To sit in the kitchen and ignore dcs

[Edenviolet]

Because dd1 and ds1 have been fighting and won't stop and whatever I do they keep going for each other. Ds2 is in the highchair having lunch and dd2 is eating hers too so they are ok.

I just want ten minutes peace. I've had a stressful morning and dcs just can't behave. I've warned them that continuing fighting will only result in one of them getting hurt but they won't stop.

Yes sorry, their fingers and other joints dislocate really easily due to eds. They don't usually fight like this it happens literally once in a blue moon (the last bad fight was when dd was 11.5 and they argued about who liked Colin the runner bean most from mr bloom )

I had tried to separate them but they just kept going after each other, dd2 was screaming for cheese and it was overwhelming (pmt doesn't help!). Dh took control when I obviously couldn't and they've been good as gold since thank goodness

My parents had a rule that if me and DB fought, we were both punished.

We just fought behind their backs when they weren't home, and years later they are still finding items that are a little wonky because they were glued back together. Others we did an immaculate job and it's unnoticeable to this day. It only stopped when DB got bigger than me because I was the antagonizer.

Anyway, don't let them get physical. It's not ok. You really want to teach them better problem solving skills. Give them a task they have to work together at and cooperate with.