Niall Horan Child Preferences Book 2

#137 Tantrums

Niall and I have two children together.
Our daughter,Aaliyah, who is 3, she turns 4 in two months.
And we have a son Ames Ethan who is two and a half years old.
Which means he is going through his terrible twos which is hell for me and Niall.

Niall sat down next to me on the sofa as the kids played together on the floor.

"Why are his terrible twos so bad?" He asked. "I don't know because it wasn't this and with Aaliyah" I said and he agreed.
"With A it was just a tantrum every so often and misbehaving a little but with Ethan it seems to be a tantrum more or less every day" He said. "I know it's just stressful, another 6 months and he will be fine" I chuckled.

"Mummy" Ethan said standing in front of me and Niall. He was leaning on our knees, one hand on Niall's knee and one on mine. I glanced behind him and Aaliyah was still playing .

"Yeah baby?" I asked.
"Can I have a cookie?" He asked.
I shook my head.
"You can't baby, we are having dinner soon" I told him.

His eyes filled with tears.
"Tantrum" Niall whispered on my ear and I nodded sighing.

"But I wanna cookie!" He yelled.
"Ethan! I said no" I told him sternly.
"I want a cookie!" He cries stomping his foot. I looked at him and he continued crying.

"I hate you! I hate you! You never let me have cookies! You bitch!" He cried. He has said he hates me before during tantrums which doesn't bother me because he doesn't mean it but he had never swore.

"Ethan James Horan!" Niall said. "You do not yell at your mother and you certainly do not swear!" He told him sternly.
"Fuck off!" He yelled at Niall.

"Do you need to go on time out?" Niall asked and Ethan stuck his tongue out.
Niall stood up and picked Ethan up.

He took him to the bottom of the stairs and sat him down on the bottom step.
"You are staying here for 5 minutes! Do not move until me or mummy come to get you!" Niall said sternly.

He returned back into the living room and sat back down next to me.

Aaliyah walked up to him and climbed on his lap.
"Daddy?" She asked. "What's up princess?" He asked.
"Why did Ethan say bad words and why does he keep being mean to you and mummy?" She asked.
"He was having a tantrum baby, that's why he was being mean and said bad words. He doesn't mean it. Just like when you have tantrums and you say you hate me and mummy you don't mean it" he explained and Aaliyah nodded staying on his lap.

"Mummy? Daddy? Can I have a baby sister?" She asked.
I looked at Niall who smirked.
"Not yet baby, but I promise one day you will have a baby sister, just wait until Ethan is a little bit older" Niall told her and I nodded.

"I'll go get Ethan now why you have her" I said and Niall nodded.

I walked to Ethan who was at the bottom of the stairs. He had tear stains on his cheeks and his eyes were red and puffy.
He looked up at me with his big blue eyes.
"My poor baby, why did daddy put you on time out?" I asked.
"Because I..I said mean things to you and I..said bad words to you and daddy" he hiccuped.
I kissed his head and then lifted him into my arms.
I carried him into the living room.
"Aaliyah you sit on mummy's lap for a minute" Niall said . I passed Ethan to him and then I sat down, Aaliyah climbing on to my lap.

"Calm down baby, there's no need to cry" Niall soothed to Ethan.
"I sorry daddy! Sorry for saying bad words!" He cried into Niall's chest.
"It's okay buddy, Just don't say any bad words again okay" Niall said and Ethan nodded burying his head in Niall's chest
His cries slowly turned to hiccups and sniffles, and soon enough soft snores escaped his parted lips.
He was using Niall's chest as a pillow.
"Aww, he's asleep" I said.

Niall nodded towards Aaliyah on my lap.
I looked down and saw that Aaliyah was asleep in my lap.
I smiled.
"She sleeps like you" I told Niall. Aaliyah did sleep like Niall, she slept the same way he does. She sleeps on her back with one arm out and the other by her side. And she has her mouth parted slightly and snores a little like Niall.
But Ethan, doesn't have a set way of sleeping he seems to change it a lot depending on where he falls asleep.
Usually he sleeps on his front but he also likes to sleep on people, in their arms.

"So what should we do now? We are going to be stuck here for a while" Niall said gesturing towards our sleeping children.
I shrugged.
"I'm taking a nap too!" I said. "Me three" he said.