To hate three year olds?

[dappply]

Selfish, self centred, greedy, manipulative, vindictive little tyrants.

That's him up for the day! Shouting " I want yoghurt please"

Dapply, your Ds sounds exactly like mine. Sleep atrocious, permanently exhausted, and new baby sister... But he was like this before she arrived too. He was up for the day at 5, complaining he is tired but refusing to go back to sleep.

I have to day, having a 3yo when you don't also have a baby is MUCH easier. Nearly went insane when DS was 3, as DD was a baby then.

Now DD is 3, and an utter monkey, stroppy and irrational, but I am enjoying it!

At the moment she is mostly refusing to go anywhere but her (imaginary) house, which is an enormous mansion in London which she shares with her husbands, Justin Fletcher, Robert the Robot, and Mat from Horrible Histories. I luff her!

I usually find them adorable unless I am in in foul mood myself!

YABU to hate them.

He sounds sweet! Asking nicely for a yoghurt

I have a 2.9 year old (and a 7 month old). He's trying at times but there's no hate there

He is sweet. And cute, and funny and occasionally deep down kind and lovely. And I'll tell that to anyone who dare suggests otherwise.

I love him to pieces, of course I do. But I hate this behaviour.

He's always been intense, the difference between him and Dd as babies is startling. He did nothing but cry for months.

I like 'Cunto' - it sounds like some 1950's household detergent

I like it too. It's usually a kind of affectionate insult , reserved for make friends who can be a bit if a cunt, but you love them anyway and they expect to be insulted and enjoy it.

Obviously it's not appropriate for a three year old, and I'd never call him it to his face. But referring to him by it to his father is kinda therepeutic!

Mine has just turned three and has already managed to fit about a year's worth of whining into 24 hours of 3-ness.

I think he has actually forgotten how to speak in a normal voice.

I usually pretend I don't understand him when he whines. "what's that you're saying darling boy ? Mummies can't understand you when you whine" . Doesn't make any difference, but pisses him off which is momentarily amusing.

I think 3 year olds are brilliant, I really enjoyed both of mine when they were that age, I love the mad conversations and grown up serious faces that they're trying out. Having said that, DD barely slept when she was 3, and I remember how awful that was at the time. She's much the same at 6, only now she understands that she has to be quiet while she's Not Sleeping or mummy will do mad things like take all the toys out of her bedroom .

dappply, to be serious for a moment {stops being a horsey and puts on serious grown-up face}, I really do understand and I think it can really get TOO much, especially if you can't get away from the buggers haven't got anyone to give you a break. We recently took ours to Tenerife and I nearly came home by myself, it was so bad! Please feel free to PM me if you ever want to vent privately to someone, be glad to help if you think it will