Comments on: The Amelie in the family.

by: SallyM

Mon, 22 May 2006 11:05:23 +0000

Ahh yes the never ending no battle. My threats just get so stupid in the end after he says “I don’t care” for the hundredth time! Does she also grin at you when being told off? That for me has to be *the* worst. I find it *so* hard to keep myself in control when he is getting in more and more trouble (usually winding the other two up, hes terribly good at that and its his most persistent form of “naughtiness”) and then he just grins at me. Either that or he collapses in fits of real tear producing gut wreching sobs only to be found grinning sideways at his audience. He is just so different to the other two I just despair sometimes!

by: liza

Sun, 21 May 2006 19:57:07 +0000

that was a beautiful post, thank you for sharing x

by: site admin

Sun, 21 May 2006 19:29:42 +0000

Sally, badly i think. If i dealt with it adequately i think it might have stopped. The best i can say is that if i spot where she is going i either agree and do it quickly so that she does minimum whinging to get her way, or i pick the odd battle (when i have millions of years to spare) and i keep saying no. That normally involves getting progressively more and more stony faced and issuing threats though.

by: Carol

Sun, 21 May 2006 19:11:38 +0000

Lovely post Merry, It is always lovely how you vocalise your feelings.
Happy belated Birthday Amelie
Carolx

by: SallyM

Sun, 21 May 2006 18:53:28 +0000

Lovely post. Can I ask how you deal with the manipulativeness? Only DS2 is that way inclined and its so totally out of the realms of my experience (only dealt with as an older sister) that I frequently find myself doing a Simpsons style strangle in my head! Eg on Thursday after having spent Wednesday evening in A&E after DS1 fell on his leg he persuaded me that it still hurt so much he needed to go back. Despite all my probing questions he still out foxed me, we went back and only yesterday did it come out that it was because he wanted to have an x-ray and see what he looked like as a skeleton! Very clever but maddening! Any wise insights would be gratefully recieved!