Seriously what the!

[aussienic]

ok I know siblings have thier fights and so on but I am getting seriously pinged off at my boys..

For those of school ages boys do your sons hit each other in the balls??? Ethan (9) seems to have learnt this from school and now does it at home to his brothers.. He smacked Jacob (3) today in the balls and omg I remained calm but in a VERY deep tone told him exactly what he had done wrong and that he better go to his room.. He then yelled at me so I asked Jacob what he wanted to do.. I said do you want to hit Ethan back or send him to his room..Thankfully he chose room.

Then after that was all sorted. He came out (its been about 2 hours) He was only in his room for about half an hour I think.. Anyways 2 hours later him and Isaac (5) are playing out on the computer and I hear a fight starting and as I get up Isaac starts crying and I mean real hurt crying.. Ethan had bitten him :O yes my 9yr old child had bitten him.. Seriously that the heck is up with that?????

i am so mad.. Isaac also hit Ethan in the balls so they are both in bed at the moment..

I know Ethans issue is that he is exhausted.. against my better judgement we allowed him to go to the school disco last night which didn't end till 9 so Ethan didn't get to bed till 9:30. (he needs his 7pm bed time) At some stage through the night he ended up sleeping on the couch which is where I found him when my day started at 4:30 so I sent him to sleep in my room but he was up at 7.. but still biting!!!! at 9!!

How else do I deal with this? Dh is at work and I don't know how else to deal with it?

he has completly stripped my bed to which is where he is now. I went to check on him before and he was under the cot for goodness sakes.. aaghhh I am going mental

Isac on the other hand is resting so I will go an let him up in a sec.. He is pretty good and usually does as he is told when it comes to discipline (mostly anyways)

Thanks for reading and if you have any advice let me know.. cus I am lost as to why a 9 yr old would resort to biting

ps we have never had a biting issue ever... none of our kids have been biters

[Amity]

I'd sit him down and explain to him exactly how dangerous a human bite is.

If a human bite breaks the skin, the consequential infection can kill. I'm quite serious. The germs on human teeth are pretty awful, and can cause very serious infection, resulting in potential loss of limb.

Show him some photos (available online) if you can.

Explain that there are other ways of dealing with upset siblings, and if he bites again, there are very serious consequences.

Oh and with the balls.. try and explain that you can burst testicles, and whether he would like that done to him... I'd be guessing the answer would be no... so he shouldn't be doing it to the other boys.

Best wishes.

[aussienic]

Thanks for the reply.. I will show him pics I think.. I did talk to him..

I just have no idea what was wrong with him today.. He swore in the backyard and that was the final straw. he had a shwer and was sent to his room till dinner time.. and then when Dh got home he was in bed but kept turning his light on so now his light bulb has been taken out.. and then he was singing really loudly in bed.. I am just so glad he is asleep now.. I had had enough today..

He even yelled at me.. It is so out of character for him to be this bad!

[*Efjay*]

Oh my! what a day you had!
Im not sure what to suggest. My 6 yr old has some behaviour issues that are related to anxiety.
But I haven't had biting or ball kicking yet. Thats really bad.
I think I would so as Divvy suggested with the biting but I would maybe get DH to explain the whole testicle issue. It might be more home hitting coming from Dad KWIM?
Gee I would be furious if Evan kicked or bit one of the younger ones like that. You handled it well! I don't understand why a 9 yr old would think its ok to do that to a 3 yr old!
Maybe have a chat with him to suss out if anything is bothering him. Did he maybe get picked on at the disco? Or something like that? He sounds like he feeling rather frustrated at the moment, hopefully it is just the big night he had/

Wow at your 7 pm bed time, your so lucky LOL. Mine are fighting bed time at 8...
Hopefully with a good nights sleep Ethan will be much more manageable tomorrow.