Dusty...that sounds so funny....i can see the two frenchies saying just that...your something...

also...i had no idea both your frenchie are that young..like 3 months old right? I hope they end up being good breeding material as I thnk you would do great breeding those little cuties..And if you look in Dog world there is a big section on frenchies...I too like the dark faced one that you looked all over for..I know it is pretty far off to think about..but a good thing to look at in the future..and you seem to love the breed and the pooches with all your heart and i think you would do good bringing new little frenchies into the world...there seems to be a lot who like them and look for them and far too many are puppy mills that are out there to offer to people as pets..any way...i just wanted to speak on it..thanks for giving your insight on how your house is run...take care

Sheesh, I am not even sure where to go with this one! Ty thinks he is my keeper. Judd thinks he is way smarter than me!  I just go with the flow and maintain some sort of order around here! Being a blended family, discipline is kind of weird. David is such a good kid, he only gets talked to about laziness.  Ty is in trouble every other day! lol  But he is a good kid. His dad and I talk together alot about dealing with him, which is helpful, even if he does live 10 hours away. He is due here next friday so I am sure we will have a big sit down and discuss various issues.

Russ and I are big on communication. We have family meetings often to iron out issues and let everyone speak their peace. It is theraputic for all of us. When they were younger, we would actually hand them a sheet of paper and have them write out what bothers each of them about each other. They would turn them in to us and we wouldn't nark on who wrote what, but would discuss each issue. That was pretty helpful. We absolutely have four kids with totally different personalities and it is hard to blend them, but we have managed to do it working together. Everyone of them have always felt we all have a strong bond and they never wanted it to be broke, even with all of our differences.

I could go on, but I won't lol   I am just thankful for the mandatory family dinners we have, at least 2 or 3 nights a week. In this day in age it is hard to do that every night, but we make sure it does happen.

I am off to bed, stressful day, kids are all gone....it is quiet. I will take a pm and hopefully sleep peacefully tonight!

I thnk here me and Brad are pretty even with the punishing. But Kaitlyn listens to Brad better. And with my sister and her girlfriend if they were to have kids Robin would be the boss. She already is with the animals.

I too have always been the disiplinarian, both with my ex and my husband now.  I hate having to beg for back up, it sucks. My two I am always being told are such nice boys. They are. I have a lazy one that only wants to do want he wants and one that goes beyond what is asked of him, the younger just last weekend told me to go ahead and go watch my neice perform and he would do laudry and clean house, as we were having a household ful of people over the next day. he is sucha good kid. I used to love hearing my boys say when I was not in the room,"you are not supposed to be doing that"  There was one time when my boys were 2 and 4, I always had to rush my showers. I came out and my oldest son had gotten out a knife and stabbed the heck out of a box in the kitchen. I also had to add a third lock, because another time I was showering and I came out kids got outside, and Steven my youngest had taken off his p.j.'s and diaper and was outside buck naked. Oh god I was so afraid I was going to be arrested.  It was hard being a single mom. All in all my boss understand my reasons for what goes on though. Heck they better, nearly 16 and 18.  I tell my oldest son, you may find a gal that likes you now, but when she gets sick of your laziness she will walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Get your buns together.

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Originally posted by: dorothybaez
"Discipline? What discipline? LOL I have two boys, 14 (15 next week) and 11. My older one is the zany guy - he goes into crazy stunts, and makes really BIZARRE noises. Pits knows this firsthand. But he's a really good kid, with an awesome sense of self. He's old enough now that discipline really isn't that much of an issue - by the teen years, they're practically grown except for a bit of stumbling...... Now, my 11 year-old....well, he was born 45. He's never required any discipline whatsoever, I think because he talked so early that we could discuss things...... But, speaking of your kids disciplining you.......When my 11 year old was 1 1/2, I went out early one morning to meet my grandfather for coffee, leaving my husband and the boys at home. The kids and my husband were still asleep when I left. When I returned, I heard the pitter patter of little feet coming in my direction. There was the baby, awake and ticked off. He put his hands on his hips and said, "Just where the hell have you been?!" It was so funny, and he was so mad that I forgot to crawl him for his language......."

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Dorothy, that is so funny, isn't it funny that kids know just how to use the cuss words??  My 11 year old godson knows just when to use a cuss word but if I ask him what a noun or verb is, he has no idea!! LOL.  BTW, he gets in trouble for cursing but I don't think it matters since he (probably) curses when he's with his friends.

Well lets see my kids are 19, 16, 15, 12, 11, 18 months and 5 months. Most of them do not require much dicipline anymore as they are older but since I was a single mom with most of them I would have to say I was all of the above. As for the youngest two lol the 5 month old requires no dicipline as of yet but the 18 month old is a different story. He terrorizes the cats and aggrivates the dogs. He barks out the word no quite clearly as he hears the word alot! When it is just me at home all day he gives me little if any problem at all. Now when dada gets home all hell breaks loose. But then Dada lets him get away with just about anything.

For about a week he had this thing about cat tails. Apparently he thought they were handles and not tails because he would see the cat walk by and his eyes would get huge and he would dart after that tail with arm extended as if in a trance! Poor cat! Once he got hold of that tail it was all over and let me tell you he has a death grip! He never just grabbed the end he would grab right at the base by the butt and refuses to let loose. This poor cat just adores him and would easily forgive his attacks. I literally would have to pry his little hand off the cat and he always took a bit of that fluffy long hair with him before releasing.  And I would wager he has spent more two minute time out sessions in the naughty chair then any 18 month old in hystory. Now he is great with the cat it he has decided that standing on the dogs is much more fun. But I guess the fact that every time dada leave the treat bag out he doles out cookies to all the dogs through their crates makes up for everything in his lil mind. LOL I love him to pieces but oh my gosh what a hand full. His nickname is "ton of trouble" as the terrible twos have hit quite early.  Dada for the most part plays with the boys from start to end though he does get quite upset at getting slapped which is another fun little game for JR lol.