Do your young children rule the roost?

[ohcluttergotme]

I think I have went mad, not completely but ever so slightly!

I have a three year old darling boy (think cherub on old stamps, big blonde curls, big blue eyes, little chubby with a twinkle in his eye)...But he has this whole house wrapped around his little finger!

I have a 13 year old darling daughter and never either remember her being so demanding or me being so weak...can't quite work out which here!

Everything has to be his way, his terms! I said last night to dh that he reminds me of a Little Lord Fauntleroy!

Do others experience this or do I just need to stop pandering to his every demand and wishes

Sounds normal to me.

Well my DS would rule the roost if I let him, but we'd live a very boring life eating pizza and playing playstation all day.

No, but they try!

I have two boys who are like cherubs, they are so beautiful and not adverse to eyelid fluttering if they think it will help.

I wonder if subconsciously I have been harder on dd and expected more of her and if I do more for ds and expect less of him thus setting the standard (that I was adament that I wouldn't) that he will grow up and expect things to be done for him!
Or maybe I am reading too much into it! He eats the same stock diet daily
Cereal, toast, pancake, crumpets, fruit, biscuits (occassionaly) for breakfast
Pasta, pancakes, crumpets for lunch ditto for tea!

The rest of the family pretty much always eat a different tea but I feel he's three he's eating, sleeps 8 hours every night so diet must be sustaining him

no cause I would resent them

did you see the supernanny episode with a two year old called charlie, cute little boy

if he wanted the telly off and the lights off they were off

they used to sit in the frontroom at night in the dark with no telly

oh dear trinity nope didn't see that episode. Our little cherub just demands what's on the tv all day, In the morning before work I have to endure batman, ultimate spider man and the like. Drives me potty. He does go to bed between half 6 - 7pm then the tv is MINE

No, definitely not normal, well not in the set up Trin describes anyway.

I have a 9yo, 5yo and 6 week old and the 6 week old is the only one with any sort of say, only because he is so bloody loud though

I'm in charge really, with the others - and try to teach them to compromise or take turns or, something anyway

I worry about boys growing up thinking they can tell everyone what to do and be fetched and carried for by women iyswim

Not to suggest you're doing that but hmm.

Oh the telly thing is normal though,

we have their stuff on in the morning, I like it - it stops them being noisy - and I have RULES about certain things we won't watch, and can get shouty if one of these slips past me (you've been framed being one of them)

The rest of the time we take turns or compromise, or negotiate. But they can be very naggy about the TV if they really want to watch something.