Two SC. Two completely different personalities. I love them both very much.
However, I find my youngest SS very difficult sometimes and his behaviour can be, I hate to say it but I can't think of a better word, annoying.
Eldest is not a complete angel by any means, as with all children they both have their moments but generally eldest is polite, will do as they are told, and kind.
Youngest can be all of these things however sometimes is very difficult. He will purposefully do the opposite of what he's been asked or he'll do it but not properly to wind you up. For example, if I asked him to take something upstairs he'd shuffle along the floor and take ages to do it, laughing because he knows he's winding you up, saying 'well I'm doing it'. It sounds like nothing but he will be like that all day and when he's in these moods he doesn't respond to discipline, it doesn't faze him if he's shouted at, told to go to his room, has his things taken off him etc... he just wants to wind us up no matter what. He can be rude and sometimes unkind as well when he's like this because he knows its another way to wind his parents up. It is not just me and DH this is with, his mum and DH have both had conversations about this before because he does it at both houses. She's rang us in tears before over it.
I try so hard to leave it to DH most of the time but they do stay with me occasionally as well and I struggle not to let it get me annoyed. There's been occasions where I've had to ring DH to come back from wherever he is because I just can't deal with it and it usually takes a lot to get me to the point where I feel overwhelmed by something!
The example given above was just a small one, there's lots of these sorts of things throughout the day(s) when he's in one of these moods and it affects everyone, his siblings get upset because he turns to winding them up as well, me, DH and his mum end up stressed etc... But then other occasions he's a perfectly lovely little boy who is sweet and kind and well behaved. It's like you don't know what you're going to get from one day to the next.
This morning he's being particularly difficult with DH and I just want to scream DO AS YOU ARE TOLD!!!!! But I won't.
Please don't get me wrong, I do not dislike him at all, I find these occasions irritating and annoying but I love and care for him a lot. But God I just need to rant somewhere before I scream 