Ok, my kids are OFFICIALLY brats!!!

Oh, don't think your alone in this world! I have one child and some times that is more than enough! I remember when she was 5, my brother offered to babysit while my husband I went to Busch Gardens to pick up our season passes. I got a phone call from my mother which scared the bejeezus out of me. She said I needed to go to my house right away. My daughter had lost her mind and my brother sounded like he was having a nervous breakdown. We had just gotten our tickets and were walking towards the gate to leave thank goodness! We got home and she was asleep in her room. My brother told me that she wanted to go outside and play and I told him not to let her until we got home. She had thrown the worst temper tantrum known to man. Then he went to the bathroom and she went outside anyway. He had to drag her kicking and screaming into the house! She kept yelling at him that he was not her dad and she didn't have to listen to him! I was so embarrassed! We had even told her that while we were gone that her uncle was in charge and that she was to do what he told her. He ended up putting her in her room and told her not to come out until we got home. She kept trying to leave and screamed like a banshee until she finally fell asleep. I woke her up and told her that she had to apologize to him, I spanked her for her behavior and she was none to happy about that. After that, she never did that again, but her uncle vowed never to watch her again either! LOL

Please be reassured that you aren't the only one with monster children. A couple of days ago I had to put my 2 year old on the naughty step 4 times and smack her on her nappy to make her behave and that evening she sister and her were winding each other up really badly. I completely lost it with them and ended up putting them both to bed early. The next day the older one was terrible. I asked her 6 times to get dressed and looked her right in the eye and she just smirked at me. I had to threaten punishment if she wouldn't do it.

one thing i can say is. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. my 2 boys are also brats. and their nanny is getting so thin coz of them but thank God my nanny stil has the love and patience towards them even if they did all the crazy things in the world you could imagine! Goodluck to us!

what this brats means i dont know really bcoz i dont know that much high level english so plz can u tell me the meaning!!!!!

I'm sory I know it's not funny but I remember those days so very well. One time I was holding my daughter who was teething at the time, we were all having a bad day and she wanted down. When I didn't put her down fast enough she thought it would be a good idea to bite down on my "ta-ta" and jerk her head back at the same time. Man did I cry, but she got what she wanted. Can you picture how long it took me to get her to stop biting after that?

Your situation is far more common than you realize.There are times when I regret having become a parent but, fortunately, the feeling passes eventually.Hang in there.

You aren't the only one, but it sure sounds like you need a visit from SuperNanny. It really sounds like you could use a break!!

Awwwwwww Steph I know it is not funny but sorry I had to laugh lol Don't you know that all Kids go through the Brat Stage lolol Don't worry everyone gets this and it will calm down in a few Years lololol ok ok not that long Try the time out with them most Kids hate that but you need patients for that Girl

when my children were same age as yours..im not so problematic about them..theyre behave and not so restless..they jsut play in our front yard peacefully ...theyre not the bullying type..how can they be i have only one son and three daughters...

I went through the same thing as you did with my 4 kids but now they are all grown up and have children of there own.I think its part of growing up.

So glad that there are others out there who feel the need to pull out their hair by the roots. My kids seem to feed of each other and then start screaming at the same time. My oldest is two, and he had decided that he wants to resemble the stereotype. On Monday, while my sister was putting the kids in the van (I was stocking the diaper bag) he decided that it would be fun to run up the middle of the street while his sister was being put in the car seat. He's lucky my sister caught him before I did. Then in the mall, he wanted to walk, but if I wanted go one way, he wanted to go the other. Then he would sit on the floor and scream. That is so embarrassing. You feel like everyone is looking at you and thinking what a bad parent you are. That afternoon he was being good, sitting on the floor drawing when his sister (8 months old) crawled over and stole his soother which started a big fight. I was happy to go to work!

I hear ya...its in the air :-) (now that the spring is here)

Kids have their days and boy do they love to test moms nerves. Some days moms jsut need a break also. I agree with you that a 13 year old shouldnt be swatting your kids rear and the mother watching them shouldnt have ever let that happen either. What was she thinking? Im sorry that you didnt get a well needed break, but hopefully your kids will be better in the days to come for you before you wanna pull your hair out.

yes ,If you me ,I could what all they were saying because everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs

Oh Stephanie, it sounds to me like you have a normal healthy family of children. This is what children do. There was seven children in our family and I am sure we drove our parents to distraction at times. Still, after we left, my parents used to widh that we were all young again. My monsters have all grown up and left and I envy you with your children. Of course, you will need to teach the older ones to watch our for the younger ones and not let anybody swat their little siblings. Enjoy them while they are young as you won't feel the years passing until they have all grown up and left.

You don't have monster children, they are just children goofing off. As for the 13 year old swatting? I would have been upset too. Oh well, one has to learn. I am sure they were all ashamed in the end.

Your neighbor has 13 kids? I can't imagine.