Losing my mind...

ashley21nicole

I have a 3 1/2 & 2 year old and lately they have been trying my patience to the MAX.  The last month they have started fighting over every.  single.  toy.   pretty much every few minutes of the day.  Not to mention at bedtime (they share a bedroom), they have started coming out 30+ times after we put them in there for bed.  "Bedtime" now takes up to 2 hours between the time we put them to bed and they actually go to sleep. 

I used to feel like a good mom and now I feel completely out of control.  My form of discipline is time outs and taking their beloved toy/blanket away for awhile.  I just have absolutely no patience. 

Ugh, can anyone else relate?  I feel like last month I lived with 2 fun little girls ;and now they are doing everything they can to tick me off.

smerka

I don't have any advice because I'm right there with you.  I feel like I'm in the Thunderdome every day.  I have found that sometimes I can get them to trade toys like trains.  They each start out with four and if a kid wants one that the other kid has, he has to trade for it.  It works about half the time.

superaunt

ever since mine turned three... wowzers. totally different kid. it's kind of crazy how mindblowing crazy she can be. Her: "i don't want X." me, "what do you want then?" her, "i don't want anything." me, "Okay." her, "i want X!!"

i'm pretty confident my graying hair will be near complete by the end of the year.