My daughter will be 3 in a few weeks and she's been possessed by some evil force since she was 2. Lately she's been very difficult to handle, regressing and wanting to be held like her little brother, peeing on the floor, pooping in her room, instead of the potty, and even began hitting and biting me and throwing her toys whenever she becomes angry or when I send her to time out. This morning I was getting her out of her carseat to go to the grocery store and she throw the biggest tantrum and began scratching and hitting me. She grabbed onto her seat so I couldn't get her out of the car and so I grabbed one arm and yanked her out of the car. We had an audience and I immediately felt embarrased and ashamed of myself and my daughter continued her tantrum while the audience was still present. I pulled her aside and held down her arms and told her to stop hitting and to calm down, eventually she did...
Please don't bash me for what happened. I feel badly as it is and I know it wasn't the best way to handle the situation. I just needed to vent out my frustration...
Any suggestions or advice in regards to dealing with my almost 3 year old and her behavior would be appreciated...
here's a bump i need some advice for dealing with my little one too!
Oh hun, I wish I could tell you it would end soon...but I hear it won't until they are about 4 or 5 lol. My dd is 3 1/2 and she is very much like your child. Every mother told me 3 is so much worse than 2 and I thought, no way...what can be worse than terrible twos but they were right.
The kiddos are just becoming more independent and they are realizing more and more at 3 that they can be and want to be more independent so they act out way worse. Just continue doing what you are doing...let her know that you will not accept that behavior. As always, consistency is the key. Good luck!
Don't be too hard on yourself. It's very frustrating and nerve wracking to be around a child that acts like that, especially if the behavior happens often. I'm not exactly sure of the correct way to react to something like that. I don't think it's good to let the child think acting that way is ok, but nowadays it's so politically incorrect to discipline your child. I wish I had better advice to give. Good luck to you. I hope she will grow out of that stage soon.
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on Nov. 24, 2009 at 8:49 AM