Brother & sisterly love....pah!

[Barmymummy]

Argh! I have a DD who is 6 and a DS who is 4 in June. Nightmare!

DD is a passive easy going kinda girl but boy is she bossy no idea where she gets that from

They fight like cat & dog and I am sooooo fed up with it. She winds him up every opportunity she can and of course him being 3 takes the bait each time. It is no exaggeration to say they can't play for 5 mins without it ending up with yells of "MUM...She did this" or "MUM...He won't share that" and its so wearing She has done things to him like say "I WIN" after everything so of course he now does that to her and won't stop. The list goes on....as does the shouting and arguing between themselves and them & me.

I had 2 kids thinking they would keep each other amused but it seems to be the opposite.

Does anyone else have this degree of behaviour as am wondering if I should aution one of them off on ebay . Of course I would have to put a clause on there stipulating no returns

Is it a boy & girl thing, an age thing or just life??? And WHEN DOES IT GET BETTER!!!

my sister and i are 17 months apart and as much as my mum tried to make us get along, as soon as her back was turned, we started on each other, teasing and griping. although she was younger she usually ended up winning cause she would lift the fire poker to me and id give in. we get on now but only cause i moved out at 19. all i can say is good luck. build yourself a soundpoof room with a lock.

DS1 and DD are 2 years apart and hated each other from the day DD arrived. It was relentless. They're 19 and 21 now and the best of friends - very supportive of each other - but it helps that they are several hundred miles apart most of the time.

What I'm saying is you only have 15 years to go. The time will fly, honest .

ARRRGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Barmymummy I feel your pain my dd is 8 and ds is 4 and they drive me mad.

this book might help

Had to cut my post short to take dd to bed.

I find the only time they get on is when they play dogs and dd gets to boss her dog(ds) around.

This might sound really unhelpful so apologies in advance but the point is although its not the easiest thing to live with. It's a REALLY important relationship for them, they will both learn so much from each other regardless of whether you think they hate each other or not.

One day they'll thank you hun xx