Ok folks with multiple children. This goes out to you! I'm typing this more as a rant than anything but here goes... Liam is driving us nuts! Aine is just about 3 weeks old and Liam left and has been replaced with a bratty defiant boy that I'd like to take back to the store. I'm fully aware that this is totally normal and he'll get better but right now I want to tear his hair out. My husband and I have been uber patient with him. He's gotten away with quite a lot because if I disciplined him like I used to he'd be sitting in the time out chair all day long.

He's pretty great with the baby. He's a little too helpful, constantly kissing and touching her face to the point where she gets upset cause he's smothering her. I have him help me with her (diaper changes and picking out her clothes) and he's really happy to do all of that. It's just everything else. He's totally defiant and does things he knows damn well he's not supposed to do. We've played games, read him books, and I praise him on the things he does well but everytime I turn around he's doing something he's not supposed to unless the TV is on or he's playing video games. I can't have that all the time. He needs to occupy himself without misbehaving.

He's also really rough with other people. A lot of rough housing even when those involved are saying, 'OK. That's enough.' He also 'hates' everything. It's like he's over excited and no matter what you ask him about he hates it. We are huge Phillies phans and people are asking if he watched the game and he's going, 'I hate the Phillies. I want the Ankees to win,' just to say it.

I know this is a phase/ he's jealous/ still adjusting but does anyone have any ideas as to how I can avoid punching him until my sweet, intelligent little boy comes back? (At least till he's a teenager anyway?)