DS (5) is driving me nuts at the moment. He is in constant need of attention, and is very demanding. He doesn't misbehave but from the minute he wakes up in the morning he asks something of me or from me ('where's my (very small lego) girl toy? can you change the battery in this toy? can I go to school on my bike? Can we have a picnic this afternoon? Can I take my toy to school? Can I have chocolate pancakes for breakfast? Can we go to the toy museum after school? Can we have some friends over after school? - all those questions requests and more were asked this morning before 9 am!!) I have another little boy to look after, and at one point I lost it. He took his favorite toy dog to school (I caved in) and left it in the park for about two minutes and when we went back to get him the toy was gone. Someone had taken it. I exploded, the lid flopped. I was very cross with him because he always insists on taking a toy to school and often looses it, leaves it behind, or other kids want to play with it and he gets upset. I feel really bad because it's not his fault if his toy was taken (we later found it as another school child had taken it 'to give it a good home 
'. I was very cross and was rude to my son, I used the 'stupid' word mumbled and I feel really bad about it. But he is really driving me mad with all his requests all the time, non stop, demands demands demands. His poor little brother doesn't stand a chance. Sorry about the long post but I just need to know that I am not the only one who gets irritated by my own child.