Is there anything more annoying than a 5 year old boy?

[TheGoddessBlossom]

I love him to distraction. More. But:

skips, runs, jogs, faces backwards instead of JUST WALKING!!!

Repeats everything I say, until I treaten him for being cheeky.

Teases his brother mercilessly.

Pulls his trousers down just enough to get his school shirt untucked as soon as I have tucked it in.

Wakes up at 6.03am every single day.

Asks the most nonsensical questions, which of course you indulge until 20 minutes have passed and he is still asking you if 142 is bigger than 33.

Fiddles with EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING.

He is adorable and I wouldn't swap him, but jesus, he can test the patience of St Nick.

Yes, a 48 year old one !! Seriously, I have both and then you can throw a 13 year old into the equasion too ..... I just smile and wave

Yes a 6yo girl
Who teases her sister mercilessly
Refuses to wear anything other than summer dresses and then whines when she is cold
Sings constantly
Is incapabe of putting anything away, ever
Forgets every note the school send and then lets you know at 9pm on a sunday night that she needs a costume for the nativty dress rehearsal on monday
Forgets to get dressed on a morning in favour of staring blanmkly into space
will only eat oevn chips with mayo and little else (last week it was cheesy pasta)

what the hell are you doing with my boy? You ARE talking about my boy are you not?

Except that he is incapable of sitting still, for a meal, for a tv programme for a conversation.....with crazy CRAZY questions...

at the moment i cant even trust him to go to the bathroom alone as he messes with everything in the bathroom. I got some of that toilet duck stuff that you squirt into the loo, its a green gel type stuff. anyway i forgot about it and he was in the loo for ages....."you are not messing with the loo are you???"
"no"

He was, fishing in the loo.....fecking hell fire give me strength!

yes, got that here too, goes to the loo, fills sink to the brim to wash his hands, but actually washes his whole arms, sleeves, slops water everywhere yadayayda.

Errrr no. This is the mental age most males of the species remain at until the physical age of grumpy! (around 60ish)
My ds started like that at ooooh...3.5yrs? He is now 10. NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!

I took the plug off the sink in the bathroom because my four year old kept flooding the place. I also doesn't stop with the idiotic questions, it drives me mental! Also have an annoying two year old who tips toys out everywhere just for the sake of it.

Yes-a 4.5yr old DD who does all the above but has also learned to bloody whistle in the last couple of days.From dawn till dusk,a monotone whistle...aaaarrrrggghhhh! But I do still love her (just)

Two 5 year old boys?

2? I feel quite faint at the thought of it.

Agree wholeheartedly, except my boy is now 6, so can't give you any good news for the future.

When he is lovely, he is sooooooooo lovely. He has just spent the last hour happily in his room building and painting a wooden truck kit he got for Christmas from his teacher. (we are not in UK if you're wondering why he's out of school already)

Seeing him like that I almost forget that all the way to and from school in the car today (like everyday) he was endlessly poking his sisters/making strange loud noises/kicking my seat/burping/never listening to anything I say....

He's just so UNCIVILISED.

But adorable.

Actually these posts have made me feel better about him, that he could actually be normal. Sometimes I think he's going to be diagnosed with several conditions before he leaves school....

No, except a 5yo boy and a 7yo big sister who argue, fight, poke and generally annoy each other alllll day.

Except when she is teaching him, their favourite game is Schools - he gets homework and everything.

He made looroll bombs last week and covered the ceiling of the bathroom with them. I suspect he learnt that in real school.

In answer to the OP-yes, a 6yo boy who does all of the abouve, but also plays "camping" with his friend after school which inolves packing up his school shoes in a bag and hiding them somwhere, which he has no forgotton.

He is now wearing read trainers to school.

I am not alone in being a mother to a lovely-but-way-too-energetic-and-enthusiastic 6 year old

Do you think there should be a prize for us when we say the same thing for the 40th time?

I feel like giving myself an awrd like this quite regularly.

6 yo DD, who is ALWAYS "just" doing something...

When did you steal DS?

On the way to school this morning:

"Mum is Poppa bigger than Daddy? Mum how big is a metre? Mum you are 34 and Daddy is 38 isn't he (repeat 25 times)"

all the while kicking the chair in front of him, lying down across the car seats instead of sitting up, asking me why we can't drive faster (major snow and ice on roads).

And of course he got up at 6.03.

Bless him.

But then he did sing like an angel at his school Christingle service which is the first one I have ever been to and was so lovely and a little girl played a harp and I cried, and he is gorgeous so, the paradox goes on.

Can anyone shed light on the question why 5yo boys manage to miss the loo when peeing?

Or is that just my boy?

I have told him if he cannot get most of the wee in the toilet then he will have to sit down like a girl.

yes, mine is answering back at the moment.awful.
really wingey and whiney.
but so sweet. drives me nuts.

all the males in my house consistently miss the loo when peeing. The 3 year old can be forgiven. The 5 year old gets an ear bashing and told to clean it up. The 39 year old...well what can you do with that?

The thing I hate most about it is treading in it in bare feet and walking it back into bed. [BOAK}

I'll raise you a 4 year old boy who refuses to answer the simplest question unless addressed to whichever doppleganger he is being at the time (a king, luke skywalker, shopkeeper, policeman etc etc etc)

all of these post are just like my 5 year old DS,

i really did think i had the most feral child ever! but they all are obviously

Yes.

My nearly 6yr dd1 and 2 yr dd2. i just wish they wouldn't start talking until I have had at least 1 cup of tea in the morning. They wake up at 6am every morning expect when daddy's in charge and i'm having lie in, then they wake up at 8am .

They then don't stop talking/jumping and climbing until the go to bed.

Yes!!! My nearly 5 year old boy is doing my head in. I asked my partner if I was being tetchy or if he was getting annoyed by him too and we both agreed he is going through a very very annoying phase. Doing all the same things as mentioned above, creating so much unnecessary mess. Won't play independently at all until we need to leave the house and then doesn't want to stop playing. Comes into our room at 6am and turns on the light however much we have explained not to do that. I made him toast with butter and marmite on Monday, he made a huge fuss that he didn't want marmite so on Tuesday I did just butter and he made a huge fuss that I didn't put marmite on it. Aaaaa. He is my world and I love him with every ounce of my being, but in those moments I feel like I don't like him very much and that makes me feel awful!! Hoping it's a phase!! He's a lovely affectionate boy when he's not being annoying!

I actually love that this thread from 2009 has just reappeared in my watched list...that 4 year old is now 17 (and still infuriating, albeit in very different ways!)