my MIL tells me it should ease off by the time he's about 17 or so

normally it's mainly just directed at me (well, worse if i'm there) but apparently MIL copped it yesterday when he was there for an hour or two.

sometimes i just have to laugh though. when we got back to MILs yesterday there was a dog in her garden & it went something like this:

DS - hello puppy dog
DS - no doggy, go away
*dog moves away*
DS (crying) - i want the dog, i want the dog

if you didn't laugh, you'd cry