I aam at my wits end with my child!

reynah

Ds1 just turned 3 and I still have not figured out how to disipline him and it work. I have tried everything... time outs, spanking, taking things away, not letting him watch a dvd, talking to him, everything. Nothing works, nothing. He still acts terrible and I am feeling like a failure. It started about 11 months and no joke, has continued on and he is now 3. I remember thinking, oh he is starting terrible twos early, it has not ended.

I know every toddler is different, but I honestly, truly think mine is one of the toughest. This weekend at my neices b-day party, his pawpaw gave all the kids a dollar and got to Caleb, he gave Caleb a dollar, I told Caleb to say thank you, and he said he didn't want to. I told him numerious times to say thank you and he continued to say he didn't want to and wouldn't. So I said give the dollar back and he just gave it back.

This kind of behavior is CONSTANT. I am not talking once/day like most toddlers, I am talking NUMERIOUS times a day. It's wearing me down and I am at my wits end with him. Vent over here... I will now just vent at my desk. Thanks for listening.

aprilmomtobe

hang in there.  there are days when I could write the same post.  it's just really tough.  I posted below about how I had my DH take him to his class this morning and it was because he was such a handful last week I couldn't even bear to go again.   I was in tears.

((hugs))  I wish I had some advice - I'd follow it myself!

reynah

Yeah, I know there are a FEW parents that understand. I read all these posts about other toddlers and get so jealous sometimes b/c mine is almost always acting up. It's really hard sometimes, I just keep trying. I even made a list of different techniques to help... of course, that didn't work either. Ugg...

aprilmomtobe

I know . . . I always feel like it's my kid that is the one acting up, disrupting things, etc. so of course I feel like I'm doing a horrible job . . .

I've actually been reading a lot of the tips on the supernanny website and they seem to be helping.  I've also just tried to relax a little more - which seems counterintuitive - but I think he was feeding off my tension a bit.  It's only been about a week, but I have seen a bit of a difference. Check out her site - worth a shot, right?  good luck!  (and let me know if you come up with any solutions LOL)

reynah

Going to their website now! Thank you! I will try anything! I have actually watched that show a few times and thought to myself I need to call them LOL!