How do I get my seven year old to listen to me

He won’t listen to anything I tell him I have to repeat myself constantly or yell to get his attention and he won’t take no for an answer . I’m tired of it

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Tell him that you will take something away

Like… the spoil kind ..? Because I think all kids get like that at that age. Def take something away until his behavior changes. Small steps btw..

Uuu girl must be the age because I’m going through it with my daughter. Constantly repeating myself, she’s getting in trouble at school etc. I’ve taken away games and permanent blocked YouTube. By the looks of it she will be grounded until she’s 25 lol

BTA he probably doesn’t take you serious especially if you only threat and never go through with it. My daughter is 6 I threaten her with BTA but she says you won’t but honestly I have a good kid and very respectful it’s maybe once a month when I have to threaten if it’s once a month because she is scared of a belt but she also knows when I say end of discussion convo done period

Follow through on your consequences

Has to be the age 😭 mine has always been so good but she is a whole different child now that she is 7.
Mine loses tv ( even tho she only gets it on the weekends lol) I have to take her toys aways, I’m at the point I’m negotiating with her to get her to be a better listener 😭

Has to be the age I’m dealing with the same thing. He just turned 7,
2 weeks ago. Been a nightmare since he only gets TVs during the weekend when we’re home and has no video games at all.

I think it’s the age (my son was born 2/19/19)! We are dealing with similar things. I have to constantly repeat myself and he constantly has an excuse when we mention to him about not listening. We have been trying to nip it in the butt but it’s been exhausting to say the least.

I’m going through the same thing with my almost 7 year old I swear..
you have to follow through after the first time saying something
Taking things away hasn’t worked for us.
I’m about to go all crunchy mom on him. No more tv. A few toys only, outside play and healthy foods/snacks
No dyes and all the vitamins that help him
I’m at a loss so if something works for any of yall lemme know

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Sleeping in heatwave

When is everyone putting their babies to bed. I only ask because our bedroom egg thermometer is currently saying 30.3 degrees which is obviously far too hot for bub. We are camped out in the lounge with all the doors/windows open with fans on. I am also finding it difficult to get her to sleep because she is so used to being swaddled. Any tips or ideas?

Safe sleep

My baby’s room is currently 31 degrees I’ve had the blinds and curtains and window shut all day and only just opened the window to get some air in I have now put a fan in that blowing around the room it points onto her for a few seconds and blows straight back off on a low setting is this safe? Panicking 😩🤣

Gro Egg reliability???

It’s showing as 25 degrees in our bedroom again tonight, but our 5 week old won’t sleep in just a nappy so we put him in a vest and he was still upset so we added a sleep suit and he managed to sleep. But based on all the advice we’ve seen online this is the wrong amount of layers for the room temp. Beginning to think the gro egg isn’t accurate as we have been sleeping comfortably in thin pjs and a duvet with a fan by the bedroom door and window open (fan not near baby and doesn’t blow on him). I’m so stressed about it, is anyone else feeling the same?!

Is so selfish to continue to have kids when you’re barely scraping by financially and mentally

My friend, just announced her pregnancy and she just had her third baby 8 months ago?! And she already has a one and two year old. She constantly vents about how things are so tight financially but “makes things work”. These kids end up suffering 😢I’m usually such a supportive friend, but this…. I can’t support. It’s low key making me not want to be friends with her. Coming from someone who is two and done, I recognized my limit and drew a line and overall I’m just tired of hearing her rant about how things are so tight financially and always venting about her marital problems and then continues to add to her stress. Reality has to set in some time!? Should I cut her off?

Would you have an issue with this or not?

Purchasing shoes off Vinted marked as NEW without tags. Specifically purchased because of the “NEW”.
Item arrives, rubber white soles are clearly dirty and show signs of wear (one can only assume this as the dirt is on the EXACT same spots on both soles, brownish orange colour). The inside of shoe and top of shoe are in good condition and look clean. Smells fine. Would you have an issue with this?

Please don’t comment on simply not having issue with buying or using used items as that is not the point of this.

Bedroom 29 degrees

Our 5 month old and 2 1/2 year olds rooms are sitting at 29 degrees…
I’ve tried everything to cool down.
I’ve taken toddlers duvet away and baby will be in just a nappy tonight. Is that okay? I’m panicking about how hot our rooms are