to want children who behave - light hearted

[superbagpuss]

I have 3.11 DT boys
I spend most of the day trying to get them to behave, stop messing around and to listen to me

it really annoys me, if they just behaved we could have a happy life together

anyone out there cracked this or am I being unreasonable?

PS any examples of your DC not behaving? I currently have DT crying on toilet because he changed his mind about needing to go after getting me and dh involved in a process he can do on his own

[HollyBerryBush]

Put them in the garden.

Children make noise, sadly they don't come with removable batteries.

equally light hearted

[superbagpuss]

holly

I do use my garden but I feel bad for the neighbours having to hear their noise as well

[Timetoask]

I hear you!
It is too early for the garden... Some people actually sleep!
I am waiting for it to be 9am so that we can go out on bikes or something.

[dribbleface]

Feeling your pain, ds's (5 and 19mths) are fighting. ^^ also waiting for a reasonable hour to chuck at least one of them outside. :-)

[papooser]

I have DT boys too. At 3-4 years it was unbearable. At 7 they are (mostly) delightful although still very energetic (garden has come into its own..). It does get better. Really. School helps a lot too. Hang on in there.

[superbagpuss]

thanks everyone, glad its not just me

[NynaevesSister]

When the weather is nice, I pack up breakfast and as soon as we get up we go to the local playground. Is amazing how much like shorts/jogging bottoms and t-shirts many pjs are. If feeling particularly fed up then you can grab everyone as is and straight out door. Then no worries about noise and playground is usually empty.

[StinkyElfCheese]

I have dts who are 4. They are like your two except I also have a 7 yr old dd who likes to ' get involved'

I make sure they get a run a day - but like a Labrador :) we don't have a garden so that not an option for us but if we did they would be on it all the time :)

They are getting slightly better behaved now I find one to one time helps I leave one on the ds in living room and bring one in the kitchen with his reading book or do some writing etc then swap

[HenriettaPye]

I have 12 year old twin brothers.

There's not a day goes by that they don't fight!! Good luck!

[BadRoly]

Dc4 is almost 4. I keep joking that he is the one who will break me. EVERYTHING is a battle at the moment and he is a little bugger. But it will pass and a new set of problems will begin

[sjuperyoni]

We garden ds as much as possible or lately having a walk to the park and letting him run riot that stops the general destruction of the house but he's only 18 months so i don't know how long that'll work for hopefully long enough for me to have dd2 in august then i can be 'sprightly' again and chase the wee minx