I have a 3yo and a 1yo, how long before

[StealthPomBear]

I can eat a whole meal without screaming in one ear and whining in the other?
(and that's just DH :o)

[Errmmmm]

About 16 years.

[yousaidit]

I've got 2yo and yo: no screaming and whining, just shouting and fighting!

[yousaidit]

that was 2yo and 4yo! doh!

[CarGirl]

When they leave home, seriously.

[StealthPomBear]

oh so it just morphs into something else
I seem to remember a time when I was pg, or DD was tiny, but DS was old enough to behave an d eat cereal without it going everywhere....happy times

[McDreamy]

I think the year from 3-4 something magic happens and all of a sudden you can do things, eat a meal out, go to the cinema, and it's not a trial. I have a 7 and a 5 year old and they are so easy now - I also have a 21 month old so I'm not completely living on easy street yet!

[LBsmum]

Screaming and whining are a soundtrack to most of my meals, get a radio in the kitchen and crank it up

[StealthPomBear]

thank you, I think I love you

Actually, DS is easier now than wehn DD was born. I don't hvae huge screaming arguments about getting his clothes on (in fact he dresses himself) I can go for a walk with him without sheer panic of him running away, the cereal thing, he has just grown up so much. So it has given me hope :)

[GingerGlitterGoddess]

Stealth I bloody love your new name

[CarGirl]

Dh and I get very excited about eating without the dcs, you get to a meal whilst it is hot and without having to listen to at least one argument.

Ours are 13, 8, 7 & 5 so it's morphed into soemthing else. More emotionally demanding but yes easier doing "stuff" and less physical work.

[geraldinetheluckygoat]

mine are 3 and 5 now. Meals are accompanied by laments of "How much do I have to eaaaaaaaaat" "I only like smallllll carooooottttsss", "He's copyinnnngggg meeeee", "whats thisssssssssss????" from ds1 and just random noises and constant trips to the toilet from ds2.

pure torture

[StealthPomBear]

DS has told us at every meal since he learnt to say it: "I no like cheese" in fact that is he catchphrase- "Tristan: he no like cheese"

But today he came home from nursery, and he like cheese! The type? White, grated, apparently :)

[geraldinetheluckygoat]

haha! "he like cheese" thats funny!

[StealthPomBear]

:) It's a miracle - or it will be if it carries on!