good for dad, bab for me

[suemp]

my ds is 4 years old and becomming a right little monster. he behaves for his father but does nothing i ask him to do which confuses me as we both discipline the same way. when i tell him to do something i get "no" and "shutup" etc. time out is the only time he will apologise but he goes and does it again 5 min later. i expecting a child in oct and dont want his bad behaviour rubbed off on the new baby.
does anyone have the same problem of a child only behaving for 1 parent?

[Jem]

Yes....
i tell all my kids that when dad gets home they will be in trouble.....lol
they get away with being monsters when dad isnt around :eek:
i should probobly be a bit firmer.......maybe i dont want to be the mean one???
im no help am i :(

[Starlet]

:hugs: I have no idea what you coud do to fix it.

But my kids are the same, but that's probably because I'm usually the one who raises the voice when they do something bad. Where as DP is usually calm and doesn't raise his voice until they are being REALLY naughty. Then they become little angels as DP raising his voice kinda shocks them!

[CJJHRA]

not saying that your DP does, but how does your partner treat you, maybe your little one is picking up on that?? Its amazing what kids see and hear and you dont even take a second think about it.

Its like here, I do just about everything my partner says, yet when I ask him he takes forever, or just says no and the kids take it all the wrong way and just hear the no, not the tone used etc.

My kids all listen to their dad better too.

[suemp]

my dp would not dare talk to me like that or he'd be disciplined too.. lol
i think ive come to the conclusion that because im with ds the most i have less patients than dp, and like starlet said i loss it quicker than dp where as he can control it than snap. also they have alot more in common and enjoy doing boy stuff together, which is sweet and i appreciate.