DS (3 1/2) has always been a really lovely, easy going child. Emotionally I've always found him easier than DD - who is, shall we say, strong-willed! He plays nicely with his friends but also happy to potter/play by himself, he's cuddly & affectionate, he's very funny - had a great sense of humour even as a baby!, he doesn't like to argue or be told off etc, etc. The nursery love him and always have nice things to say about him, friends like having him round for play dates, MIL enjoys looking after him for me.
But at home lately, especially when he & DD are home together (and I think this is the key) he just whines & cries most of the time. DD is really bad for teasing him - this can be anything from very blatant "You're just a baby" or "Ha ha I'm better than you/have a bigger biscuit than you/better toy than you..." to just making faces at him when I'm not looking or even just following him around so that he feels he cant' get away from her. He always gets really upset and is still to young to really understand about just ignoring her. But lately he doesn't just seem to get upset when she teases him,he seeems upset a lot of the time - any little thing will set him off. It sets me on edge as I find it really hard to cope with the constant whining and even though I feel sympathy for him I still just want to shout at him to shut up half the time.
Other than repeatedly telling DD to stop teasing her brother I really don't know what to do!
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DS has a split personality!
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Sugarmagnolia · 26/02/2007 09:05
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