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5year old going on and on at me!

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JustThisOnceOrTwiceOrThrice · 19/10/2013 16:26

My gorgeous son has just turned 5 and is doing my head in!

He asks for something, i tell him after I've done what Im doing and then he immediately asks again.

Or he asks a question and i answer it and then he asks it again as though I've said nothing.

Or he asks me to help him find a tiny toy which i could spend the year searching for and still never find it, i tell him this and that he needs to play with things he can find not expect me to turn the house upside down looking for something which may never be seen again, but he just goes on and on.

Or he wants a toy from his toy box but won't even start looking for it himself but expects me to look for it. I tell him to look himself, but he goes on and on.

He just goes on and on all the time!

He said he was hungry so i gave him a small snack which he ate (for once) but he said he was still hungry and i said we don't have anything until dad gets back from shopping with dinner. But he says he wants xyz so i tell him Im not sure and I'll think about whether he can have it after I've finished hanging out the washing. So he leaves the room and immediately shouts from the other room that he's still hungry.

Ffs. I just want everyone to stop going on at me and demanding stuff from me all the bloody time!

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mikkii · 19/10/2013 22:15

Welcome to parenthood. I want someone to get DC3 to go to bed in a way that doesn't require me to shout at all the kids every night.

mikkii · 19/10/2013 22:16

That didn't help much. I answer, then get them to repeat back to me.

JustThisOnceOrTwiceOrThrice · 19/10/2013 22:37

Sounds like you're having a harder time then me! Yes i should get him to repeat back because he doesn't listen a lot of the time, or at least doesn't take it in and process it.

Needed a winge earlier, feel a bit better now Smile

Hope you sort out your sleep issue. Its horrible when they go to bed after shouting isn't it. I always feel really guilty all evening when that happens (which is a lot).

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