My Ill-Behaved Niece

Fubar

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Hawkeyewife said:
My sister has been in the US for about a month and will be here for another month or so while her husband prepares for a transfer to Europe (he is in the State dept). They have two children, ages 1 and 3 and have spent most of their time overseas with nannies and other support staff in their home.

It's nice to have her nearby and I have been able to visit them 5 times since their arrival. I too, have two children (ages 2 and 4) and am pregnant but manage the 90-120 minute drive to Fairfax from Pax River for our day trips.

We last visited them on Friday and went to Tyson's Corner for Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale and some playtime at the mall's play area etc. Anyway, her 3 yr old was a terror and my sister would not remove her from the situation. I can understand the occasional meltdown (my kids are not perfect and I have had to leave the pool or a store with a screaming kid on occasion) but this 3 yr old has had continuous meltdowns each and every time we visit with them.

I love my sister and my niece, but I do not want to visit with them again if the behavior doesn't improve. It upsets my kids (mostly my 2 yr old) and it is emotionally exhausting for me to watch. I wish I could give them some advice, but my sister does not take that sort of thing well.

I'd like to see them before they leave but I don't know if I can, any advice

Leave your kids home! :yay:
 

Sharon

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I'm surprised no one has said that the kids are ADD/ADHD... oh wait, they're not old enough for school yet. Give them a few years and when nothing's changed they'll be recommended for drugs, then mom will have her excuse for bad parenting.

Spirited

Yeah sure! :lol:
 

Chain729

CageKicker Extraordinaire
smoothmarine187 said:
Tell her the boogeyman is in her closet and will come out and bite off her head if she doesn't shape up

:yeahthat: Uncle Chain has a child-eating dragon in the attic that he'd be more than happy to feed ill-behaved children to.
 

Vince

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vraiblonde said:
Auntie Vrai's child-eating monster lives under beds. :smile:
Yeah, but that will only keep them out of the bedrooms. The little angels can still reek havoc on the rest of the house. :lmao:
 

Chain729

CageKicker Extraordinaire
Vince said:
Yeah, but that will only keep them out of the bedrooms. The little angels can still reek havoc on the rest of the house. :lmao:

When you get out of chair while saying "lets go feed you to the monster," and then grab them by the collar and start heading to the bedroom, they'll have second thoughts. :lol:
 

Tinkerbell

Baby blues
Chain729 said:
:yeahthat: Uncle Chain has a child-eating dragon in the attic that he'd be more than happy to feed ill-behaved children to.
:rolleyes: This coming from the guy that was just beat up by his own toddler last week.


:lmao: Princess put it on you this weekend?
 

vraiblonde

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Vince said:
Yeah, but that will only keep them out of the bedrooms. The little angels can still reek havoc on the rest of the house.
You misunderstand. My monster lives under their bed.

:smile:
 

Chain729

CageKicker Extraordinaire
Tinkerbell said:
:rolleyes: This coming from the guy that was just beat up by his own toddler last week.


:lmao: Princess put it on you this weekend?

She'll be 8 months in 4 days. Toddler? :faint:

:frown: She got me Sat at Mom's and again at home on Sun after an old friend stopped by. Starting this morning, daddy puts on his sparring gear before he goes in the room she's in.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
I had to go to Target at lunch time today to return something. The store was crawling with mommies and brats. It was like an episode of the Twilight Zone. :jet:
 

FromTexas

This Space for Rent
Damn, this would have been much more interesting if this tread was started by kwillia... :ohwell:















(although, I may have the relationship confused as to type... )
 
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