I don't need any advice, I just need to tell someone, my 7 and 4 yr olds have not stopped arguing and fighting once all week.

[Celery]

Really, they broke up from school last Thursday, so have been on holiday for a whole week now, and every single waking moment they have spent in each others' company has been spent arguing, fighting, winding each other up, whining, and I am SO tired of it all, so so tired. DH is going back to work on Wednesday and I will have them, plus my nearly 2 year old at home then until next Monday, and atleast with DH here we can seperate them sometimes and get some peace. This past Christmas week has just been utterly shit.

Oh dear, that sounds very draining.

Can you make the most of dh being around for several more days and one of you take one of the older children out for some fresh air and exercise and give each other some space.

My boys are 8 and 10; they go through phases of getting on really well and constant bickering.

Get Outside.

In the Rain.

All Day.

Any chance of getting them outside and burning off some of that spare energy? May calm them down.

That wasn't advice.

it was erm . . . er . . . an non-advisedly thought.

No advice, just my sympathy and empathy, as my 8 and 10 year old dd's are going through an arguing phase at the moment, and I know how wearing it is...

Mine are 8 and 4 and are so hyped up from Christmas that they have been driving me mad.
I took them to the cinema this afternoon, just to get some peace. Cost £20 though and that was before the popcorn / sweets etc

oh poor you - yes, this incessant rain doesn't help, does it.

if it's any consolation, mine were so badly behaved at the inlaws that ds was told he was behaving like a barbarian!

My 8 and 6 year olds have been arguing a lot. dh says all this arguing isn't normal

I should show him this thread! They have been lovley tonight though

My 6 and 4 year old boys have been fighting all week. DS1 winds DS2 up, DS2 physically attacks DS2 again and again....

Tired? Them - I mean !

If it's any relief, my brother is my best friend and we have a similar age gap. However, I vividly remember periods from when we were growing up that we were completely horrible to each other.

Advice - couldn't resist - a glass of red wine: for you, of course.

Thanks for all the replies. I am enjoying a peaceful cuppa before it all errupts again.

Empathy too...my four year old and baby have been at it too. Four year old gets silly and throws himself at baby in a 'cuddle' which usually is rather violent...I have to keep intervening, which feels like a constant battle. Shouting at Ds all day is not what I had imagined the holidays to be!
He is a lovly boy but he is overtired for some reason - since school he has stopped having an afternoon nap. This is a big adjustment I think.
He is being argumentative as well. Then bursts into tears!

Only a week to go, Celery. Only another week...