If my kids don't stop fighting. . . !!
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| Fri, 12-29-2006 - 12:19pm |
What is up with my kids? Especially the boys!! All they have been doing for DAYS it seems is fighting with each other. Can they never play nicely for more than 5 minutes without screaming, crying, jumping each other, etc?? And Jenna actually BIT Tessa this morning! Luckily, she didn't break the skin. But OMGosh!! What is wrong with them? Are they just spoiled from all the stuff they got for Christmas? It is totally driving me nuts. It seems all I've been doing is punishing them and putting them in Time Out. And when Justin cries, he does it at the top of his lungs for effect. And Tessa is so dramatic, sniffing for half an hour. And Matthew is RUTHLESS with Justin. He called him a "punk" this morning. I sent him to his room for that one, too.
When do the boys go back to school?
I think there's something wrong with my kids that they hate each other so much!!















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arie....trying to stay off the "melomakarona"
I am totally there with you!
Hey Sofia - they're just being kids and siblings!
I hate to tell ya this, but yeah that's kinda normal lol
Sofia, my brother and I used to fight like cats and dogs. He even came after me with a butcher knife once screaming "I hate you! I'm going to kill you!". I had to sit on him and get the knife away.
Once we went camping and I was sitting in the hammock... he plopped down beside me and was talking non stop and getting on my nerves so I shoved him out. My mom came over and slapped me across the arm and Benjamin jumped up and started defending me saying that he had fallen and it wasn't my fault. From that point on, our relationship changed and I am closer to him than my other 2 brothers. He went from demon child to being my sweetie :o) lol
Hang in there... just separate them when necessary, and make them hug and apologize, and pray for forgiveness. It'll sink in eventually... may take a few years but it will happen :o)
I have a two year old and an 8 year old that have moments when they are getting along but they do argue and irritate each other on top of my two year old throwing screaming fits over anything and everything! I am tired and depressed already by noon, lol. But what I do is I make them apologize to each other on the basis of "We don't treat people ugly in our house. We treat each other with respect". That doesn't nip the arguing but at least it teaches them to apologize when they are wrong.
Also, splitting them apart and getting them to do different things helps them and my sanity. I will tell my oldest that if he doesn't pick something to do then I will assign something for him.
clover
Sofia...I think that "fighting and arguing" is pretty normal....
Ummm have you tried the "either get along with one-another....or ya get to go out in the front yard and hug and appoligize (sp)
(((((((HUGS))))))) Sofia. Christmas can really set a kid over the edge. I don't know what it is about it that makes their personalities change. Ian's going through a post Christmas depression, poor guy. All the build up and then such a big event followed by regular days and the reality that Christmas is now 12 months away is more than he can take, lol. He keeps telling me he's bored. How on earth can that guy be board when he's got about 60 new toys?
I hope your kids shake their post Christmas funk and turn into angels for the New Year.
Erin
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