To ask what your children do that annoys you the most?

[Iloveanimals]

Sorry but I've just had a bad day with ds
He wouldn't listen to instructions properly, kept running off in front when I told him not to, argued back and finally hurt himself because he was acting silly.
Also he's so flamin fussy at meal times that they often turn into a disaster
Cheer me up and make me feel like I'm not alone . What do yours do to get your back up?

[shrunkenhead]

Starts every question/ comment etc with "mum". Sometimes I want to change my name!
Doesn't listen.
Knows what's expected in the morning (make bed, eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth and hair) but needs reminding and can only do ONE thing at a time - if I ask her to go upstairs, get dressed brush teeth and hair she'll get only get dressed and come down so I have to send her back up to do teeth and hair.... she'll only brush her teeth and come down again so I have to send her up yet again to do hair! And she gets exasperated at ME for the frequent stair upping and downing!!!!!
Interrupting me when on the phone/talking to people.
Asking for friends to come to tea with no notice given or concern for my plans/fellow parent's plans.

[OhDearToby]

Dd1 will have an answer for everything. For example I see her push her sister over.
Me - don't push your sister
Dd - I didn't
Me - I'm standing right here, I saw you
Dd - well she likes it anyway
Me - right, go to your room
Dd - that's okay, I wanted to go there anyway
Me - okay then, no minecraft for the rest of the day
Dd - okay, I'll play a different game
Me - No you won't! No xbox at all.
Dd - whaaaaaa you're so mean to me. WHAAAAAAAAA I want a different punishment.

DD2 currently thinks bedtime is playtime and plays peekaboo over the edge of her cot until she's falling asleep standing up. Cute, but dd3 is due in 5 weeks so I need her to stop dicking about and learn go to sleep quickly. To be fair I actually blame dp who encouraged it because it was funny the first time she did it.

[Headofthehive55]

Ive asked the 12 year old to replace the lids of the jam etc when used.
(She was leaving them all out)
Now she BALANCES the lids on top so you get an even nastier surprise when you come to lift that jar up. No screwing lids on. why?
I think she is playing with my mind.

[CigarsofthePharoahs]

Did someone mention Minecraft?
He's obsessed, but all he wants to do is set things on fire!
Whinge, whine, moan, incoherent unhappy noises. Finally got him eating well and instead of finally putting on some weight he's shot up in height instead.
Constantly wriggly. Can't sit on a chair like a normal person.
Acts like everything is incredibly painful. No, I didn't hurt you so can the tears. I wiped your face gently with a flannel! Not wire wool. Please stop crying now.
He's six. As for the toddler…

[ForTheLoveOfSleep]

Dd1 - puts on a baby voice when she wants something

Dd2- if she see you have something you would like she sits close to you and sighs saying "I wish I had a whatever you have ". Just ask

Dd3 - stands up on the sofa and pulls the bottom of the mirror so it slams back against the wall.

[toomuchtooold]

Standing in my blind spot. Specially in the kitchen. Wean, are you trying to get me to brain you with a saucepan? Do you like the A&E that much?
Also standing in doorways. Standing on the stairs. And coming over to where I'm doing housework and just standing too close. I've got a sort of physical stammer now of never wanting to just sit up or put my hand out, because I usually connect with a bloody kid.

OTOH DD2 has just started saying "hey?" at the end of every sentence like that and it's the best thing ever.

[Theresnonamesleft]

Eldest one only talks in one word answers - yes, no, maybe although occasionally I might get a don't know. Squabbles with dc3 a lot.should have shares in lynx the way he goes through the stuff, I've suggested he buys something else and the response is meh.

Dc2 never stops talking, even when asleep. Bickers with everyone. Has appalling table manners which I cannot understand why, the others are fine. Very moody and everyone can tell when it's her time of the month.

Dc3 sings to wind people up and is tone deaf. Although I say sing very loosely. Very lazy everything is in a minute. Loves winding up the youngest one.

Dc4 very fussy with food. Extremely shy. Hates water

[LittleCandle]

Both of mine have left home, thank God and DD1 has a DD of her own. But when they were at home, sometimes the very fact that they were breathing was enough to annoy me! DD2 talks all the time and still does when she comes home. I hate the fact she has to have the TV or music on all the time. I loathe hearing the tinny sound through her earphones, although she is much better about that.

I hated that they said 'mum' ninety million times a day. I frequently threatened to change my name and not tell them what I was called.

i love them to bits, but I couldn't go back to having small children! I blame the fact I didn't know any small children when I had them!

