Is There Something About Your Child That Annoys You?

My son will ask me a question and immediately ask the same question 3 or 4 times in a row if I don't answer fast enought! "What'sthatwhat'sthatwhat'sthat!". Because he's talking, he doesn't hear the answer!

I've got a kid that I have to tell 300 times to brush his teeth, and when I say it the 300th time...he's walking into the bathroom saying "I'm RIGHT here--you only have to tell me once."

ME: Dan, what's your schedule this week for midterms?

DAN: (16 yo) BLMMUMMLOMPLMM (while looking at the floor)

ME: What?

DAN: I SAID, SUMNNFOOM, um, ethiimswwenk

ME: WHAT?

DAN: Um, I think it's blummmble mummble jmuble

ME: WHAT?

DAN: (Frustrated that I don't speak Teenager) Look at the schedule on the fridge!!! I hung it up last week!!!

It's interesting, BOTH my teenage boys cannot answer my questions. But I hear them speaking beautifully with friends, family, teachers, ordering food in restaraunts, etc.

Do you think it's because since I'm their MOM, they just assume I can read their minds anyway so why bother?

Honestly!!

Great post!

:)

my son i a whinner and a crybaby!!!!! oh it irks the hell out of me! and he didn't get it from me either! sometimes i just want to pack him in a box and put him the closet sometimes!!!! lol he is a sweet boy and fun to be around but when that whinning starts i have to just walk away!!

I think any Mom would be hard-pressed to honestly answer no to this one. We spend more time with our kids than just about anyone else & while we love them more than anything or anyone on Earth, of COURSE there's stuff about them that bugs us, right?

My examples: whenever my son gets annoyed with his sister his voice raises about 14,000 octaves so he sounds EXACTLY like Mickey Mouse. Since he is a mere 17 months older than her & 11 years old (she'll be 10 next month) she annoys him approximates 1.7 billion times per week.

My daughter is (I think) a perfect combination of my husband & I, but the exact same things that drive me insane about my husband are the traits Hailey has taken on as well. This means she is very funny, but also very stubborn & definitely on the selfish side.

I'm completely annoyed by the fact that my son prefers my mother to me!!

My mom, who my son calls Nanny, watches my son when I work, and we live next door to my parents, so needless to say, they are very close... and my son adores my mother... don't all kids feel this way about their grandparents? Especially if they have a close relationship? Well even though it's completely normal, and very sweet, it drives me mad! There have been times where we'll be laying in bed at night, and my son will burst into tears, saying he misses Nanny! Meanwhile, he had spent the whole day and night before with her, AND she's right next door, AND he'll see her in the morning! LOL

Here's the kicker, though... I did EXACTLY the same thing to my mother when I was little. I spent EVERY weekend at my grandparents' house for as long as I can remember, until I graduated from high school!! And invariably, every Sunday when my mom would come to take my home, I'd cry to stay! LOL Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and I'm getting back what I dished out!

In truth, both I and my son are just extremely lucky to have such loving and wonderful "Nanny's." :)

1. one of mine always has to be the one in control, and she points out that she's the older one (by a minute) to no end. if she isn't in control, she makes sure she stops playing with her sister, who then cries because she doesn't have her playmate to play with. this bothers me a lot.
2. cries for reason and no reason. she cries over everything. bothers me. i try to teach her to cry only when she's hurt. to no avail.

My 4 yo thinks he knows everything- just like his Daddy! He constantly interrupts a conversation to put in his two cents, usually which is a contradiction to what you are saying, or to inform you that you are a wrong. Then he goes on to elaborate about how you are wrong, how what you are saying doesn't make any sense, and how what you are saying should be told. He is just like a carbon copy of his dad who, even at 34, I constantly have to reprimand for the same things.
When I reprimand my son for talking over adults or tell him it's rude for contradicting adults, he tells says "Well, it's rude for them to say the wrong thing!". You can't tell him anything! And he's only FOUR! Can you imagine what he'll be like in 10 years? I told him just last week that no one likes a know-it-all, and he said that if people don't like him, then it's because they don't know as much as he does and walked off with an attitude. I got a good laugh out of that.
While it's very annoying at times and occasionally quite rude, my son is a big thinker. People are always amazed at how grown up he sounds, and how smart he is. I think- yeah, try living with it (and times 2)! LOL

My five year old son gets in EVERYONE'S face and roars like a dinosaur. It is way too invasive of personal space. He does this to family and to strangers alike. We are hoping that going to school will help him understand that sticking his face into someone else's face and growling is not going to make him Mr. Fun To Be Around.

Thanks for the post! I had myself a good laugh.

1. 7-year old son: does the bare minimum on homework: sloppy handwriting, missing letters and punctuation, nonsensical sentences, etc, just to get done asap. He is a smart boy but it is like pulling teeth to get him to do his homework.
2. 5-year old daughter: squeaky whining when someone bothers her
3. 3-year old daughter: hides and tries to change her own poo-diaper rather than tell us she needs to be changed.
4. All 3 of em: Potty talk (talk about poop, farts, etc. So annoying!)

