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Are your dc mean to each other?

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fattybum · 22/05/2012 10:56

particularly the older one to the younger? For example, ds2 now has ds1s old bike, ds1 has a new one (for the last 9 months). Ds2 has just started taking the bike out with stabilisers on. Sometimes ds1 still wants to have a go on this bike, and ds2 lets him. But when he asks to have it back, ds1 says it's his bike still and it's up to him when he can have it back.

both ds can be scared to go upstairs to the toilet on their own. Sometimes ds2 will go with ds1 to stop him being scared. So, yesterday ds2 needed a wee and asked ds1 if he would go with him, to which he said yes. I genuinely appreciate this as it means I don't have to, so I told ds1 thanks for being so helpful. Anyway, he took him up, then ran straight back down once he was mid wee, just to be spiteful. This kind of stuff goes on all the time, and I find it unbearable, I just want them to be kind to each other, and it is often ds1 being spiteful to ds2 saying things like "if you don't do such and such, I won't ever play with you again" etc.

Is this just normal sibling stuff, and how do I deal with it? I end up ranting on and on about being kind, and I fear that ds1 will actually come to resent this more than learn from it!

Thanks

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Shinyshoes1 · 22/05/2012 10:59

I can't let my 2 ds's alone in the same room together to the point if one is taking his plate out to the kitchen, the other has to stay behind until he is finished otherwise it all kicks off.

I'm hoping it's normal Hmm
Sorry that dosen't help you really does it Hmm

MoaningMinnieRisesAgain · 22/05/2012 11:00

All the bloody time. I think it is normal, but it is so wearing, isn't it. DD taunts and teases DS just to wind him up, he isn't really old enough to do it back so much(but he does try sometimes). They are 3.5 and 5.

They love each other dearly, and are lovely to each other some of the time, but the constant screaming and whinging gets right on my tits.

FrankWippery · 22/05/2012 11:00

DDs 1&2 were like this when they were younger. they are now 18 and 17 and still the same

HTH Grin

doormat · 22/05/2012 11:01

fattybum it is normal....mine used to fight like cat and dog...wind eachother up..but one thing i did notice is the younger ones do get their own back iykwim...they find the weak spot lol......i was always in the middle of rows/fights etc/ but i used to just send whoever was involved to their rooms till they calmed down and acted properly towards eachother....4 have grown up and left home and i have 1 left at home..but they are all close now and skype eachother reguarly xxx

fattybum · 22/05/2012 11:09

Thank you so much! To be honest, just hearing that it's normal makes me feel a lot better. I sometimes think I must be doing something wrong to make things this way.

They can also be the best of friends, just increasingly not! I think it is something to do with ds2 coming into his own a bit more, making ds1 more competitive. They are 3.9 and almost 6.

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