MASTER LGJ Rising seven and the rages have to be seen to be believed ........Please tell me I am not alone

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Because, I got to the end of my rope and I have tied a knot in it.....and I am not sure it is going to hold.

Do rising 7's strop ?

sometimes i get the video camera out and film the strop. This has several effects: it makes me feel a bit removed, and therefore less angry; it makes me think i am gathering evidence so that i can later prove to dh/whoever what i have to deal with (though of course i never do) and finally it makes ds think about, and usually rein in his behaviour. but yes, we had it on and off until about 8. he's still volatile but generally much more reasonable. dd (4), on the other hand....

WHy on earth wouldnt you post you dappy mare? It's a huge ocean now, this mumsnet.

We could have rocked in the corner together

Because your need was greater, my DS can be reasoned with (which makes it all the more annoying) but Master QV has yet to reach the reasoning it out stage and so your need was greater than mine. IMHO.

misdee.....your DD1 is about 8/9 isn't she IIRC??

MY DD1 was a right PITA from the age of 9 to 11, and I do mean a pain in the arse. I was embarressed at times to be seen with her, and she was absolutely vile at times .

I almst gave up even trying with her as mothing seemed to get thro.....and then......puberty!

she turned back to the DD1 we knew and loved and only railed against us few a couple of days a month. It did coinncide with my PMT, but honestly.......just two days was heavenly compared to what we had had!

DD2 only 'turned' at 12, and so far, altho she is 'cloned by an alien' regularly, it does also seem to come on PMT weeks rahter than days.

DD3 however........she is 9, she turned yesterday into the child DD1 had been, and unfortunately, even tho I have learned the trick of ignore, ignore, ignore.....I hadn;t quite figured into the scheme what OLDER sisters do when the youngest starts......

there were scratchy/hair pulling/slappy hands fighting AND banshee wailing that I swear could be heard in LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

sooooooo......girls are so not great, and then boys start at the same time too......and you get a wonderful mothers day.

altho you do get lots of hugs when they calm down and are sorry

My rising 7 went from sweet happy child to throwing something, yelling his Dad was a "stupid fat head", he was completely beside himself with rage. Sent him to his room and he went quiet after 10 mins. We let him out after 20 mins and the sweet happy child was back again.

yes physcomum, dd1 is 8 this weekend coming. her 'rages' have been awful, and i swear she is having mini bouts of hormones already. she can be utterly vile, i keep wondering where my sweet little girl has gone. but then she starts sobbing for no reason at all. its horrible for them, and us.

i am absolutly dreading it all x 3.

i stil lremember the catfights between SGK, me and lisad123.

i am hoping to do an xchange qwith someone for a 4 bedroom place, so they wont be any midnight scrapping between the 3 mini-dees.

Send the boy to me! I heart MasterLGJ!

marsy......if you offering for one, you must offer for ALL!!!!

I am sooo glad to hear you are all suffering too!!! My DS (7 in 2 weeks) had a humungous tantrum on Friday - over his sister having a piece of toast for a snack (he had just had a burger from after-school club, but she doesn't like them). He didn't ask me if he could have some (I may have said yes) but flew into a rage which lasted over half an hour - screaming / shouting, trashing his room, etc. He was so loud, the childminder next door commented on him to my neighbour, but thankfully I did not shout once or lose it at all
However, I did lose it on Saturday morning when DD (8 1/2) continued to be rude, whingy, stroppy, etc for 2 hours

I suggested to my DH that we let them watch a bit of TV if they seem overly tired and grumpy (they watch about 1/2 hr a day), but he said not a good idea. But he's never home (usually) when they go off on one.

Any other ideas?!