Last night was another typical chaotic night at our house. I am trying to get Nathan to sit down and do his homework but all he wants to do is run around and wrestle with his brothers and destroy the house. I would man-handle Nathan into the kitchen so we could get his homework started and he would get mouthy or fight me the entire time. I decided to put myself in time-out before I completely flipped out as I was already screaming at all the kids like a crazy woman. The kids left me alone for about ten minutes until they realized that I wasn't there and starting knocking on my bedroom door. I ignored them for a while but I had to open the door after they started ramming it as I was afraid they would break the door.
Once I took myself out of time out, I decided to see what kind of damage they did to the house. I was trying to bribe, cajole and threaten Nathan into doing his homework the whole time. Seeing the mess they made in that short time frame and then having one of the boys come up to me and tell on his brother because the other one hit him or whatever, I lost it. I yelled some things that I am not going to repeat and which I am not very proud of. After I quit seeing red, I hear Darren crying. I ask him what is wrong. He does not answer me. I ask again. He does not answer again. It dawns on me that he heard what I said and he probably had his feelings hurt. I crouch down and ask him if what I said hurt his feelings. He said yes so now I feel really bad and I apologize and tell him that I should not have said that and I do not mean it. I explained that it really hurts my feelings when they do not listen and I get mad. Obviously we need Nanny 911 in our house.
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I don't know about Nanny 911... looking at your last two journal entries I might be able to offer a few suggestions which might help in a few ways.
From the sounds of it, Nathan, Darren and Justin all sound like very energetic boys. I don't know how busy you or your husband are during the day, but it might help if they could burn off some energy before suppertime, and - this may sound a little controversial, cutting down on 'junk food'
In most cases of mischievous children, paying more attention to what they eat could have a positive effect on their development and behavior.
Maybe... with the fall now fast approaching, you could try taking them for regular bike rides up the small streets and paths in your town, and occasionally up the more muddy trails. Justin and Darren will probably have a lot of fun on their training wheels, and Nathan too by helping them along. :)
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