to be so irritated by one of my children

[runamile]

I know IABU but is it normal to be so irritated by one of your dc (my 5 yr old dd but not my 10 yr old.) It's the constant nagging, saying 'mum' in a whingey voice all day long, the talking, the questions, the not leaving my side. Even her loud deep voice and coughing and sneezing grate on me (I am being mean now I know.) She is generally just being 5. I am trying to be patient; this morning she said 'why are you saying that's nice when it's not?' Is it me or am I just not cut out for motherhood?

Perfectly normal to be annoyed someday!! We all have our good/bad days/weeks its when they turn into months/years there's a problem

I am currently lying on the sofa with my 5yo ds standing on me.....so far im being very patient!!!

On another note, girls whine more! 6yo dd even asks for drinks/anything actually in a whingy tone it drives me mad!!

2 weeks.

Breathe.

£28 please

I think it depends on whether you always feel this way about her,or if it's just a temporary thing due to being together 24 hours a day at the moment?

If it is constant,then yes,I think lovebunny has a point about dealing with it on a deeper level.If it's a temporary thing,then try to find something to amuse/occupy her .

Thanks all. You are right, it's the fifth week of the holidays. She won't play on her own, ever. I had a bath this morning while she was having breakfast then she came upstairs, nagged and nagged until she climbed in the bath with me. Of course I love her - it helps that she is beautiful!

Songline, I am so jealous that you are allowed just to make the right noises!

If I dare to go "ummmm" or "that's nice" I am accused of not listening properly and to talk properly with a "conversation" I can't even screen mine out!

Kids can be annoying, especially little kids, doesn't mean you love them any less you are just human. The older one is less annoying because they more mature and less hectic and demanding. Some strange comments on here (loads of strange people on MN I ignore them ) - you are normal and YANBU.

orangeandlemons I find that if I just repeat the last five words he says then DS is convinced I am listening :)

My 10yo drives me utterly spare... My 5yo is a walk in the park! :o
Screeching, shouting at the Wii, being rude to DD2 whenever she opens her mouth, aggressive language because she's losing her game, refusing to get dressed unless I give her a specific and detailed reason WHY, even rolling around on the bloody floor ffs. She is on two out of three strikes then there will be no Wii, TV, DVDs, DS or laptop! Thankfully she is normally playing outside all day and wearing herself out with her friends, it's just because we gave them a new Wii game more fool us.

Get counselling? Get real.
Look op, personally I can't spend every minute of every waking hour without without them getting on my tits.
I love the gym because its my time. When your child is back at school it will get easier.
You are not a bad parent or in need of counselling you are human.
I couldn't wait for dd to go to bed last night (8) she was talking all day, even when I put the tv on ( to shut her up :) ) she was asking me what was happening on a programme about sharks but I couldn't tell her because I couldn't hear it, because of her talking.
Its normal.
Bunny why the talk of people being mean?

Hour with anyone without them getting on my tits.

My 14 year old still drives me mad..... MUM, MUM, MUM.

Mum, where's my socks.
Mum, come and look at this.
Mum, can XYZ stay over.
Mum, what shall I have to eat.
Mum, mum, mum.

Told him to stop it and now he uses my name instead

I just got screeched at because I asked DD1 to fold up a discarded bath towel instead of dropping it in a pile on the landing for me to pick up... (38wks pg and SPD, thanks helpful child!) GOD I'm SO unFAIR

It's the holidays, ALL kids are irritating!

I wish I found my DD just irritating. I disliked her intensely yesterday.

She's grown on me a bit today though.

DH has just popped out to the shops and refused to take DS1 (4) because he'd be too tempted to leave him there!

I got a bit bored of his questions earlier and told him that Come Outside is real and that Aunty Mabel and Pippin really do go up in that plane and it's not just a bloke in a dog wig

Laughing at these because the last couple of days' chorus of 'Mummeeeee' every two minutes from my own 5 year old DD provoked a bit of a childish outburst from me earlier when I threatened to change my name. Elder DD suggested I change it to 'Alan' whereupon younger DD intoned 'Alaaan' in exactly the same singsongy whinge as Mummee - which made us all giggle.

Agree with the other posters, 5 year olds are pretty irritating, it's apparently their job. But also pretty funny, sometimes in the same five minutes.

Counselling? WTF would is now good!!!
I will swop happily take in all your sweet little 5 year olds in exchange for my 12 year old DS1.
He knows everything about everything, he picks on his brother non stop, if I dare tell him what to do he rolls his eyes and slams doors! His voice is croaky now so when he shouts it's like fingernails down a blackboard!!!
I could have happily thumped him this morning but now he's sat watching cartoons with my niece an nephew and he looks like my little boy again!

No wonder I go home mentally exhausted...I spend my working day dealing with 30 five year olds at once! They ARE lovely though apart from those moments when I wish I had a cupboard big enough to hide in

Don't know what happened there!
would do more good than counselling!
I haven't touched a drop yet - honest!!!