Does anyone else have kids that....

[powellrj]

mine aren't close together in age and they STILL fight. I never did find out what a 17 year old and a 3 year old had to fight about, but they still did it. She would put that little hand on her hip and really let him have it and he would not back down!!

 

[720L]

My daughter goes to school all day now, and is extremely jealous that my son gets to stay home with me. As soon as she gets off the bus (yesterday it was before she was in the door) she is starting a fight with him!

 

[MOMTOMOOTOO]

So nice to hear I am not alone. There are times when I think my kids are the only ones that fight. My 8 y/o dd and 4 y/o ds are constantly at it and the 6y/o is always tossed in the middle. Can't even imagine the teen years x 3

 

[MUFFYCAT]

My 2 DD 11 & 14 fight alot also. They are 2 different people who don't get along very well. I didn't get along with my sister when I was younger also.

 

[robinb]

I feel for you. I have a one-and-only because I hate sibling rivalry. We invited my 6-year-old niece to go to WDW with us last month to keep my DD company. They fought tooth and nail the entire time. I wavered between wanting to kill them and kill myself.

 

[cynsaun]

No, mine never fight. They aren't children, they are angels.

 

[snoopy]

It never ends in my house either. My kids are 3 1/2 years apart.

 

[RitaZ.]

We've been having that problem between DS (10) & DD(7). It's quite common to find them in time-out simultaneously, in different rooms though. DH or older DS will come home and ask, "What happened now?" My 13 yr. old just stares at them and just shakes his head.

"Mom, she said I'm a moron". "Mom, he is not doing his homework". "Mom, he is eating ice cream and is not supposed to". "He didn't finish cleaning his room and is watching tv". She licked me, she brushed me with her backpack (this morning in the van). "You're a poo-poo head". "I'm not a poo-poo head". "Don't come in my room again. Mom, tell him/her not to come in my room". "Stop bothering me, you annoy me".

They are best friends one minute and fighting the next. They really stick up for one another, it's great when that happens. Maybe there is hope that I will have my sanity back when I'm done raising them.

 

[allie&mattsmom]

They are best friends one minute and fighting the next. They really stick up for one another, it's great when that happens. Maybe there is hope that I will have my sanity back when I'm done raising them.

This sounds exactly like my kids. I can't remember where we were, but recently they were even walking along holding hands . Or if one gets hurt, then the other one is there trying to make them feel better. It's either really, really good, or really, really bad. I just want some in between now and then. It makes me feel good to see I'm not alone. I couldn't figure out where I was going wrong .

 

[The Mystery Machine]

2 dd's 9 & 14...When they fight enough to irritate me I have them hold hands. They hate that.

 

[dismom9761]

My oldest 3(10,8,almost 7) fight alot.Mostly my DD7 and DS6.Everything is a contest lately.Who gets to brush their teeth first,gets the most yogurt,etc.And my DD is such a drama queen.Screams and squeals.Though the most annoying thing right now is that the baby has hit the "terrible twos" and all three love to get her worked up and laugh when she yells and hits them.

 

[ckay87]

At least it's still warm enough to escape outside.

I have a very profound theory about this which is similar to the age-old "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it" question.

If the boys fight and I'm not around to hear it, they're not really fighting.

No advice from me. I'm the mom who responds to "Mom! Nick hit me" with "well, hit him back harder and he won't do it anymore."


--CKay
recipient of mother of the year award

 

[Sandy V.]

My DD is 17, my DS is 15, and they STILL fight. Thankfully, only verbally at this point.

At one point last summer, I made them sit down and write a list of 50 things that they liked about the other one! They didn't appreciate that at all. Told them that it would be a 500 word essay if they didn't stop harping on one another. That threat was enough to make them stop fighting for the rest of THAT day.