https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:05:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893682 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:27:35 +0000 travelgirl1 1893682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Sometimes, when I'm telling her and her BFF not to do something, they will dissolve into fits of cackling laughter together. I have not mastered my serious face get, apparently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893402 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:10:44 +0000 erwoo 1893402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Sounds similar here too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893319 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:49:54 +0000 Dandelion 1893319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: usually taking away computer time or his latest favorite object for a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893259 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:37:28 +0000 erwoo 1893259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: What's your BIG punishment? Mine is timeout or my oldest lose privileges (or both!) and my youngest gets time out since it still works well on him. He becomes an angel after and does everything I say. Why not just do it the first time I ask you? Because it's their job to not listen! Wah... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893255 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:35:41 +0000 erwoo 1893255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Seriously. It really won't get better until they leave the house. *Sigh* Because there will always be something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893252 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:34:38 +0000 erwoo 1893252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Sounds like you're hitting the terrible twos early. My oldest hit it at 3 and at almost 5 it's getting better. My youngest started at birth. I have mean mommy pants too! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893247 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:33:26 +0000 erwoo 1893247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yep! LOL! I do the same thing except I use a big bag! I recently collected ALL of their favorite toys of the moment because my oldest said, "go ahead!" And then he wanted it back but didn't get it back for a couple of days. See if you'll talk to me like that again! And he only got it back b/c he was "good" meaning he ate faster for dinner the next day. They both did. I guess if they want something they will work hard. If not, they don't care. I need to help them to care all the time! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893244 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:33:17 +0000 Dandelion 1893244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, D has smirked before when I'm scolding him. That's when the BIG punishment happens, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893243 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:31:41 +0000 erwoo 1893243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Stacy: Seriously... I definitely think it's phase. Testing us is their job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893241 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:31:03 +0000 erwoo 1893241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: Aaaw... I know how you feel. I did too and it didn't work. So funny how we all try similar stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893239 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:30:31 +0000 erwoo 1893239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Omg, don't get me started on talking about. It used to just be my oldest but now it's the both of them. I know with patience I can teach them not to... so I'm patiently teaching them now. VERY patiently... like talk to me like that again and I will take your transformers or airplane away (their fav toys at the moment). :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1893234 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:28:30 +0000 erwoo 1893234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Yeah, same here. My boys also do that too! I often have to physically carry my youngest to time out. He will not stay unless I stand 5 feet away back facing him while he cries. I used to put my oldest in his play yard for time out so he won't run away; but b/c we moved I ended up giving it to a relative having twins (they could use another one) so my youngest never got to use it to learn that he has to stay put while I'm in the other room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891169 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:13:22 +0000 Lindsay05 1891169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. LO has laughed at me while scolding i wa scolding her. I cant wait until they are teenagers :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891167 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:12:09 +0000 blackbird 1891167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Either that or I make her cry when i put my mean mommy pants on. 18 months is a crazy age </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891140 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:03:39 +0000 looch 1891140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A joke, as in, not serious and not following through? Yeah, my son thought that, until I busted out a timer and cardboard box after he wouldn't pick up his toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891134 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:02:10 +0000 Canoli 1891134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we are dealing with this and it's infuriating to me. He laughs at us when we try to discipline and it's so frustrating! I hope it soon passes for all of us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891074 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:51:47 +0000 ValentineMommy 1891074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely. Especially when I'm trying to discipline him, or even if I'm upset. I cried in front of him once, and he laughed in my face. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891072 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:48:46 +0000 Mamaof2 1891072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep all the time!</p> <p>I find my younger DD is following in DS's foot steps too! The talking back drives me crazy as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891065 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:38:16 +0000 hilsy85 1891065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO literally will tell me, "That's funny" when I am scolding him for misbehaving. So yes, lol, he thinks I'm a joke sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891064 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:35:14 +0000 Adira 1891064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Xander's younger than yours (he's 19 months), but he definitely thinks I'm a joke. Whenever I'm scolding him or telling him to stop doing something, he just laughs at me and continues on. He only takes me seriously when I'm physically removing him from the situation (and even then he sometimes thinks that's funny) or holding him for a timeout! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/you-ever-feel-like-your-kids-think-youre-a-joke#post-1891062 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:30:33 +0000 erwoo 1891062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner times are the hardest part of the day and when I "yell" at my kids the most. They play around while eating and take FOREVER to finish. It's so annoying. :silly: And sometimes they make fun of me when I tell them that I'll take their food away (which I have done!) if they continue to play around and not eat. They repeat what I say. How rude! I get so fed up and then I have to separate them and put whoever was misbehaving and not listening to my rules off to the side on his own to eat facing the other direction. Usually, this is my oldest b/c he just can't remember anything I ask him to do, even if it's 1 minute ago. Often times I feel like they think I'm a joke until they find out what happens when they repeatedly don't listen. *Sigh* I hate being the meanie mommy, especially when their dad is overseas (again, yep!) for work and this time for almost 4 weeks! </p>