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Share your stories of sibling rivalry to win summer picture book bundle & beach goodies!

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SorchaMumsnet · 27/07/2016 14:09

Keep the kids fully occupied - and reading! - this summer with a brilliant bundle of picture books from Little Tiger Press as well as some adorable beach accessories

Help Dog keep messy Cat in order in The Messy Book by Maudie Powell-Tuck and Richard Smythe.

Discover who is making that strange sound in The Great Aaa-Ooo by Jonny Lambert.

Get doodling with Paws McDraw: The Fastest Doodler in the West by Connah Brecon.

And help Little Brother prove to Big Brother once and for all that There’s No Such Thing As A Snappenpoop (…or is there?) by Jeanne Willis and Matt Saunders.

Take the stories on your holiday with a colour-changing shark drawstring bag from SquidLondon and dry off at the beach with a striped Boden towel poncho (in red or blue, for ages 2-5).

Did your sibling rivalry ever go a bit too far? Share your funny sibling stories to be in with a chance of winning the picture book bundle, bag & Boden towel poncho!

This discussion is sponsored by Little Tiger and will end on 24 August

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Share your stories of sibling rivalry to win summer picture book bundle & beach goodies!

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Rae1000 · 01/08/2016 21:05

My sibling rivalry is greater now than it was when we were kids. We both have fitbits & compete against steps! I WIN!!!!!!

sealight123 · 02/08/2016 08:35

I remember being a kid (4 years old) and my big sister (6 years old) had punched me in the back garden and I started crying. My mum had heard me from the kitchen (and seen me) and was rushing out to see if I was OK. Before she got there my sister shook her fist at me saying 'Say it's hayfever, say it's hayfever'

It is my earliest memory haha

My mum knew plain well what had happened as she would watch us in the garden from the kitchen through the window as she cooked dinner

lottietiger · 02/08/2016 15:10

I don't have any siblings myself but DP was the youngest of three and we are always getting told of how he would manage to get the other two into trouble while he sat sweetly and got away with it. 40 years later its still a topic of discussion at the dinner table!

StickChildNumberTwo · 02/08/2016 22:09

Mine aren't really old enough for rivalry yet, but there are definitely moments when my 4 year old is unimpressed at the attention the baby is getting. I'll be interested to see how it develops as the baby gets bigger. My sister and I fought like cat and dog (or at least I fought with her...) so I guess I'm expecting some friction at some point!

Sleeplessinmybedroom · 02/08/2016 22:21

My a Sister had an operation to remove her in growing toe nail when she was younger. I was so jealous of all the attention she got that I stamped on her bandaged foot. 😱

I also blamed her for pushing me through a glass door when it was the dog. She got sent to bed with no dinner and I got fussed over. 😳

My eldest sister used to push my other sisters trike under the window, tell her to go and play with it and pour water over her from the window.

It's a surprise she still talks to us.

insan1tyscartching · 02/08/2016 22:37

My step brother's rivalry was extreme. Their entire childhood seemed to revolve round outdoing each other tbh. On one occasion the younger one broke his arm trying to beat his brother making ramps steeper and steeper and jumping off them on his bike. He came home in plaster really annoyed with his brother who he believed was responsible and so covered the bottom of the bath in superglue. His brother was rescued by firemen and taken to the same A&E his brother had left earlier.

CopperPan · 03/08/2016 11:01

DD1 and DD2's sibling rivalry is the most tiring in our house - they are close in age and interested in the same things, so it's always hard for them to respect each other's things as they always want each other's toys. Once I found quite a hoard of DD2's toys under DD1's bed - she wasn't playing with them, just had to stop DD2 playing with them.

darlingred · 03/08/2016 12:50

My children are two and four. They compete every night to see who is first in the bath, first to get washed, first to get out and dried, first to get teeth brushed and pyjamas on. Every night. Exhausting!

MiddleClassProblem · 03/08/2016 14:47

Once when I was about 12, after an argument with my brother I crumbled up a cracker an put it in his bed but he never noticed! And he's meant to be a fussy sleeper

twinkletoedelephant · 03/08/2016 17:40

I am a twin...and I have twins..

Competition is everywhere...

First to put socks on
First to the car
First to eat breakfast
First to get a plunger firmly attached to stomach....

