What one thing does your dc say which makes you go ballistic?

[seeker]

Mine is "I forgot!" - (or, worse, "I forgot, all right?") said in a slightly accusing tone, said as if it should be a perfectly acceptable excuse and complete explanation for anything done, not done, damaged or left behind.

you only ever think of yourself

chance would be a fine thing some days!

'why'

it's not the first one, or the second one or even the fifth one it's round about the 10th one when I begin to lose it.

He doesnn't even listen to the answers, it's just a stalling technique

when i have asked my ds to do something and he doenst answer.. i repeat it a few times and then I get .. I heard you the first time!!

I want to shout then why didnt you bloody answer me

Oh yes - 'Pardon?' - it's an automatic response because he can't be bothered to listen, not because he hasn't heard.

My only comfort is that DNiece does the same, but with 'Huh?' instead of 'pardon?'

DD (5) says to me "I'm not your friend" whenever she feels I'm being unreasonable (eg asking her to turn off bloomin' cbeebies and get dressed because she's got to go to school soon )

DS (2.9) and "No! don' wannnn", said in the most annoying, whiny tone known to Man.

And it's in response to everything, every blessed thing. I hope it a phase, because really, it is working my last nerve....

DS (age 3) has just started with

• "yeah, but...."
• "in a minute"
• "I don't care"

DD (age nearly 7) is an accomplished whiner, and it's the tone that winds me up the most. Her latest thing is to ask "why can't I?" in the whingiest of ways before I've even had a chance to answer the question, as in:
DD: "why can't I go and play?"
ME: "I didn't say you couldn't"
DD: "oh, ok.....but why can't I (insert other unrequested, and usually very acceptable request)...?

Grrrrrrrrrr

It doesn't make me angry but it makes me want to cry:

'You're rubbish mummy aren't you? You're rubbish!' said in a cheeky way accompanied by lots of silly giggling. He just thinks it's funny, but it makes me more than he knows.

Oh yes, and 'sooor-weeeee' when he clearly is nOT 'sorry' at all!

Oh where do i begin???

"Im Bored"

"theres nothing to do"

"theres nothing to eat"

"you never listen to anything I say!!!"

"Mum tell him/ her to stop killing me (now why would I want to do that??)" the annoyance coming from the fact that they are actually sitting next to the person they wish me to communicate with, I meanwhile am in another part of the house

"mum I feel sick (about 5 minutes before school when there is really nothing wrong)"

Me "hi how was school"
DC " ok thanks"
Me "so what did you do then"
DC "oh nothing really"

"I can't"
"You haven't even tried"
"I caaaaaaaaaaaannnnn't"

me - how was nursery/swimming/party/armageddon
dd - fine

'ha ha' a la that annoying kid off the simpsons . He's 4 going on 14!

Me: are you ready to go?
dcs (in accusing how dare you suggest otherwise tones "YES!"

Me - 5 minutes later "Ok, time to go - in the car everyone"

dc1 "I haven't got any socks on and I can't find my sweatshirt"

dc2 "Just got to clean my teeth and where's my clarinet and have you signed that form about the school trip and my phone battery' flat and I need to brush my hair and I need £5 for DT materials and ...."

DD1 (5): saying "Sorry" in that exasperated, get-off-my-back-now-will-you-FGS tone (while turning away and going back to whatever she has just been asked to apologise for).
This has turned me into a schoolmarm: "And what does sorry mean?" (Cue, in same exasperated tone of voice: "I won't do it again")
My other vain attempt at getting her to work out what the purpose of an apology is is to ask "And what are you sorry for?" Cue next infuriating answer: "I can't remember..."

Since when were 5-year-olds teenagers?

DD2 (3): When asked to do something - anything (put shoes on/take plate into kitchen...) - she turns on the siren wail and howls: "But not all by myself!"

ds1, 3 years:

'Muuuuuhmmmmeeeeeee'
'Yes love?'
'Nothing'

DD: [waves hand in the air - just started school, this is THE way to get attention]
Me: Just a moment, I'm talking to Nanna/on the phone/trying to drive round the ringroad at lunchtime.
DD: [waves frenetically]
Me: Soon!
DD: Mummy! Mummmyyyy! MUMMY!
Me: Not. Now. Wait.
DD: MUMMMMYYYYYY!
Me: [having finished what I was doing] What?!

either:
DD: I've forgotten what I was going to say! Waaah! [hits self about head and body and becomes inconsolable]

or:
DD: I love you.

Other such perennials as 'how many mouthfuls till I'm finished?', 'I want to watch tellyyyy', 'I want DADDY!' and 'alRIGHT!'

Sigh.

"You're naughty mummy!" (whenever I'm telling him off)

Sockmonkey said

Mummy youuuuuuu get iiiiiiiit/you taaaaake meeeeee - DS2

Yup, ds1 (3) says this all the while, drives me mad

"Mummy do it/get it" and her latest "shhhhh" used when we are telling her of/asking her to do something she doesn't want to do. The red mist comes down when this one is uttered!

DD is 2.8mths,

'Whatever'

What? (Instead of pardon - he's 6 and has only been doing this since he started this school year.)

Also:-

Me: Why did you hurt your brother/shout and stamp your feet etc etc?

Him: I couldn't help it, I just got a bit over-tempered.

Me: There's no such thing as over-tempered, you got angry which is not acceptable and is certainly not an excuse for that kind of behaviour.

Him There is such as a thing as over-tempered, I know because I got it!

Me: Aaaargghh! How many more times do we have to have this conversation?!!

My son, who's two, starts about 80% of his sentences with "I want" at the moment. It's doing daddy's head in.