Nephew so bad behaved

[Anon21]

Hi, I was just wondering if I could get some advice please. My sister keeps pestering me to come around to my house to see my DS (her nephew). She's been once when DS was 2 weeks old, he's now 4mths old. I'd love for her to come & see him, the problem is she wants to bring my nephew, he's just turned 4 & he's so badly behaved & she doesn't discipline him at all. Every time her partner (her sons dad) tries to discipline him, my sister has a go at him for it. My sister is very sensitive & gets easily offended. I don't know how to get out of it without her getting upset with me. Please help!

Could you ask her to meet you at a play area so her child can have a run around and you two can have coffee? Just say you're stuck in a lot with the baby so would enjoy getting out of the house for an hour or so x

Yes could do, to be honest I never thought of that!! I was just so worried about them coming to my house. Thank you

Or go to hers. When your nephew starts to misbehave then leave. Eventually your sister will start to notice and then you could have a chat with her and as nicely as possible explain that the way he behaves isn't great and you'd rather not be around him when he is acting up.

Going somewhere where he can run and play outside is a great idea, if he's able to let off steam he probably will be better behaved.