rainbowmama Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I have less and less patience for this age with each kid. Nine more months until four! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Oh man. I find four year olds are the biggest jerks even as they're adorable and awesome. It's all the things all at once. Five is like a magical age in this house where they turn back into somewhat predictable, normal human beings again :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth 2 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 omg. I'm right with you. Like nearly in tears with her today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I havea and a four, plus a baby. They aren't bad, but I'm exhausted. So many questions. So much touching. So much working through emotions. So much shrill laughter. They really are great, but out ours so much. I have to constantly remind myself not to overreact to that one more question that tries to tip me over the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 That's not a word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Yep. And my 3yo is by far the easiest of my three children. And my other two weren't even difficult. And on top of the normal 3yo volume control issues and hair-pulling stubbornness, he has a mouth on him! He rolls his eyes and says stuff like, "Whatever, mom, you're being ridiculous," when I won't give him what he wants. Like, can we get through the shoe-refusal and must-have-the-red-bowl before the snotty remarks start? Oh, the questions. I don't want to be asked (or non-asked, that drives me insane too) anything else today. And he has a cold which amplifies everything and makes me feel guilty about wanting to run screaming down the street. I have a teeth-gritting headache from today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicMom Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Three was great. Then she turned four. I firmly believe four year olds were placed on this earth simply to try their mother's souls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 The other day my 3 year old was doing the potty dance and when I reminded her to run to the bathroom she went, but hollered back at me "You're annoying!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 And when my bigger kids complain about my 3 year old I gently remind them we had to put up with them when they were 3 too. So patience. When I am especially exasperated I tell myself "she is really good at being 3 years old!" 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 When DD was three, I had to remind her brothers, "we don't argue with 3 year olds" . But then it turned into 4 year olds, and now it's just "we don't argue with sister". 😂 She's a bit on the sassy and dramatic side. But, yeah, three years olds are the most adorably terrifying creatures on earth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I can't wait for 3. Dd2 is my most challenging child and I am less patient in general with that kind of challenge than I was when the older kids were little. Every so often she reaches a new level of reasonableness, and I think we are going to make it. I enjoy her so much more now than I did six months ago. Of course, we had a bath during school hours today because she got into the peanut butter and got it all over herself the bathroom. I can't wait for 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 :crying: quit it, you're making me miss when mine were little. By the time they turn 13 you've completely forgotten what little monsters they were.... I still can't win an argument with her but now she uses logic instead of screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Yep. Three is a hard, hard age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I love 3! For me, it has always been so much better than 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 2 was so easy. I had a weirdly agreeable two year old this time. 3 is all "I do it myself!" and going from being a ridiculously good sleeper to fighting it. She's an easy kid, I can't complain. And four and five will be questions, questions, answering a million questions a day. That gets exhausting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 3 is really hard for us too right now. Im not even consoled by the fact that she'll be 4 this summer, cause her even harder younger brother just turned 2 & I know that 3 is coming soon for him too! The teens have a tough time with the littles- theyre so intense! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Four is not better, though she has stopped biting. Still not sleeping through the night. I'm so worn out. The talking. The touching. Add to that an actual teenager (who's become just bat crap nuts), a toddler, and a tween boy (who better not turn to the dark side or I will cry)... I want quiet. And a nap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I was always amazed at how they cannot make a decision about anything. They change their minds 50 times on EVERYTHING. :cursing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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