

Thanks again to everyone for your replies. I am really trying to be patient with him, but it has been a rough few days. My father passed away a year ago today so I am feeling emotional anyway.
Funnily enough, I am just starting to go through the menopause (try doing that with a toddler and a baby) which is probably not helping things either. We are in the middle of potty training as well which is another nightmare.

I'm ashamed to say that I lost it earlier when after sitting on the potty and peeing in it, for the very first time this morning(yay), he then kept whinging and crying every time I tried to put him on it after that. I ended up shouting at him (wrong, I know ), dumping him back in his cot, and has now cried himself to sleep. I am drinking tea and trying desperately to calm down before he wakes up. My daughter is with my mum visiting family for a few days, so it's just the two of us for now. That gives me a few days to try to sort things out with him.

fabforty

raq wrote: »

7 weeks off from school and yes we also have had a few times.

My youngest has a speech delay and also has mild autism ( doesn,t like his teeth brushed either ) been very challenging this summer but I love them to bits and wouldn,t have it any other way.

Dreading Wednesday as I know my youngest son doesn,t want to go to school and there are gonna be tones of tears.

Not to scare you or anything just keep an eye on things with the speech delay and make sure you are getting all the help that you need. We went through so much at the start with speech and language and it,s only now things have setttled down with the help.

Best of luck

Thank you. I managed to get him referred early for speech and language therapy - he started in May and has made great progress. I did worry about Autism, as it is the first thing you think of when there is a speech delay, but he has none of the other signs (eye contact, sociable although a little shy, not stuck on routine, eats a vary varied diet etc., but I am keeping a close eye on things.

Auntie_Social

Hate to say this hunni ... but mine are 24 & 21 and can still pee me off to the enth degree! The problem with young children playing up is that it's normally born out of frustration rather than them actually being "naughty". My son also had a speech delay and was refered to a speech therapist aged 3 (the first one was lithuanian who spoke English with a heavy accent so I refused to take him back after the 2nd appointement - but thats another story!). Once his speech started to improve we found the tantrums etc lessened considerably which fitted in with the frustration theory. I know it's difficult with young children but please take some "me" time even if it's only 10 mins to do something that is soley for you - read a chapter of a book or a few pages of a magazine, have a cuppa with your feet up, enjoy a bar of chocolate and recharge your batteries.

As children get older the tantrums lessen, usually to be replaced with something else but you will get through it maybe with a few more wrinkles and grey hairs than you wanted but you will come out the other side I promise! It can't be that bad - I'm now a step mum to a 10 year old and going through it all again - this time by choice lol

poet123

fabforty wrote: »

Thanks again to everyone for your replies. I am really trying to be patient with him, but it has been a rough few days. My father passed away a year ago today so I am feeling emotional anyway.
Funnily enough, I am just starting to go through the menopause (try doing that with a toddler and a baby) which is probably not helping things either. We are in the middle of potty training as well which is another nightmare.

I'm ashamed to say that I lost it earlier when after sitting on the potty and peeing in it, for the very first time this morning(yay), he then kept whinging and crying every time I tried to put him on it after that. I ended up shouting at him (wrong, I know ), dumping him back in his cot, and has now cried himself to sleep. I am drinking tea and trying desperately to calm down before he wakes up. My daughter is with my mum visiting family for a few days, so it's just the two of us for now. That gives me a few days to try to sort things out with him.

I think that boys "get" potty training much later than girls. I have four sons and they were all different, but they were all late in being trained in comparison to my friends daughters. I remember the youngest one being ready for playschool and I was desperately concerned that they wouldn't let him attend because he still wasn't fully trained. So, perhaps it is too early for him? My advice would be don't push it too hard, he will get it eventually, they all do:D

marisco_2

poet123 wrote: »

I think that boys "get" potty training much later than girls.

I agree with this. Both my boys were slow to be toilet trained. They both refused point blank to ever use a potty for its proper purpose. Loved to wear it as a hat and pretend to be a fireman or put toys in it and take them for a ride on the bus, car, train they were imagining. It was also great for making mud pies in :eek: If I suggested they sat on it and used it for what it was intended for they looked at me like I had 3 heads. Kids!