I need to vent because I'm really tired of the shouting at the boys constantly - it's getting me down.
I've said this time and time again. They have plenty of things, but play with nothing. We take them out, and they're never satisfied. Yesterday we went to the beach, then McDonalds, then shopping (but only a brief in and out of two shops) and went for an ice cream. Then we came home and they were still performing for sweets, etc... and behaving badly - fighting with each other, running around and not listening when we tell them to stop, and general bad behaviour. It culminated in Ethan having to go to bed early with no story, which broke my heart - but he'd told me to 'shut up', and then told me 'you're crap', so it had to be done. I tried to talk to him when I took him upstairs about why it's wrong to say nasty things, but when I said to him "how would you feel if I said something nasty to you like 'get away from me, I don't like you!'?" he said that he would be happy. I asked him twice then, "you'd be happy?", and he kept saying 'yes', and it wasn't until I said "okay then, well I guess we don't have much to talk about" and stood up to go downstairs that he said it would make him feel sad.
I am just gutted. They watch TV constantly because if I turn it off they are an absolute nightmare. DH is going back to work tomorrow and I'm not going to be able to cope. I'm sick of the fighting, the rudeness, and the bad behaviour. I've never allowed it to happen and have always been quite strict with that, but they're now at the point where they'll do it regardless of what I say. Things are so bad at the moment I really feel that I don't like either of them at all.
What can I do about this?
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