We are working on all these behaviors right now though!

My 6 y/o son has the most sensitive skin!!! There is not a single item he owns that still has a tag in it (thank goodness for the tagless underwear!!) He cuts the tags out of shirts (if they have them), pants, hats, gloves and even his slippers!! If his socks have a line in them and they are not lined up exactly so he freaks! Or, God forbid, the tongue on his tennis shoe isn't pulled super tight and all the way up he has a complete meltdown. He can only wear certain stocking caps b/c most itch, he has to wear a t-shirt under everything b/c the material of most other shirts bother him, if his gloves aren't tucked under his coat sleeve it's disasterous, he will only use certain "non-itchy" blankets on his bed...and I could go on! The kid is very particular to say the least!

you know that look you had as a kid, the one you gave your parents when they told you no, or corrected a behavior....

my son can duplicate it perfectly, it's like looking in a mirror and it drives me crazy

my parents always said i'd end up with 1 just like me.........

I agree. My daughter is exactly like me. I am obsessive, compulsive, highly sensitive to feels (like socks, oh don't get me started), controlling, smart, driven, and a perfectionist. My 6 year old (as of yesterday, Happy bday!) is EXACTLY like me!!!

What annoys me is that while I was very independant as a child (had to be with my mom) she is very co-dependant in a sense. Like if my sock didn't feel right I would change it. If her sock doesn't feel right she throws a HUGE fit and kicks and screams and cries! I tell her, just go get another pair!!!

Also, sometimes her obsessiveness is the polar opposite of mine! We are both very strong willed and often on the opposite side of the street.

I love and appriciate all of these things about her, because I have faith that she will grow into a wonderful, driven, successful, caring lady someday (just like her mamma :)), but getting there is going to drive me crazy!!! :)

LOL, thanks for this! Its nice to see we aren't alone in our struggles! We all love our kid unconditionally, but that doesn't mean we love everything they do! :)

I have to add something about my son, some mom's were just talking yesterday about this: my 3-year old love of my life, easy going, nondemanding son has his quirks too: like he will say "mama", I will look right at him and he will keep repeating "mama" until I actually say, "what?"...he can't just take my looking at him as permission to ask a quesiton or tell a story, I have to actually say "what?"...drives me bonkers. Plus he has imaginary friends and although I think its adorable, he interupts conversations all the time with some random story about his friend that has nothing to do with anything and takes 5 minutes to tell sometimes. :)

Funny, this just makes me laugh thinking about it. They have their quirks but I love them all the same!

Let me count the ways... LOL!

My daughter is DRAMA! I can see her becoming 'one of those girls' that I wasn't all that fond of in school. I'm trying to help her with that.

My son... Doesn't respond to discipline when it comes from me. And NO I've never 'caved'.

Oh my where to begin-
When I have to tell them to do something time and time again,
Dropping towels on thier bedroom floors after the shower so the dogs lay on them.
And I know when I have finally had it and am "going off" the blank look on their faces means all they are hearing is -" yada yada yada blah blah blah" I know this because I remember my mom going off and hearing the same thing in my head.

Ohh geez, yeah, lol.
The days where she constantly whines. Thats when I start scrambling for my Ipod.
AND
Her spitting phase she's going through. Why is it only at night? And only when I change her diaper?
I love her with all my heart....even when she spits. =)

Oh yes!, My oldest is very accident prone and she will always hurt herself and then cry in a very exaggerated way, she will also make this very ridiculous face when i correct her on something she got, or said wrong. She will stick her top teeth out like a rabbit and say "huh", real slowly. I have to break that habit, and quick.. My 2 year old has a very bad habit of dragging out all the food from the pantry and fridge, and dragging all her clothes out. Subsequently crying when she cannot open a package, or put on an outfit. ugh!

Well, my kiddos are still really young. So the things that annoy me are typical toddler behaviors.

Our 2.5 year old - when you are telling him something he doesn't like (don't hit your brother, no more candy, etc) he makes this face where he scrunches up his entire face and almost closes his eyes...kind of like if I can't see you I can't hear you type of thing. Drives me nuts!

Our 14 month old - he knows he is not supposed to climb on the fire place hearth. He will climb up there, make a noise to get my attention, smile - sometimes he climbs right back down after I see him, other times he will sit down then laugh. OMG, he is totally f'ing with me already!

MOUTH NOISES!!!!

OMG! they drive me INSANE. both my kids make these little noises with their mouths, and I have sensory issues, with sounds, and textures.
I used to get in trouble as a kid because I'd pull away when my mom was whispering something in my ear , she thought it was attitude it really was just a reflex the sound of her breath in my ear was REALLY irritating.