Siblings play nice

[mum23boys]

Hi everybody, I am new to bubhub and have been searching like mad to try and find some tips or ideas on how I can get my three boys to play nice with each other.:confused:
I have a DS 3yo and twin DS's 17mths and they drive me mad most days fighting with each other over toys (of course they all want the same one) and if they are not fighting over toys they have this game my eldest DS created where they chase each other around the house which is ok to a certain extent but eldest DS runs into or pushes twins over causeing tears and sometimes injuries:crying:
If anyone has any ideas how I can get through to eldest DS to stop with the running and pushing and to just play nice it would be great.

[CJJHRA]

kids will be kids, I dont know if there is an answer to get them to play nicely.

My kids will play nicely together for a short while, then about 30mins later, they will be fighting, chasing each other, hitting, yelling, all that for the next hour, then they go back to playing nice for another 30mins... it just goes in cycles, but they seem to fight longer than get along.

I know its hard, but you have to try to ignore the fights and only interfere when there is blood involved. (well, yeah, within reason of course there maybe other times its neccessary)

Have you cpmplememted and thanked them when they are playing nicely together? I will go to my boys and tell them, I really like it when you are all playing nicely, it makes me happy, and then I say thankyou for being nice to each other.

its certainly stressful hey!

I have found my boys (and DD to sometimes) seem to gang up on one. My twins usually stick together, and they are terrible! LOL

goodluck on finding something that works. Its very hard to structure their play time all day everyday, but I have found that when y lot are kept busy, they dont fight as much, but its very tiring (I dont know how their teachers manage to control a class of kids and get them working all day LOL)

[maad]

Hi

I am completing a positive parenting course at the moment because my twin B/G fight often and especially over toys, they recommend that you use quiet time or time out or removal of the toys they are fighting over. I have found this really works for my two. You can look up triple P positive parenting and it gives helpful hints on how to approach certain situations. Not that I'm the expert but their advice seems to work pretty good.

Anne