[Iliketeaagain]

DD is a narrator - cannot do anything or think anything without the information coming out her mouth. She once talked nonstop literally, even with food in her mouth for 3 hours. Interspersed with "mummy, mummy, are you listening"

And most of it is inconsequential rubbish - about shopkins, or some dance. And if she's not talking, she sings.

I love her , but sometimes my ears need a rest!

[PookieDo]

I have teens

Slamming/banging doors constantly
Yelling through said doors whenever they want to talk to me
Stomping around
Leaving all their dirty washing beside the washing basket instead of inside
Not putting things in the bin
Screeching when they get slightly animated
Playing Ed Sheeran songs on repeat all the time
Asking me what is for dinner 1min after I have left work
Telling me there 'is no food in the house' when there bloody well is

I could go on all day

[Finola1step]

Dawdling in the mornings.

We have a routine. It is very simple. We do it every day. Just get on with it.

[Lonelynessie]

Leaving stuff everywhere. I found a spoon on top of a wardrobe last week, and some pencils in the shower too. Why? Why do they do this? Drives me insane.

[isthisacceptable200]

Running on the spot for NO REASON.

[isthisacceptable200]

Telling me there 'is no food in the house' when there bloody well is

I get this too. What they mean is there isn't exactly what they fancy in that particular moment. Because they've had 4 yoghurts at a time for the past 2 days (they do get proper meals, they don't just eat yoghurt).

[treaclesoda]

Closing the door in a fashion that implies they intend to take the door with them. They are fine with interior doors but apparently front and back doors must be closed in such a way that the whole house shakes.

[Sleepdeprivedredhead]

Insist on walking everywhere in front of me then randomly stop (sometimes because they don't know the way). This is my 11 year old who is only an inch shorter than me. Just. Walk. Alongside.

[StewPots]

DD15 on her PS4 talking yelling very loudly on the headset to people she's playing Overwatch with as well as her boyfriend who is ON THE FUCKING PHONE PLAYING THE SAME BASTARD GAME AT THE SAME TIME!! Why????!!!!???
Also the floordrobe thing and dumping a week's washing at once instead of bring bits up like she's been told to

And then there's DS3. Oh my god. I forgot how much a PITA toddlers and very young kids are. The constant chatter about sod all, the constant inability to do anything you want them to do at a certain time, then the constant whining, the constant reminders to poo in the toilet and not in his pants, the constant bouncing all over the house and constant shadowing even when I'm on the bloody toilet!
Love them dearly but I need some peace and quiet!!

Rant over.

[Racheyg]

Oh I love this......where do I start?!?
Don't listen unless I say biscuit really quietly but oh they can here that
Don't go to sleep on their own
Whine
Shout
Dancing about while Wait till the last minute for a wee then its oh so desperate
Waking up at 5.45 every morning

But I love them

[alltouchedout]

All of them whinge. I hate whinging.
DS1 is defiant on principle. DS2 is painfully lazy. DS3 resists teeth brushing as if I am attempting to murder him.

[robinia]

It's what they don't do - tidy up after themselves ... ever

[CassandraAusten]

Bickering. So one of them will be talking about something and another will say 'no, you didn't do that' about some minor aspect and the first one will get side tracked from the purpose of the story and say 'yes I did'. Just have a normal conversation like normal people ffs!

Putting their clothes in the laundry rather than leaving them on the floor. How hard can it be?!

[angryladyboobs]

Pretend to be a horse.

Every fucking morning.

From 4:30am when we get up (yes fucking 4:30).

She has done it so much she's scraped her knees and her pj's are bloody. But she carries on. 😑⛏

[rainbowgiraffe]

Whenever I try to tell my darling 16 year old son anything that differs from his opinion he tells me I have no gcse's and no job. I'm a sahm to my 1 year old. I find it so disrespectful.

[HateSummer]

They do loads of annoying things, but the one the makes my eyes twitch is when they sit on the sofa and push the rug over with their feet to bend it or they put their feet under the rug. Even writing about it is making my heart race. It makes my blood boil. 😡😡😡😡

[Iloveanimals]

Pretend to be a horse



Ds sometimes just has the desiring urge to interrupt the moment I start speaking to someone, 'mum, mum, mummy..." tell him to wait over and over again. Then when I've finished talking apparently he's forgot what he wanted to say and gets upset with me