A thread for screaming about things that you can't do anything about but your child thinks are "wrong"

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I suspect to be reviving this frequently this summer.

DH turned on light in front room this morning. Bulb blew. We are out of bulbs. In the world according to ds1 the light has to be on in the front room at all times (except when he goes to bed). Cue massive meltdown and repeated attempts to flick lightswitch on. After an hour or this he has now taken to whimpering and going up to the lightswtich ever 10 minutes or so, trying it again, then having another sobbing fit.

My Mum is bringing me in a lightbulb at 2pm.

Aaaaagggghhhhhhhhggghhhhhhhhh

Phew. That's better.

Is there a room that he doesn't mind the light being off in? you could swap the bulbs in the meantime?

what about tears?

everytime ds2 cries he comes rushing over, puts my hands on his face and wears his best 'whats the deal here then?' face...

soon stops when you whip out hte sad face falsh card, then he becomes angry screech boy and throws all the cards in your face, so you cry.

Pre-school closing for the summer.

"No, ds2, I can't make everyone go during the holidays. Don't throw that or you'll break the - oh bugger!"

Local playcentre (new favourite place for both boys) closing because they've organised a daytrip.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!

And don't get me started on companies/manufacturers deciding to change packaging and ingredients. "New and improved" my arse!

Our current one is being 'wrong' for answering the door to anyone, as soon as he hears a knock, he starts pulling me away telling me not to answer, I think it's his fear of the unexpected.

My ds doesn't mind if lights are on or off in the house, but he will not go to sleep in the bedroom unless the main bedroom light is switched on, and as he's still in our room and often can't go to sleep until we do, we all have to try and get to sleep with a bright light shining in our faces, we have a dimmer switch and he won't even tolerate if it's been turned down ever so slightly.

My lo has to have the light on when he goes to bed. Unfortunately he shares a room with his older brother. Fun & games ds1 thinks I don;t love him as much as ds2 if the light stays on. ds2 (asd) screams and hollers if the light is turned off and becomes quite violent. A no win situation - life is full of them!

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Flies - Lotie has decided she is terrified of flies, really, really scared. No idea why, started last year when one was in the car with us on a Spanish motorway. Now this summer it's out of control. And guess what - I've nver see4n so many flies in my life as this year - great. I keep pretending they arelike little pets and saying hello to them while swishing them away but............

Banging - and my garden is being relanscaped so not great.

police car sirens - and we hear at least one a day and takes her ages to be okay again aftr hearing it.

wine being uncorked - she says no pop, no pop over and over!

Eve trying to take her toast from her

2 windows are open tobysmumkent. (only 2 that are safe to open really) The calendar is no longer on January- Donna Williams is a genius!! Followed her advice.

DS1 sorted out the lightbulb. He dragged me to a locked drawer- made me open it, there was a lightbulb inside!!!!!

he has been wearing the same shorts for 3 days (since school finished)
screams the place down for at leat 2 hours every morning because its not saturday buit he cant go to school.
doesn;t matter how many times i try and convince him its a holiday he just has full on meltdown.

Has to sleep with the light on...but he always has.

Keeps trying to escape throught the front door....more so than usual. so i have had to fit yet another bolt lock so we know appear to be living in fort knocks and i get very strange looks when i open the door to the postman/milkman etc.

OOh talking of milkmen...he has started being a bit obsessional about putting the empty milk bottle outside on exactly the right spot. we had a real paddy this mornign as there was a snail where he wanted to ut the bottle. i tried putting the bottle next to the snail which was obvioulsy wrong so he picked the bottle up and smashed it inthe fornt garden.

PLease tell me he will get better as he settles into the holidays....please [desperate smiley]

Mine wont wear shorts or even 3/4 length trousers and insists on having his quilt over hinm at night - in this weather!

oh that's weird isn't it? That lack of concept of hot/cold? And so common. DS1 will run outside in PJs barefoot with frost on the ground and not appear to notice.

Is not understanding the concept 'Quiet' typical or is that just a typical 3yo?