Child Tries:

Picking on her sister, pretending not to hear me, doing the opposite of what was asked

Response:

angry and frustrated response typically

Child Tries:

Interrupting, whining, having arguments, annoying others, making noises

Response:

I'm either dismissive or get annoyed with him.

Child Tries:

Interrupting conversations, dancing or doing gymnastics in front of the tv, singing over my favourite song on radio/tv. Talking about times in the very distant past that she has felt there was an injustice

Response:

Ignore until I can ignore no more then, tell her off because I am irritated.

Child Tries

nagging, pestering, being 'in your face', being naughty

Response

by that stage it is irritating so tend to respond sharply and with annoyance

Child Tries

Whining. Irritating their siblings. Being a clown.

Response

It depends! If he's gaining my attention in positive ways I do tend to laugh. If his behaviour is less positive I tend to ask him to stop.

Child Tries

Makes a lot of noise and tugs on my shirt

Response

Saying 'stop that' and giving him the wrong sort of attention