Oh Mel, you're sooooo not a bad mum. Aricyn is like that with you cause you're his mum. Lily whinges and whines for me like no one else. She drives me insane too. But when I cry with her about it it makes it sooo much worse. Maybe A is feeling your stress and is reacting towards it. If I'm happy with Lil and try to make things more positive (I know it's hard) and try to ignore her whinging and just go on with things it seems to make it a bit better. Sometimes not, but well, it's always worth a try. And I agree with Leasha too, its cause you're his mum and you will love him no matter what he knows that. Big hugs hun. You're doing a great job.