Some animals eat their own young.............

[Southernbelle]

My son was insane as a toddler/preschooler - got stuck in a ceiling fan (while it was on the ceiling), escaped from home while the whole family was sleeping -returned by nice neighbor, pulled dressers on himself - twice, regularly climbed 4ft chain link fence in yard to escape, had to lock upper and lower cabinets in kitchen to keep him out of them, curtains were bungee corded to wall because he would repel from them, fridge was locked to keep him from climbing the shelves, tried to ride baby bouncy seat down the stairs like a sled, etc. My husband used to say we needed to celebrate his birthdays with more fanfare because each one he survived was a miracle.

His older sister never acted like that as a toddler, but the closer she gets to her teen years, the more exasperated we've become - drama, drama, drama! Count me out!

Fast forward to the present and we found ourselves unexpectedly pregnant. My husband told his siblings, "After 8 exhausing years trying to keep Matthew alive and 1 year of Jackie's pre-teen drama - we're praying it's a boy!!!!!" (and it is! Thank goodness!)

 

[sheila3935]

My husband will probably tell you different but from a mothers point of view I would raise girls anytime. we have 3 girls 2 boys ages 29 24 23 girls 22 20 boys. The girls I never had much problem with the boys fought all the time tormented thier sisters when they became teenagers was ready to kill them they knew it all I dont have to do anything I dont want syndrome. My oldest son had his son at age 17. But I will say him and the mother are still together she was only 15. I have a beautiful grandson Michael that I wouldnt trade for the world. Bobby has grown up alot and has become a joy, but as a teen I could have strangled him sometimes and his dad just about did sometimes. I do have special needs kids my oldest DD is OCD my youngest son is dyslexic and my next to the oldest DD has anxiety disorder

 

[SallyF]

We have one girl and one boy, and they both drove us crazy during their teen years. Couldn't stand either of them until they turned 21. Great kids now that they're in their thirties, but we still haven't figured out what we did wrong back then.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I had one like this.

My son was insane as a toddler/preschooler - got stuck in a ceiling fan (while it was on the ceiling), escaped from home while the whole family was sleeping -returned by nice neighbor, pulled dressers on himself - twice, regularly climbed 4ft chain link fence in yard to escape, had to lock upper and lower cabinets in kitchen to keep him out of them, curtains were bungee corded to wall because he would repel from them, fridge was locked to keep him from climbing the shelves, tried to ride baby bouncy seat down the stairs like a sled, etc. My husband used to say we needed to celebrate his birthdays with more fanfare because each one he survived was a miracle.

Only mine was a girl! We told her pre-school teacher that if there was going to be a child who jumped off the top of the slide it would be ours. (She did)
If the school was going to have an ambulance visit at all it would be for our daughter. (It was.)
Her pediatrician said if she didn't know us, and her, he would swear she was being abused from the number of ER visits we had. (And DH is an EMT, there would have been many more had he not been!)
She simply did not believe that the law of gravity applied to her!

So now she's ten and the drama has started, so we got no break. We struggled every year to keep her alive long enough for us to want to kill her!

 

[Mom 2em All]

My son is 17 and the past four years have been so rough- his mouth, his puffing up "rooster-style", his fighting, his mouth, his atttitude, his hatred toward his sisters, did I mention his MOUTH?
He has me so wore out, that my girls are like smooth sailing...hahahahaha..not.

My oldest daughter is almost fifteen, and she is a BREEZE compared to my son. However, if you look at her cross-eyed, she will cry. She cries constantly. Ask her why sometimes and she will even say, "i dont knowwwwww"...and my youngest daughter is 12.
She will probably be the death of me. Hormonal, moody, attitude, boy-crazzzzyy...foot stomping, door slamming, brattty attitude.

Just yesterday, I warmed up leftover chicken stew- and she SHOVED her bowl across the table and announced:

"I dont WANT soup for dinner!!!"

The night in her room, no dinner, and the next day she was a sweet kid all over again.

You definitely have my sympathies...and understanding.

 

[dacjohns]

Makes me wonder how I survived four daughters. It wasn't that bad in my house or maybe I was too traumatized by it all to remember it.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

My four sons have been a cake walk. My DD is only 5 but I've told DH we need to start construction on the tower...do you think that's why she doesn't want a hair cut??

 

[Boyd]

Quote:
repressed memories Dacs?

 

[mom'sfolly]

Yep, my oldest was sort of that way too. Except add in the total literalness of his brain. If you told him not to dye his hair purple, that meant green, orange, red or blue would all be okay. Don't hit your brother couldn't be extrapolated to mean "don't hit, poke, kick or otherwise interfere with your brother" Each and every possibility must be completely spelled out.

 

[Southernbelle]

I have WHAT in my yard? :

I had one like this.

My son was insane as a toddler/preschooler - got stuck in a ceiling fan (while it was on the ceiling), escaped from home while the whole family was sleeping -returned by nice neighbor, pulled dressers on himself - twice, regularly climbed 4ft chain link fence in yard to escape, had to lock upper and lower cabinets in kitchen to keep him out of them, curtains were bungee corded to wall because he would repel from them, fridge was locked to keep him from climbing the shelves, tried to ride baby bouncy seat down the stairs like a sled, etc. My husband used to say we needed to celebrate his birthdays with more fanfare because each one he survived was a miracle.

Only mine was a girl! We told her pre-school teacher that if there was going to be a child who jumped off the top of the slide it would be ours. (She did)
If the school was going to have an ambulance visit at all it would be for our daughter. (It was.)
Her pediatrician said if she didn't know us, and her, he would swear she was being abused from the number of ER visits we had. (And DH is an EMT, there would have been many more had he not been!)
She simply did not believe that the law of gravity applied to her!

So now she's ten and the drama has started, so we got no break. We struggled every year to keep her alive long enough for us to want to kill her!

Sounds like they're 2 of a kind!

The preschool had a place on the admittance forms that read somthing like "Is there anything else about your child we should know?" I felt the need to warn them to keep a close eye on him because of his desire (and ability) to escape in ways they wouldn't have normally thought of. After reviewing his application, apparently there was some serious behind-the-scenes discussion on whether they wanted him to attend. They ultimately decided to take him and he behaved himself.

Once we went to a public park with friends. Matthew was about 3 and he climbed to the very top of the big monkey bars (about an 8 foot drop to the ground.) Our friends (who didn't have kids) were freaking out about him falling and both were hovering under him incase he fell. DH and I were sitting on a park bench about 50 feet away saying, "He's fine. If he got himself up there, he can get himself down."

Now he's a straight-A student, enrolled in the gifted program, the top of his karate class and a star soccer player. He still climbs things, but I quit worrying. He's going to wash my walls in the hallway because he likes to brace himself against the walls and work his way up to the ceiling, so I have dirty footprints all up the wall.