fionamadcat
03-05-2013, 01:39 PM
How do you deal with this?
I have 2 little girls 1 just turned 2 and the other 3 next month, both quite strong willed but in other ways very different characters! I have been looking after them both since they were little. When the younger girl, A started when she was 8 months the older K seemed to resent that she was no longer the baby but at that point they were only together for 1 morning a week which made it kind of bearable. I now have them both at least 3 days a week and after a while of seeming to get on ok they now don't!! A is getting better and better at talking and this has led to daily arguements about what I am called which would go on for hours if I didn't intervene. They fight over toys, they snatch from each other, shout at each other etc etc, all I seem to do is referee! I can't leave them in a room together even to go to the toilet without hearing screaming. I can't even say which 1 starts it more often as it can be either of them, I've started taking 1 of them with me most of the time. They are both absolute angels on their own, although A can be a madam and a bit the same with her older brother who I look after too. Any ideas???
I have 2 little girls 1 just turned 2 and the other 3 next month, both quite strong willed but in other ways very different characters! I have been looking after them both since they were little. When the younger girl, A started when she was 8 months the older K seemed to resent that she was no longer the baby but at that point they were only together for 1 morning a week which made it kind of bearable. I now have them both at least 3 days a week and after a while of seeming to get on ok they now don't!! A is getting better and better at talking and this has led to daily arguements about what I am called which would go on for hours if I didn't intervene. They fight over toys, they snatch from each other, shout at each other etc etc, all I seem to do is referee! I can't leave them in a room together even to go to the toilet without hearing screaming. I can't even say which 1 starts it more often as it can be either of them, I've started taking 1 of them with me most of the time. They are both absolute angels on their own, although A can be a madam and a bit the same with her older brother who I look after too. Any ideas???