This is mostly a vent, but if someone has constructive advice, I'd love to hear it.
I have two kids, 1.5 DS and almost 5 DD. DS worships DD but has a hard time with boundaries. He thinks it's funny when he hits himself (lightly) on the stomach and says "boom" and falls down laughing -- so he does the same thing to DD. DD doesn't think it's funny at all and starts crying and yelling. But DD wants (sometimes) to play with DS, so gives him complicated rules to follow for her game, which he of course isn't able to follow. Crying by both follows.
DD's newest thing is to act like DS's more annoying behaviors. They are annoying when either kid does it, but particularly DD, since she knows better. For example, last night I was trying to make dinner, and BOTH kids were hanging onto my legs repeating "mommy, mommy" over and over.
There is too much crying and yelling in my house. I am going to lose it.
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