Ethan does get some special things the younger ones don't.. We bought him a phone. one for our own peace of mind but also thought it would be something he would really like to have as he had been asking for one.. He loves it and says it makes him feel all grown up..

Dh always says he is going to do this or that with Ethan but either he doesn't get the time or is to busy doing something else. They were going to go see amovie the other week but we all got sick and now we have to wait till pay day again.. but they are going at the end of the month..

Ethan probably gets more things then the other kids. but maybe time is what he needs more then things. but it is also hard to tell and 2 and 6 month old to wait because mummy is busy..

Today he has been pushing my buttons. He woke DD for the 4th time not long after my last post. Thankfully she went back to sleep without to much fuss.. and he has been good pretty much ever since because I gave him a really good talking to..

With getting to stay up a bit later it just isn't possible in Ethans case. bed time is between 7 and 7:30. If Ethan doesn't get enough sleep he is tired, cranky and emotional all the next day.. for 4 nights in a row now we have had him come out argue whine anything to stay out of bed even though his eyes are hanging out of his head.. and yet he is still up by 6 every morning. yesterday morning he woke at 5:50 and was falling asleep at 8am. I wish we could get through to him why he needs to go to bed and stay there..

oh and we have tried letting him stay up till 8 on school nights and later on weekends but that backfired well and truly as it still took an hour to get him to stay in his room..So we told him bed time is the same as everyone else until he can be responsible about it..

I hope we are doing the right things and not making th situation worse. I try not to raise my voice too much.. hard some days but most days I take a deep breath and speak in a calm voice even though inside I am cranky as hell.. I am yet to get a copy of te book Raising boys. My local Library didn't have it and I haven't been into town to look around the shops..

Hopefully next week we will get in there