5 year olds testing the water

[Twiglett]

coping strategies for the obvious 'striving for independence' / seeing how far he can push it with disobedience / attitude / scatalogical comments

he's cute .. but ain't that cute IYKWIM

Whip them and lock them in the shed. It's the only way.

At the moment, the only thing that works with DS2 is to threaten to take away all the birthday presents from his party that he has yet to open (has to write a thank you before opening the next present - marvellous delaying tactic!)

take their toys away!!! DD hates that.

If misbehaving for every time she repeats I take another toy away, till she stops..... Most I had to take one day was 5....

Oh and she has to earn them back with good behaviour

SoupDragon that has to be THE funniest reply ive heard in a long time, ive just giggled 4 ages.

cute........ but not that cute, know just what you mean Twiglett. Cute enough to be right, especially if you should fumble your word while giving a lecture!! completely steals my thunder by correcting me .

It doesnt get any easier DS is 7 and I dont think i have the room in my Shed!!!

i've been doing the pockey money chart. starts with £2 on a sunday, gets a warning, then loses 10p. We are down to 90p. Not been a good week. But he's been great at school so i'm getting it!

DS would owe me if i did that, did you red what he did to me on ebay last nite??

meant read

no, spill....

He bunked on to my ebay while i was putting DD to bed and bought himself 3 PS 2 games, His higest bid being £400,404.00 for a batman game. That lil jape cost me bout £40. just managed to wriggle my way out of payin for two of them without gettin any feedback.
Have told him he owes me big time, got to laugh bout it now.

My dd is 5 and also testing the waters at the minute.
She is lovely most of the time and then has these moods where she's out to wing me up. The thing that realy gets to me is constant back chatting and cheek. I just won't have it.
At the moment it's still working to say no T.V tonight. She knows i'll follow through so when i warn her, if she carries on she's had it.
Also if i sulk. I mean be really petty and when she gets round to noticing, then i tell her how annoying and upsetting it is to be arguing with her all the time when i love her. That usually shuts her up for a day or two!

She does make me laugh though! I am terrified of the teenage angst i'll have with her

naughty but very clever though! ds is like kevin and perry style character, flopping about everywhere sulking