What do you do when kids are annoying!?

[Missingthebridegene]

And I mean objectively annoying! Silly noises (and repeating these), doing fake giggles/being really silly etc!!!!! Please tell me other people get annoyed!?!?!?! How do you respond!?!?! I'm keen not to criticise and to stop them having fun (and we do tell off eg if being silly and not listening) but it's just so fucking annoying sometimes and I find myself having to grit my teeth! X

OR to stop them having fun that should say! X

Get the dog.. tell DH I'm taking him for a walk and GO OUT ...

BUT .. don't let any male ' I didn't know you were out ' bullshit stop you. Get your phone.. find DH. make that declaration (on camera) including the words 'THEY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY' .. and walk !!

Sorry didn't realise a partner may not be an option ...

If not then there is only one way..
Fake it till you make it.. find your silly hat , put it on.. join them.. I promise you it will be fun EVENTUALLY... x

Ignore him and stick my earphones in.

Stage 1: Ignore
Stage 2: The Look
Stage 3: Say child's name in a quiet but ominous tone of voice.

I must be pretty scary because I haven't yet needed to work out a Stage 4

If it's not something you want to discipline them for, then you need to either ignore or just leave the room!

I ask mine to stop doing whatever annoying thing they are doing, ask them if they want to do something else, or I leave the room, or I say 'it's fine if you want to sing / make loud noises etc. but could you please go and do that in your room'

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I just have to put up with it.

I tell them to pack it in.

I either ignore it or go to another room. Tbh I'm quite good at blocking her out ,especially if I'm doing something nice/interesting for me like reading a book.

Sometimes I tell them to go upstairs and play in their room. If its particularly annoying I will tell them so and to cut it out. My kids have a never ending supply of squeaky voices, shrieking, animal noises. I dont feel bad

Ignore, join in or leave the room / encourage DC to play in thoer bedroom - not from a punishment angle, more of a distraction 'ohhh you haven't played with X toy for a bit, go and set it up and I'll come and see it in 10 mins'

Oooh some new strategies to try thank you everyone! I particularly like the concept of allowing them to be illy etc but asking them to do it elsewhere! X

Silly!

Pretty much the same as @RefuseTheLies. Funnily enough I had this thought this morning when almost 5 year old DS was repeating something over and over to be annoying. He was downstairs with DH and I could hear him (DH) getting more and more irritated (don't blame him) and DS being a wind up merchant will grab on to that, but he's old enough now where if he's asked to stop and carries on, he's told to go and do it in his room.

If it's something that's not deliberately/ostentatiously annoying but still annoying, I do try and ignore.

“Why don’t you go and see grandma today”