CPS might show up at my door.

r9stedt

Windows are open.

And I just yelled at my son.

Sitting at his small table, kicking it, after being told not to, and he kicked the thing over (with his milk and pizza on it.)


I am DONE WITH THIS KID right now.

I love him, but I am done.

 

4 is going to break me. 

BubblyToes

5 so far is better, but harder.  If that makes sense.

r9stedt

I am now sitting here in tears I am so exhausted with this child.




Even at parent teacher conferences she asked me if he was as energetic at home as he was at school.


I told her that I fear it is much worse at home than at school.

BubblyToes

Yep.  Will has two speeds, awake and asleep.  There is no in between.

r9stedt

Why oh why oh why

 

and how oh how oh how does one deal with the attitude??


Times outs are just not effective.


Do not even blow a sticker chart suggestion up my ass, because those do not work either.

Neither does taking away anything.

 

BubblyToes

Nope.  

Sadly, the only thing that worked was H giving him the spanking of his life when we were in Ohio.  He had been absolutely horrible.  The attitude, the talking back had made me cry twice that day.  He's had bad moments since then, but not nearly as bad.  

I cannot stand the back talk.  It makes me stabby. 

r9stedt

I am not ashamed to say I flicked he turd in the mouth the other day.

Was it my shining moment as a parent?

No.

Was it effective (for 24 hours)?  

Yes.

justEK

Been there. I would tell you how I handle it, but eh... that would get me judged.

Just know you are not alone. In the flicking, either. 

 

r9stedt

Is threatening to spank worse than actually spanking?  

 

 

For the record--- I don't believe in spanking for running out in the street, etc.  I believe in it for attitude towards their parents!

Holygawd.  


 Pretty sure that is really only been the timeS I have spanked him.

jessicaclare

I hate 4. HATE. I lost my sh!t the other day when, on top of the snotty back talk, my child took the remote, turned off my football game and said "If I can't want cartoons, you can't watch football"

 I'm pretty sure smoke was coming out of my ears. 

KrisBriMcBunny

My neighbor called dh yesterday to tell him that dd was being a brat lol  Yep she was and I was doing alot of yelling.  She has to be the most stubborn non-listening child EVER.  Killer part is that her teacher said she is one of the best kids in her class.

mattswife91805

well then they can come to my house next, bc DD has been yelled at more this evening then the past 3 weeks.  I don't know what got into her, but she was horrible back talking, attitude, not listening. She was in bed by 7pm and didn't fall asleep till 8:30.

chelle828

I am right there with you girl!!!

ak1234

Eh, today must be crazy mommy day.  I was in the McDonald's parking lot with my 20 months old (yes, I gave my 20 mo chicken nuggets for dinner) and nearly lost my sh!t.  with his fussing/screaming/crying/whining. 

As I was putting my 3 month old back in the car seat, across the way this lady is screaming at her older kid to stop whining.  That soul-deep, if you don't stop whining I am going to kill you and damn the consequences screaming.  Pre-kid, I would have judged.  Today, I just thought - glad it's not me.

angelproberts

Ok so even though I'm a little late I'm glad I'm not the only one. I sent my 18 month old (just yesterday turned 18mos.) to her room twice. She was being completely obnoxious, she wouldn't let her brother sleep (she put a crayon in his mouth, covered him with coloring books, and dumped a tin can of crayons on him) and that was in a span of 5 mins., and she was screaming everytime I got on the phone

 

I hate their dad on days like these!!!

AggieCouple

ak1234:

Eh, today must be crazy mommy day.  I was in the McDonald's parking lot with my 20 months old (yes, I gave my 20 mo chicken nuggets for dinner) and nearly lost my sh!t.  with his fussing/screaming/crying/whining. 

As I was putting my 3 month old back in the car seat, across the way this lady is screaming at her older kid to stop whining.  That soul-deep, if you don't stop whining I am going to kill you and damn the consequences screaming.  Pre-kid, I would have judged.  Today, I just thought - glad it's not me.

Holy cr*p maybe that could have been me.  Except we were at Sonic. The whining and fighting lately has been at insane levels.  I think I might just get myself some earplugs.

KRISTA555

You are all terrifying me.  I will have a 4 year old at the same time I will have a 2 1/2- 3 year old.

Maybe I could just drop them off at my mom's house for a year or two.

karen6784

The attitude and the whining are enough to drive me crazy!  I slipped the other day and muttered "jerk" under my breath after 20 minutes of trying to get the girl to cooperate with me.  She called me out on it.  I felt like anass.  #Parenting fail. 

superslug

Something must have been in the air yesterday! My 4 year old was fine all day but I swear the minute Ryan gets off the bus the meltdowns begin! I know he is tired, I am tired, but the things he is getting upset about are ridiculous! He is normally not a fit thrower, he whines like a champ but not a huge crier...until now! He had a breakdown because we were out of his vitamins right before bed. Vitamins! Ugh!

adri77

We'v all been there!!!!  My mom always tries to remind me that it's good for my kids to hear that I'm upset and I'm only human.....I would never judge another parent for hearing them yell!!! 

And I know you were joking, but FWIW, I used to work for CPS, I did investigations and we would LAUGH if someone called in about someone else yelling at their kids!!!!

Hopin4aBaby

I am scared!  My 3.5r old DD has just been a beast lately, especially with the back talking and I just don't know what to do about it anymore.

grja

My 4 y/o was awful yesterday too. I swear he's bipolar sometimes. He'll be sitting there happy, playing, and ONE thing will set him off into a horrible meltdown. He'll be miserable for a while and then all of a sudden switch back to happy.

lizard76

Right there with you.  Our new "rule" with Ethan is that if he can't be nice to us, he can't be in the same room as we are.  Day 1 down, a million more to go.

Kapalua

I had an outburst today...I almost would call CPS on myself for that one. If anyone needs me I'll be at the bottom of a box of wine...

Marce921

I'm coming in super late on this, but I definitely agree that sometimes the only way to get through to these kids is a to spank them. But, one thing that DH and I sometimes use to get DS1 to listen is to threaten a call to "the mean man" who "lives down the street." LOL Just the threat is enough to get him calmed down enough to listen. I know, it's crazy to have an imaginary person to help with discipline, but hey... it came out on one of those crazy days where you've just had it and are trying not to beat the kid. Since it worked then, we still pull it out occasionally. HAHA!

KimW

I wish I had never read this post.  Seriously.  DD is almost 3, and I was really looking forward to her calming down, and she isn't really taht bad of a kid.  Don't know what I'm going to do in a year when I have a 4yr & 2 yr old.