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To think 7 is worse than terrible twos?!

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anticlock · 16/02/2022 16:00

Anyone out there with a 7 year old that is driving them up the wall?
She's been pretty good up until now, easy baby, lovely toddler, great through infant school.
Is it hormones or what?
She shouts, screams, is unreasonable. I have to ask her 10 times to do something and then find her wandering the house aimlessly instead of doing what I've asked her to do.
She does annoying things like winds the car window down on the motorway and won't put it back up till she's been asked numerous times and is generally defiant!
She's ratty when I wake her up at 7.30am even after 11 hours sleep.
And lately she just makes noise for no reason whatsoever. So she'll walk around singing "me me me me me me" or other made up words just so she can enjoy the sound of her own voice!
She's bossy with her little brother, constantly whinges about her friends at school, and just wants to go on her Nintendo switch 24 hours a day (she's only allowed this at the weekend)
Please reassure me that other people have 7 year olds that are driving them mad??!!

OP posts:
FailureToLurk · 16/02/2022 20:18

The sudden increase in male hormones definitely explains a lot of DS's behaviour.

It's genuinely like having a tantruming teenage boy, but without the maturity. Not that I'm saying teenage boys are mature but they generally have more maturity than a 7 year old!

This evening I've had door slamming and told to "just leave me alone, you horrible mummy" and the bedroom door slammed in my face 🙄

I've just ignored it and come downstairs for a glass of wine 🤣

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