@ Moomykin: You are right. As mentioned elsewhere before, I do enjoy putting Caitlin to bed. She is at, what I believe to be, her “best” in terms of being the most natural. She is chatty, honest, giggly, insightful (when recounting & analysing her day’s events); just generally a very sweet kid. I know I will be missing this part of my parenting experience already..

@ Bubandpie: again, UH OH!

Thanks for your feedbacks! Yes, plural!

It can really drive you crazy: the manipulations, testing of boundaries, tantrums and demands. But at the end of the day, when I cuddle them close in bed, I Thank God endlessly for such wonderful gifts: my boys.

While I’ve also heard that girls are easier than boys, I’m not so sure there is much to that. Don’t get me wrong, our boys do their share of creating havoc at home but overall they are very good boys.

In terms of how they behave, I can only say that we try to teach them by example and always treat people with respect and politeness. They have obviously picked up on that because we often receive comments about how well-behaved they are when we are out somewhere.

Part of it may be that they are allowed to create a little havoc at home when it is just the four of us. They have a lot of energy and get to play and be a little rowdy at home. Without that release at home, it may boil over at school or when out with other people.

From this & your recent football-posts, it sounds like you have a good couple of boys there!

They say that girls (since I have one) are easier, as opposed to boys who’d run amok & create all sorts of havoc at home. An office mate refuses to go home early just to avoid his 2 yr old son, & my nephew also used to give my brother & wife such grief with his misplaced smartness!

How did you cultivate this well-behaviour in your boys?

I don’t think either of them were any better or worse once they turned 3. As they have gotten older, the challenges have changed but overall I think we have two well-behaved, respectful boys.