Toddlers

Helmet Cole said:
Not the modern way I'm afraid kaz. I believe it's now de rigeur to give into their every whim, and then blame teachers when they turn out to be incapable of behaving long enough to learn anything. There is no such thing as stupid or naughty anymore either. They all have syndromes and 'needs' to excuse bad behaviour.
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Too true,parents can't say no anymore,it's really not good for the kid or the parents to give in to it
 
Magicpole said:
My sons being two years apart provided a conveyor belt of mayhem which increased exponentially as the next one joined the first one in creating mayhem and so on. It takes you a bit of time to learn how to outfox the little twats.

My wife used to work a Sunday back in the day and I had the three of them from 7am until 6pm.

I am not exaggerating when I say those days, and there were many, were the hardest fucking days work I have ever done in my life.

When my wife returned I would lie down on the couch emotionally and physically shattered.

It was the only time in my life where I actually looked forward to Mondays.

You love them more than life itself but they in return are involved in daily sorties' to break you.

Figure out the plan soon.

That's all I'm saying.
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The idea is not to expect a relaxing day off with the kids. Approach it with enthusiasm and energy knowing it's going to be hard work but treat it as fun time
 
The Pink Panther said:
The idea is not to expect a relaxing day off with the kids. Approach it with enthusiasm and energy knowing it's going to be hard work but treat it as fun time
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I was in my twenties and hadn't developed the mind set to deal with them. I learned though. The hard way.
 
Another fantastic tip that I picked up is not just to announce an immediate instruction to your child, such as bedtime or leaving a friend's/relatives house
Give them twenty minutes notice, then 15, then 10, then five, then a couple
It makes getting them to co operate far easier
 
Magicpole said:
My sons being two years apart provided a conveyor belt of mayhem which increased exponentially as the next one joined the first one in creating mayhem and so on. It takes you a bit of time to learn how to outfox the little twats.

My wife used to work a Sunday back in the day and I had the three of them from 7am until 6pm.

I am not exaggerating when I say those days, and there were many, were the hardest fucking days work I have ever done in my life.

When my wife returned I would lie down on the couch emotionally and physically shattered.

It was the only time in my life where I actually looked forward to Mondays.

You love them more than life itself but they in return are involved in daily sorties' to break you.

Figure out the plan soon.

That's all I'm saying.
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In the middle of that now. 6, 4 and 2 year olds. I look forward to seeing them so much then after 5 minutes wish I was back at work ;)
 
jay_mcfc said:
My three year old is an absolute angel, hope it continues! The 9 month old however...
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And then you send that Angel off to nursery and within two days it comes home and has morphed into the Devil with a humongous attitude that it's picked up from its peers who have older siblings
 
Stepson and his wife have 4 boys ! One at 17 months, twins just 3, eldest just gone 5. They couldn't be more different. Eldest one is extremely defiant and an absolute tyrant when they're all together. It's a two person job and exhausting just babysitting for a few hours.
 
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