Need some advice,
A few months ago I got talking to another mum at a baby group I take my dd too. She takes her ds who is a couple months younger than dd. Both kids are under two.
Shes a great person, we have lots in comon and I'm happy to have her as a friend. However, we have had a couple of playdates together at my house and she just does NOTHING to control her kid...
For the third playdate in a row my house has been trashed and my dd's toys broken. She often brings him round hungry and tired which doesn't help, but she doesn't discipline him at all. She prefers to have a cup of tea and chat, but we just can't do that with two toddlers!
I just wish she would control him a bit more, he tantrums like crazy if something doesn't go his way and often hurts himself in the process. He gets under my feet while I'm making drinks and snacks for the kids and touches things in my kitchen- she just sits in the next room waiting, surely its not too much to ask that she just keeps him happy while I at least finish in the kitchen.
Im also sick of him throwing dd's toys at her and snatching and not being told off for it, i dont let my dd snatch toys, even her own! He also pushes her and hits her- today i had to drag him away from the bookcase he was hanging off while my friend sat inches away!
Aibu to ask her to keep him in check a bit more when hes here because I always have to run around after him. If so, what do I say?
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Great friend but awful on playdates aibu?
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ollieplimsoles · 25/07/2017 21:00
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