Post by fivechickens on Apr 4, 2016 7:39:57 GMT -5
4 was good. They are a few weeks shy of 5 and I am getting concerned. The sass is getting strong. At least they will be in kindergarten in the fall and I won't habe to deal with it all day.
I remember standing in line at the post office with Xavier when he was little, making small talk with a lady in line, and the woman said "you think this is bad? Wait til they hit 50". Lol.
4 has been so much better for us then 3. Don't get me wrong we still have out bad days but nothing compare to 3--that year he was lucky we kept him lol
With DD#1, 3 was horrible and when she turned 4, it was like a light switch was flipped. 4 was awesome. I'm currently in hell with DD#2 at 3.5 and am counting down the days until 4 hoping she follows her older sisters lead!
For my older two, 4 was definitely better than 3. 3 is the devil's age. For my littlest one, who turned 4 in February, 4 also seems to be world's better than 3. I can sometimes reason with him! And he gets it! But I'm still holding my breath because this one has broken the mold on so many other things that nothing shocks me with him.
It depends on the kid. Anna was an easy baby and toddler. 3 was HARD. 4 was FUCKING HARD. 5 to 7 is fuzzy. 8 is OMG I WANT TO DIE OR SELL HER. I don't think I'll survive the teenage years.
The thing with girls is that the older they get, the more dramatic they get.
Another year of this might kill me. Someone tell me it gets better soon. I feel like we are constantly fighting, and the drama, the whining...
ME!! 4 is 1000 times easier. At 3 he was literally Honey Badger. He just didn't give a fuck. Not a single one. He was gonna do whatever he wanted and the whole idea of pleasing us or even CARING what we thought was laughable to him.
At 4 he's SO MUCH BETTER. He cares about Mommy and Daddy again. He wants to be close to us and loves to talk about his feelings. " Mommy when you did that it hurt my heart, can we be friends." It's adorable. He is excited to go to school every day, and plays better with the kids and makes genuine friends. He comes home and tells us all about his day and everything he learned with such wonder. He still gets upset and throws fits, but hitting and never ending tantrums have ended. He understands limits and time and is much easier to deal with ( like he kinda gets what I mean when I say 5 more minutes).
One thing that doesn't stop is the constant talking. But I have learned to live with that.
Post by Queen Mamadala on Apr 4, 2016 9:29:32 GMT -5
With my son, 3 was so, so awful. Horrible. 4 wasn't worse, but not terribly better. 5 and 6 are better, but there are still plenty of occasions that try my patience. He's still pretty difficult at times, and persistent, impulsive, contrary for the sake of being contrary, etc.
There are some days where I want to cry in a corner and hide forever, but honestly, 4 has been better than 3 because he doesn't argue about consequences anymore. He'll tell me that he loses X after I just told him not to do something and he does it anyway. He will quietly sit in his room for TO instead of scream and kick walls.