Badly behaved child

[tripletrouble]

Am I being unreasonable in getting upset with my son when he is rude and badly behaved, even when I know it is because he is not feeling well?

How old is he? Are you sleep deprived?

If your child is old enough to understand other people's feelings then you aren't unreasonable.

My 21 month has been in the foulest mood. Her behaviour has been awful. She is far to young to have a clue about other people's feelings.

I think its not unreasonable to feel frustrated, but it would be unreasonable to act on those frustrations.

I agree with reallytired. I've never liked it when people used tiredness/hunger/ illness as an excuse for bad behaviour. BUT depends on whether its grumpiness or deliberate.

And if he's old enough to understand when ill to lie on sofa and watch TV YANBU.

YES YABU .

although it does depend on the age, I think an ill child finds it pretty hard not to be grumpy. And what do you mean by behaving badly. My dc's have had full blown temper tantrums over nothing when ill, because they are ill and don't know how to dela with it. And that is not when they were 2, but oldest is 8, and wouldn't be surprised if it still happened.

Normally I am pretty hard on rudeness and bad behaviour.