Kids! Have a small vent..

[remyandhollandsmommy]

Vent on:

Apparently today was a half day..Remy came in the door at noon SURPRISE! She is really bad about not bring her paperwork home..thankfully my neighbour always brings her to and from the bus stop.

Now, I love my girls..don't get me wrong. BUT I look forward to the quiet when Remy is at school LOL. Holly likes to play or color..sometimes we watch tv so its peaceful here during the day. Then Remy walks in and BAM the fighting begins. The two girls pick on each other and cry/scream every few minutes! What the heck does a 8yr old and a 3yr old find to fight to the death over?! They actually had each other in a headlock earlier..they are insane! Of course if I ask what they are fighting over they both blame the other and are innocent themselves! So I have to punish both in the art of fairness. I can't wait for DH to come home next month so I can lock myself in the bathroom LOL.

Ok, vent over.

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

I feel your pain. Sometimes my 12 year old and 2 year old have me wanting to jump off a tall building. Or bang my head on the wall.

 

[mickeyboat]

I too feel your pain. This morning I told the girls if I heard one more "she did this, she did that..." I was going to put them both into their rooms until it was time to go to school. DH thinks we should just let them beat the crap out of one another, and sometimes I think he is right.

Denae

 

[r3ngels]

I feel your pain... I get so excited to pick the girls up from school at 3:15 and we aren't even out of the parking lot and they are fighting and make me yell things like WHY DO WE DO HAVE TO DO THIS EVERYDAY and by 4:00 I am already looking forward to tomorrow

And to think I wasn't going to be one of THOSE mom's that wanted there kids gone all the time....

I love my girls just not the fighting, bickering, arguing and the NOISE

Okay now my vent is over next......

 

[megan4777]

We've been trying to explain to our 3.5 yr old that she doesn't have to "parent" the 1.5 yr old. It's not working.

Today, DD#2 took DD#1's slipper from her and DD#1 screamed at DD#2 and grabbed her hood which stopped her dead in her tracks and left her on the floor, crying.
Now, to be fair, DD#2 does take DD#1's stuff and runs with it, just to get attention. She doesn't cry when there's no one around, but today it was right in front of everyone, so she cried.

It kills us b/c DH or I can be playing with them and they still beat each other up to get the same toy or puzzle. We used to think it was just an attention thing, but we realized it's a control thing with both of them. Unfortunately, they're not getting that they ARE NOT in control, but DH and I are (most of the time, anyway).

Anyway, I feel your pain. I'm contemplating a nice straight jacket for each of mine.....

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I know what you mean. I cringe when my dd and my niece get together (which is very often). They're constantly fighting. Just 1 reason I don't want another kid.

 

[staley7580]

Oh good, I thought it was only my kids who scream at each other ALL day. Most of the time its nice and peaceful. they play together, and cuddle, and color. But other times...... I think they must want to kill each other! Screams, crying........I was hoping they would outgrow it, I guess not.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

My dd's are 15 and 10. Same age gap as me but I am a few years ahead!

 

[Sonya]

You all are scaring me!

 

[mrsgus06]

Wait! It gets better! I have FOUR girls that fight, scream and yell at each other. I say throw some ropes around the inside of the enclosure on the trampoline, add some boxing gloves and let them throw down!! Girls are definately not made of sugar and spice. I thought it would get better with age, but they just get louder with age. Why the 12 year old will seek out the 5 year old to fight just amazes me. I can see the 8 and 9 yo fighting, but the 12 and 5yo. WTH?????? I do the happy dance every morning when they leave with daddy to go to school!

 

[Tinkim]

All right I have to admit I am happy my kids aren't the only ones who are driving their mom crazy. I have DS14, DS12, and DD9. DS12 and DD9 are constantly bickering. Not so much during the week but Friday afternoon by 4:00 I am wondernig why I felt the need to have three kids. I do love mine too but the weekend fighting really gets annoying and I find myself wishing for Monday morning sometimes. We always have kids sleeping over here just about every weekend and I told them two weeks after after the weekend of fighting that no one was sleeping over last weekend. They didn't get to have anyone sleep over and it did seem to cut down on the fighting when they lost sleepover privileges. We'll see how it goes this weekend as to whether or not they get their sleepover privileges back. Just remember you're not alone! I'm pulling for ya!

 

[slo]

My girls are the same age as yours and its the same way in our house.

Right now, the house is so quiet. My 3yr old is upstairs napping, and the only sound is my fingers hitting this keyboard.

In about 20 minutes my 8 year old will walk in the door, my 3yr old will wake up, and the bickering will begin. I sometimes have to seperate them in their own rooms to have some quiet restored in the house.

It drives me crazy too!!!!!
But, they are my pride and joy, so I wouldn't give it up for anything.

 

[Nancy]

You all are scaring me!

Don't be too scared, I had 3 girls in 5 years and they were not like that. Sure they fought over a toy occasionally, but I could usually distract tehm pretty easily and move them on to something else. My kids are really close, as a matter of fact the 2 oldest ones hang out together all the time and get along great (they are 18 months apart). And they have no problems taking their "little" sister along with them if they go to the mall or out for food. (she is almost 3 years younger than them)

 

[PeterPanette]

I clearly remember myself pleading with my two sons fighting in the backseat of the car, "WHEN will you two finally stop fighting each other? When you're 20 and 16 years old?"

And, damned if that wasn't about exactly right.

They're 25 and 21 now, and every once in a while, I think they're about to go at it again, but so far, so good.

 

[mickeyboat]

Sonya - don't worry. Most of the time they get along very well, and as different as they are, they play together nicely. They are with each other almost 24/7, so I can't blame them for getting on each other's nerves.

But it is the fighting that really gets on my nerves, and which is about the only thing I don't enjoy about being a parent. Usually it is about something so inconsequential that I can't imagine anyone ever fighting about it (of couse, sometimes threads on the DIS get this way, too ). Often I tell them they need to figure it out themselves, because Mommy isn't always going to be around when someone takes the doughnut crumbs off your plate (the argument of the morning), or looks at you while you are brushing your teeth (last night).

Denae

 

[remyandhollandsmommy]

LOL don't worry, there are times when they are the SWEETEST sight playing nicely, wrapped in each others arms watching TV, SHARING!! It's just the fights are SO dramatic and intense it seems like that's all they do LOL. I think girls just tend to be drama queens (or at least mine are) and the extra pizazz they throw into the fight makes it get on your nerves faster LOL. I can't WAIT to see the teen year fights..maybe I'll sell tickets LOL. If they put each other in headlocks now, just imagine what they'd do when PMS is involved...

 

[The Mystery Machine]

If they put each other in headlocks now, just imagine what they'd do when PMS is involved...

I am 42 (perimenopause)....15 (flown blown teen).....10 (miss tween herself, where oh where did my sweet child go)....

My dh runs from us.

 

[PaulaSue]

My first 2 are so like that. It is very quite until 4 hits and they get off the bus.

 

[r3ngels]

Don't be scared... my fight but for the most part they get along, they even sleep together at night all 3 in one bed But I think it is that one fight that kind of sticks in your head... like Angela said... Drama Queen's and loud, they have that high pitched scream

And it was funny for what ever reason they got along great in the car today... they must have known I was DISing about them

 

[lesroi]

Awww, now I see that my sis and I really were normal.

My Mom used to insist that she was going to lock the both of us out on the patio with boxing gloves. Whichever one of us survived, she was going to keep.

I can't even imagine what we fought over, but we really did like to beat the tar out of each other. In my defense, she put rolly-pollies under my pillow!!!!!! To this day (and I am not young anymore) I still have to check under my pillow at night.


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