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Jenn after reading your blog about 5:30 pm being prime tantrum time it reminded me of my friend (the who said the fu#$ing fours) she used to call it the "Arsenic Hour" ! She told her family to never call her from 5pm to 6pm because it was the arsenic hour in her house!!!!
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Luanne
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Re: Prime Tantrum Time
No kidding.
Last night's doozie was as I was preparing his meal and he decided he wanted eggs. He started to pull out the carton of raw eggs and when I said no, removed him from the fridge and put the eggs back- yup- it was purple hysterical dude.
I forced a glass of juice down his throat and he was better.
He's such a jerk when he's hungry!
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We have this too...but usually it's me throwing the tantrums because I'm so tired. :>
fu#$ing fours and Freakin' 30's!
kris~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
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4-6, the witching hours.
what is it with the tantrums???? I'm so over tantrums. Lately I've been reading a book that always refers to the "artful" parent- ie the one who tricks her kids into doing what she wants them to do without the kid knowing it. But it's just not possible to be "artful" during those hours, so for me they are the send them outside or else turn on the tv hours. not so artful.Peggy
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I hear you Peggy. There's no art to getting everyone through the Arsenic Hour (I like that Luanne). It's all a matter of luck.
It's kind of like social services- you never know what behavior is going to set them off and you never know what is going to calm them down and it's never, EVER the same thing.
Parenthood is not for the weak.
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