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whats next?

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MerlinsBeard · 10/12/2005 21:07

When u have tried being calm, fgone down to their level, naughty stepped them and even smacked (im not after a row about that) what is next when they are still being buggers?

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colditz · 10/12/2005 21:10

Put them to bed with a drink of water.

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 10/12/2005 21:13

Whip them and lock them in the cellar.

feastofsteven · 10/12/2005 21:13

Yep agree with Colditz. Get them somewhere secure (i.e. their bedroom!) and have a breather/cup of tea etc. At this time of night, they are probably overtired so their behaviour will be even more grotty.

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hativity · 10/12/2005 21:15

mumofmonsters - I;ve had the most horrendous night tonight - it hasn't ben unusual either. I didn't smack but god I was tempted . I've calmed down a bit now and I have realised that I need to think a bit laterally. For me the problem has been bedtime, and I;ve come to teh conclusion that there is literally NOTHING I can do to make dd comply. I'm not exactly sure what the horrendous fuss is all abuot, but have a feeling it's something to do with the routine that she just can't deal with (order of story reading with dd1, nature of stories blah blah ) so I think I am going to go for what might be the root cause - it won;t be rewarding her for her awful behaviour, because she hasn't articulated it as a grievance. But I'm hoping that a change of routine might remove the trigger for her bad behaviour - do you see what I mean? no idea if it'll work, no idea if you can pinpoint a trigger for teh bad behaviour from yours that you could change but when it gets really bad I think it's worth thinking like this.

charlietherednosedpussy · 10/12/2005 21:16

Try and get them in a room away from you and turn the music up. If they keep coming out at you stand and hold the door shut telling them you will come in and see them when they shut up.
Reminding my 5 year old that one pressie would be taken off her santa list worked wonders for me today. Instant improvement in behaviour.

Misspiggy · 10/12/2005 22:30

In a similar vein to Charlie, my 2 were always silenced with "I bet Santa is watching and looking at his list right this minute to find your name..." That usually did the trick (in December anyway!) I know its hard but try not to let them see you're getting stressed / upset /angry as they almost seem to feed off it and get more wound up themselves. I used to use a deadpan voice (in a kind of "computer says no" tone") and show no emotion as I saw them back to bed for the zillionth time and it seemed to work. HTH.

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