Mom...Moom...MOOOOM!!!

I am pretty sure this is God's funny little way of telling us that He loves us. LOL! Mine do it all the time and the funny part is one will be sitting on my lap tattling, when the other one isn't even here. My little one will scream mom out of boredom and my 2nd oldest will holler jsut to be hollering. I wish my name was &*%#@ just so they couldn't say it! Good luck to you with that lol.

Hi Singlemommy! Don't know about your kids but mine are just BRATS :D Especially my little one (she's 4). We decided that someday she will be with the CIA. Total narc! Always telling on my 6 y/o, the dogs, the cats, you name it. Any wrong doing and she's on it! My girls are so close in age (18 months apart) that they always want the same toy, shoes, coat, cup, crayon, whatever. I try to buy most things in two's just to keep the bickering down but that isn't always possible. To cope, sometimes I make myself a drink and lock myself in the bathroom so I can take a hot bath - by myself! It's a rare treat but something to look forward to. Hang in there!

my two daughters are not too bad but actually a bit worse now that they are older (15 and 11) (they used to play well tgether when they were younger) but i imagine they will be better as they get older.

There are a lot of kids here (five), and in our experience, we have learned that it appears to be a power struggle more than anything else. I get REALLY tired of hearing it, so I tell them to separate for awhile until they can reason with each other and compromise without fighting. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it makes things worse. We play it from day to day because their moods grow and shift just as much as their bodies do as they develop into mini-adults. Geez. I'm not ready for that.

Hi single, I laugh because when my kids were all younger, this was one of my biggest gripes. 4 girls with great age gaps and still the 12 year old would bicker and argue with the 5 year old. Sometimes they sounded like a barnyard. I would not get in the middle of their little battles unless it looked as if things were going to get physical. I would tell them that they had to work out their differences. It is a sibling thing. They are all grown now and sometimes they still get into silly arguments. ONe night not long ago, I came home to sounds of the 15 yr old and 22 yr old shouting and threatening each other. From what I could understand, it all began over a wrong McDonald's order. For the most part, they did stop calling me to play referee and the battles do get fewer but no less difficult to listen to. Maybe earplugs will help?? Putting fingers in ears and humming works great as well.

Mine are the same I didnt realise kids can be so annoying with one word when they repeat it over and over again and at a really annoying high pitch!

I have a 16 year old daughter and a 13 year old son. They still haven't outgrown that. In fact it's worse than ever. I'm trying to "retire" from being a referee. I realized that even as adults, my siblings and I still have issues and it just might be the same for my children. I can't MAKE them like eachother or get along and I'm tired of being stuck in the middle, so I TRY to stay out of their arguments/fights. But, of course, I also get the Mommmmmm, call regularly, so it IS a challenge to say out of things. In fact, I just finished witnessing and somewhat being dragged into a major battle with them a few minutes ago!

My kids are 9 and 2, so I know just how you feel. They are fine apart, but put them together and the bicker all day long. Today they are actually getting along for the most part. It is a nice change of pace.

My kids thankfully don't fight with each other yet (they're only 6 and 1 so I'm sure someday they might!) but I can definitely relate to the "Mom, Mom. Mom MOM!!" callings. Last night my son was upset I wouldn't give him a piece of candy because he wouldn't get in his car seat, so the whole way home I ignored him even though he was screaming. I started laughing though because then my 1 yr old daughter started chiming in and saying "mom! mom! mom!" She is impatient already, in the morning when she wakes up if I am slow to get out of bed she is pounding on me and trying to drag me out of bed (really funny because she is so little and she's pulling on my hand!) and keeps saying "mom! mom! mom!" until I finally get out and see whatever it is she wants. (Usually cheese, how many people do you know that jump out of bed in the morning and immediately want a slice of cheese from the fridge?!) What a cutie, but she sure is strange!

I know what you mean sometimes you just feel like screaming. I usually get to the stage after hearing them screaming mum, mum for ages i just turn round and say 'mums gone out shes not here any more'. But i always find myself saying 'what is it' afterwards. But it is not a problem i have with my youngest he is constantly going 'Daddy' all the time. He is very much a daddy's boy.

I remember that my younger brother lived to torment my sisters...it was his greatest pleasure so my greatest pleasure became kicking his butt every chance I got. I know what you mean about the mom..mom thing. My kids did it so often that I once answered someone else's kid who yelled mooommmm in a store! His mom asked me if I wanted him.....

I know how you feel. It must be in the air tonight/today as one of my daughters has just got grounded for thumping her sister. Sometimes they are great friends and at other times they seem to hate each other. Yes hearing your name or "Mom" over and over (especially when they are bickering" does my head in also. I think they just like to see whos the best and can annoy you the most. It is a competition with them. I usually turn some music on if they do not stop it and then turn it up loader if they get louder. They hate it.

I am with you on this one. I do not think it is that they are bored, it is just a given when they are siblings there is sibling rivery and it will never change it has been going on for years and years and I know it is hard I got three little ones. When this happens I split them up and give them different little things to do, and when it gets really bad I take a break for myself and take some deep breaths or I will be bald from pulling all my hair out. These things will never change for siblings to stop arguing. It is either they want all the attention they fight for it and it really is hard to deal with.

My daughter is ten now but she is an only child and OMG this post brought back bad memories, "MOMMY" "MOMMY", all the time. But Whenever we were around other families she would ask why do they fight so much, and I always tell her that is just how it is when you have brothers and sisters. and aren't you glad you are an only child. as far as why siblings do this I have no answer for you. It is what it is....i guess