From last night, had to rescue the post...

[lalicopa]

Laszlo has been testing like a mofo all day. He's actually being BAD, not just annoying. This is pretty new for him. And I'm not at all used to it and NOT at all liking it. He will hit Lily or something and just as I'm about to send him to his room, he says, "But I'm not going to DO THAT anymore." Then he finds something else awful to do.

Robert came home late tonight by no fault of his own, and he had told me on the phone that his boss yelled at him for something stupid. He didn't seem that upset about it. So when he walked in after 8pm and Laszlo was acting up...I told him that Laszlo had been acting up for over an hour. Robert said, "Can I just sit down for a minute?" Duh. So he sat down and said, "You know that I had one of the worst days ever at work, right?" Which he DID NOT. It was like he had to one up me from complaining about Laszlo's horrible behavior. Then he wanted to talk to me about it and didn't want me trying to fix the internet connection in the basement (which we set up last night and have been having consistent problems with since.) So I had to stop what I was doing, already annoyed by my son, to listen to Robert bitch about work...not being allowed to bitch about MY day, because he won, his day was worse (in his head.) And then he actually asked Laszlo if the reason he was misbehaving was because he (Robert) wasn't home. Are you fucking kidding me? EVERYTHING has to center around him. It's so fucked up. So I can't complain about it, and the CAUSE of the horrible behavior I'm not allowed to complain about is beloved Daddy's absence. OY.

And this internet thing is making me INSANE. I'm usually really good at fixing technical things and following directions. And this just is NOT working. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Comments

[cold-still-life.livejournal.com]

As far as Laszlo goes--I think it's four-year-old-dom, and even Cordelia isn't safe from it. I think there's a chip in their heads that says "Woo hoo, let's test limits!"

And I'm sorry Robert was a jerk. I'm not looking forward to Peter going back to work full-time, he tends to pull the same crap. His kids are hard, but I'm sure even they have good days.

[mijven.livejournal.com]

Can't advise as to the big boy, but I'm a believer in the 4-5 year olds as different creatures theory. Many years back (when my first was just toddling) a friend loaned me a book entitled "Raising Boys" (I think) which had as a premise that boys have three testosterone boosts in their life: birth, puberty, and this 4-5 range.

And yeah, having one go through it and anticipating another reaching it is why I went out and took a parenting course. (My MIL took two to get through this stage!)

[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

it sounds like for some reason lazlo feels like he's needing some extra attention right now.

(sounds like the same problem with robert, but that's a whole notha ball of wax).

maybe lazlo is worried about having a new sibling? i don't know. would there be any way you could hand lily off to grandparents or to robert and have some special exciting one on one w lazlo?