i am just to my tether with my kids...please calm me...

[hermykne]

if its not food they are asking for , its something they cannot have have, like my diary, or dhs walkie talkies and they whine and whine for it, then i get the back chat from them aged 3 & nearly 5. i am just fed up saying "no do this instead" with a fake smile to them . its getting me no where.

the food thing is doing my head in, they are always looking for something, yet they eat lunch , b/fast and dinner.

why?

put fruit bowl on table, tell them to help themselves. tell them they cant have anything else, whining gets a spell on naughty step. sometimes you just need some time to get your head together dont you. [sympathy]

can you leave some healthy snacks and a fruitbowl within easy access and let them help themselves?

sounds like you need a day off.

mazzystar - i think you have hit it, a day off, they are off school 2 weeks now and thats probably it.

yes the fruit bowl is there....

and gringott naughty step in action

thanks

Can you organise for them to play with some other children of similar age? Sounds like they are bored.