To ask what do your DCs do that gives you the rage?

[lonelytigger]

Mine is small but it drives me up the wall.

DS who is 3 pokes my face or eye when he wants my attention or to show me something.

It goes something like mummyyyyyy >poke< >poke< mummy mummmyyyy >poke<

It makes me scream on the inside.

Anyone want to share theirs?

Dd1 - takes off her shoes and socks as soon as she comes in and abandons them. Then moans when she's no clean socks and can't find her shoes.
Ds1 - has to be sent back upstairs every day to put on clean pants and socks. Every single sodding day.
Ds2 - if I don't answer him instantly, he turns up the volume. If I'm busy, or got my mouth full, or something, he becomes deafeningly loud within less than 10 seconds.
Dd2 - whines. "He looked at me. She breathed near me. There's a fly!" Dear God child, just stop bloody whining!
Dd3 - every time she gets told off, or told No, or something else to her dislike, hits dd2 with whatever she's holding. To be fair, I can see why, she gets a reaction every time (see above and whining!) But for fucks sake just quit it!

My DD is only 14mths so I just chalk most stuff up to her still being a baby really, but she loves to climb all over me for cuddles which is fine, until she grabs a fistful of my hair and yanks, she always manages to get these innocuous little hairs and rip them out which makes me sneeze and drives me insane! Then she laughs, trying so very hard to teach her to be gentle..

Meanwhile my DH can’t stand the fact that the second he gets home she runs to him, stands at his feet with her arms outstretched and just yells “mama, Mum, mama” constantly, she knows he’s Dad and can say Dad/daddy/dada but for some reason she’ll want him but be yelling out for me.. drives him insane.

Going to bed dramas

Waking up dramas

Saying she's not hungry, turning into a dragon, then dramatically announcing she's starvinggggggg

Using 37 cups every evening.... Just reuse the same cup!!!!!!

Not brushing her teeth

But she's my cherub the rest of the time!

Never stops talking and starts every sentence with “mummy...”

How I haven’t roared “WHAT?!?’” at her yet I’ll never understand

Also the faffing. Oh god, the faffing...

Says mummy over and over again until I answer him!

🙌🏻

Pee all over the toilet seat so I only realise once I’ve sat down not envy

When my teen says 'awl riiiiiiiiiiiiight' when I've asked her to do something for the hundredth time. Don't know why but it gives me the rage more than the fact she still hasn't bloody done the thing asked.

And not forgetting this gem:

Me: dinners ready
Dd: k
(2 mins later)
Me: DINNERS ready
Dd: ok
(5 mins later)
Me: DINNERS READY
Dd: I'M COMMMMMMMING

grrrrr. No you're not, that's why I'm bloody shouting again.

Refuses to acknowledge she needs to loo, until she's bursting. Then running upstairs, then into & out of the bathroom several times, crying that she's about to have an accident. Usually she's wearing something very easy to go to the loo in. Toilet is accessible, clean, etc. Especially annoying when I'm in bed with a migraine, & have to get up. We've asked her, repeatedly, why she does it. No idea. She's almost 6. Argh...

The climbing on me so that their elbows and feet are digging in me so hard it makes me yelp

Nothing to say until I go to the loo or make a phone call, then there seems to be plenty to say NOW!

Drawing out the word "muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum" when they want something off me (usually after being told to "Ask your mother" by DH).

DS1 walks round like Mrs Peel off the Avengers, doing kicks to take off his shoes instead of taking them off like a normal person. Oh, and there's ALWAYS an upturned plug on the floor of his bedroom, which I inevitably stand on.

