Does anyone else feel like bawling their eyes out today? Im totally bloody stressed.

[MentalMuslimMummy]

DS running around like a lunatic at grandmothers house, ranged from screaming and crying because he was tired to whining and shouting rude things such as 'Get out!' and 'I dont like you' aarghhhh! Have got in and just bawled. DD is boobing all the time so I feel like a milk machine and what with her horrible screaming and his even louder toddler screaming, I am just at my wits end sometimes. most days are ok as he is a good kid and generally does what he is told but for some reason when he is around his grandmothers (his dads mums) house he just totally acts up. To make it worse DS has an amazing relationship with my mum who lives all the way down in sussex but a crap one with his dads mum. This totally contributed to my stress today cos I feel like they will never be close :( God its been a hard hard day :(

Move to Sussex!

Seriously... Write it off as a bad day, have an early night and start again tomorrow. Do you have a good relationship with the nearby grandma? Could you come up with some strategies together for keeping him a bit calmer? He sounds thoroughly overexcited! If you don't have such a great relationship, do you think he is taking his lead from you?

I have a great and quite close-ish relationship with DS's grandma, thats why its so strange he doesnt :S thanks anyway, i agree Im going to write it off and get to bed in a bit. He is just a mad mad kid.

One of my children's grandma's gives mt DC chocolate etc behind my back. I KNOW grandmas are forever giving treats and that's what it's all about etc... but when my DS was a toddler he reacted very badly to excessive sugar, sacharine and certain food colouring numbers. They sent him abolutely manic and by the time I had eliminated/worked out which did what, he promptly grew out of it. But I must say that whilst I was aware of "cheap" sweets, ketchups, drinks, cakes etc bring this behavour on, doting family still gave the treats. I suffered the consequences in either the behaviour (which they didn't seem to relate to the food and thought my DS was just naughty) or the big "highs" then lows I had to deal with later.... It was like dealing with a child as an adult taking drugs. Gladly we're out if this now but I will never judge another child acting out.....

One of my childrens's gramdma's gives them chocolate etc behind my back. I KNOW grandmas are forever giving treats and that's what it's all about etc... but when my DS was a toddler he reacted ery badly to excessive sugar, sacharine and certain food colourings. They sent him abolutely manic and by the time I had eliminated/worked out which did what, he promptly grew out of it. But I must say that whilst I was aware of "cheap" sweets, ketchups, drinks, cakes etc bring this behavour on, doting family still gave the treats. I suffered the consequences in either their behaviour (which they didn't seem to relate to the food and thought my DS was just naughlty) or the big "highs" then lows I had to deal with later.... It was dealing with a child taking adult drugs. Gladly we're out if this now but I will never judge another child acting out.....