Being first is of vital importance.....the last one upstairs smells like stinky elf cheese - every single night :-)

EDisFunny · 03/08/2016 18:07

My boys have just started having eating competitions which I try to discourage. Whoever finishes first stands up and yells, "you're the loser!"

JustABigBearAlan · 03/08/2016 18:55

My youngest (2) is desperate to be just like his elder brother. He copies everything he does. He therefore got really upset one day in the bath when he realised ds1 had a bruised knee. He was sobbing, 'me want blue knee too, mummy, hurt my knee.'

asuwere · 03/08/2016 19:28

My DC had a race today to see who could finish their slush first...quickly turned into a race to be the first to recover from their brain freeze

reneesmith · 04/08/2016 01:01

DS (3) is very impatient for his little sister (1) to grow up and to be able to do 3 year old things. He always asks when he did this or that, and loves it when he did things earlier than his sister! Today at dinner, he was very happy to find out that he was first to try carrots

jooliewoolie123 · 04/08/2016 01:11

When I and my sister were younger, we had intense sibling rivalry. We got into an argument about who was our parents' favourite one day- I told her she had a big nose, and she told me to "get lost". I was so upset that I decided to do just that- get lost. When my mother discovered I was missing, there was a massive big search party to find me, and everyone thought that I had ran away, but thank goodness my neighbour saw me wondering around a few minutes away. I remember that day so vividly- how determined I was to get lost! My sister remembers the day very clearly as well, and I often feel guilty about telling her she had a big nose, as she has never forgotten that and genuinely believes that she does, even though it was simply the meanest thing I could think of- I had never even noticed her nose before! It's funny how sibling rivalry from so many years ago can remain so vivid.

123julie321 · 04/08/2016 13:47

My DS and DD have always fought over who gets to sit on my knee- I always reminded them that I have two knees, one for each. So when I told DC that another baby was coming along, the first thing DS asked was "mummy will you grow another knee?"

renee8100 · 04/08/2016 18:32

I think I'm quite lucky as thus far the sibling rivalry between DS and DD has been mostly healthy and productive- they like to compete with each other in terms of their school marks, how fast they can run, who is the best at mario kart, that kind of thing. They can compete over very silly things too though- who has the longest big toe, who can sing the spongebob squarepants theme tune the fastest, and (my personal favourite!) who could at the most carrots during one particularly disliked dinner!

glasgow1975 · 04/08/2016 20:12

My sister was obsessed with my little pony, and because I was such a nice, helpful brother I made her some new slot in signs for one of the play sets.
My mum gave me into such trouble when she saw what my sister had happily been playing with - My Little Pony Abattoir, and My Little Pony Glue Factory

CheeseEMouse · 04/08/2016 21:15

My daughter has serious fear of missing out should I try and play with her baby brother and she just parks hwrself on top of me if she is unhappy. I'm dreading the point he is able to extress his opinion!

Darwinisafish · 05/08/2016 00:12

Yesterday when we got into the car it was raining. My dds started fighting over who had more raindrops going down their window.

1969angep · 05/08/2016 14:14

As an only with just the one child I have no experience of this at all. I hear plenty of stories from the in-laws about my fiancé and his sister though. Most recounted is how he threw her favourite teddy up into a tree during a holiday in Pembrokeshire. It was not retrieved lol - I can't imagine how devastated our 5 year old if his TedTed was treated like that 😂

Larnipoo · 05/08/2016 22:08

My sister was a massive pj and Duncan fan so obviously I hate them. I loved (still love) Gary Barlow, she liked Robbie Williams. I was indie girl she liked 5ive. Me and my sister are so different but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Fleck · 06/08/2016 07:57

I was horrendously competitive with my sisters as a child. My mum said I would even compare kitkats to make sure I got the biggest one! I'm not at all competetive as am adult, my younger sister is the one likely to complain about something being 'unfair' nowadays. I'm getting my comeuppance through my school though, ds(2) is now big enough to want everything his sister (5) has!

Fleck · 06/08/2016 07:58

*dc not school! Weird autocorrect

alibabbaskeggy · 06/08/2016 13:45

when my brother and i were little I would slap myself on my arm loud enough for mum to hear then hold my hand to my face and start fake crying shouting for mum saying my brother had hit me and he would be told off and sent to his room! we are best mates now and i realise what a little brat i was!

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