Waits until the second I sit down to ask for a drink, food etc even after me asking if he needs anything right before I park my arse

Doesn't flush the toilet.
Used bathroom towels to clean up stuff he has spilt .
Puts empty crisp packets/bottles down the side of the bed
Cuts fingernails and leaves them on the floor.
Puts change all over his desk. Piles and piles of it. Instead of in his giant bottle money box

Agree with cunting bottle flipping

The sheer bewilderment when I suggest a shower to a 14 year old, as though it doesn't happen everyday

The 11 year old trying it on with non school socks every day, go and fucking change for the millionth time

Ditto trainers, no it's still a week day, hoody: no it's still a week day, attempting to lie in: no it's still a fucking weekday hence my suit while I'm screeching at you not my pjs

Ah that felt better

DS simply doesn’t listen. My DM said I was the same as a child and she always called it ‘selective hearing’. I will ask him to do something, sometimes repeatedly, and he still doesn’t do it. Eventually he will claim to have not heard me before. It’s so, so frustrating. He also always seems to have a dirty nose... I don’t know how or why, snot I think. It’s really horrible.

DD1 shouts instead of talks. She also taps me and says mummy repeatedly until I answer even when she can see I am busy. She also cannot stand not getting her own way and is incredibly stubborn.

DD2 pretends to be a cute baby to get out of doing things (I guess because she’s the baby of the family...) she will be six in august but still tries to get me to dress her sometimes .

DS eats with his mouth open. He has SN so can't help it but it makes every meal time a deeply unpleasant experience.

DD shouts instead of talking. Although, to be fair, I think she has developed this habit to get DS's attention so he'll play with her.

Both - the expectation I can drop everything the second they want something yet I have to wait for what seems like half an hour and ask several times for them to respond.

Ignores people. If DD (5.5) is playing or reading a book and someone talks to her, she keeps doing what she's doing, with no acknowledgement that someone is talking to her. I have told her that ignoring people is rude and not nice, but she keeps doing it.

DD tries to get me to do stuff for her, and cries when I won't.

DS (2.5) will look at me and do what I just told him not to do.

DS will wind up DD in the car. He'll keep doing stuff that she has told him that she doesn't like.

DS sometimes laughs when DD gets upset. I'm trying to teach him that upsetting other people is NOT funny.

The following exchange happens at least once a day in our house:
"Mommy!"
"What?" (or "Yes?")
"Mommy!"
WHY ARE YOU STILL SAYING THAT? DD is the worst offender here, but DS does it sometimes too.

THE WHINING. From the whining, O Lord deliver us.

Some of these have made me howl !!
DS 4 - gets ALL toys out and then is too tired to tidy ANY of them away. Despite me constantly reminding him they need putting away when he's getting them out. I will tidy up is his reply.....

Coming downstairs after I’ve put them to bed (multiple times)

Touching my feet when I’m trying to read them a bedtime story (I can’t bear anyone touching my feet)

Talking to me in the car at a volume slightly too quiet for me to hear what they are saying (and continuing same volume every time I say that I can’t hear and ask them to repeat it)

Yanking on my hand if we are holding hands, making my back hurt

General dithering

Speaks really quietly if she's saying something important (e.g. "I need a wee") and INCREDIBLY LOUDLY when it's nonsensical rubbish
Follows me everywhere when I'm bustling about trying to get us organised so that I can't turn around without tripping over her
Stops dead and looks blank whenever I ask her to do something or say "quickly!"
Keeps doing whatever I've told her to STOP doing, just really slowly as if it doesn't count
Is deliberately stupid/hard of hearing when it suits her:
"Can I wear this cardigan today, Mummy?"
"Yes, good idea, it's going to be quite cold"
"It's going to be hot?"
"No, cold"
"Hot?"
"No, it's not going to be hot, it's going to be cold"
"Why do you keep saying cold?"
" Fuck knows Put your cardigan on, darling"
"What cardigan?"
AAAAAAAAARGH!

Takes the back off the remote control
Has no respect for personal space
Always asking for food
Always wants a drink when you have just sat down
Gets nagged everyday to do teeth properly cause the toothbrush just gets swirled about
Moans and whines when ever I need to go into a shop and won't stop till she's out of the shop.
Gets her uniform dirty every single day
Doesn't pull her school socks up and looks like a wolly coming out of school everyday

Asks for playdates with every Tom dick and Harry every five mins or wants to visit someone every single day of the week.

8 year old

DS used to take his socks off and tuck them into his nappy

Forgot one! Saying "look at this, Mummy" and then pressing whatever it is UP AGAINST my eyeball