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morning battles... the terrible 5's?

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Hi All... New to this board but hoping to get some advice and/or just vent. My son will turn 5 tomorrow and I've noticed a dramatic shift in his behavior just in the last month. He's a really good kid most of the time, but lately he's just giving us BIG attitude about everything - whining, crying and being defiant. Particularly we seem to have issues in the morning getting ready. Sometimes just getting him to brush his teeth and put his clothes on becomes World War 3 unless we do it for him. 

This morning we asked him to brush his teeth at least 3 times. 20 minutes later it still wasn't done. I ask him why he wasn't obeying and instead of answering, he takes on this crossing him arms, closing his eyes and putting his nose in the air posture. I put him in time out for 10 minutes, but when I came back he was still being defiant and talking back. At this point I lost my cool and started yelling. We both ended up in tears before it was all through...  

 I feel awful but I'm losing patience and don't know what to do. DH and I know that he's perfectly capable of getting dressed and ready by himself, but I hate to have these AM battles constantly. It really has not made for a good start to my Monday.

Anyone else dealing with morning battles, attitude problems, etc? I feel like I need the supernanny.

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Re: morning battles... the terrible 5's?

  • mabma80mabma80
    DS#1 will be five in Sept, and he started this attitude thing the beginning of the year.  DH thinks we should call super nanny too! HAHA!!  My nephew went throught the same thing.  He's 7 now and has his moments, but over all has gotten over it.  It's just another phase you gotta stick out, just like I tell DH.  : )
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  • shouldbworkinshouldbworkin
    Welcome to 5!  DS has gotten a lot better lately, but some days are still a challenge.  Choices still help a lot.  As well as a lot of positive reinforcement.  When I tell him he's a good listener and he makes me so proud when he listens well and then I ask him to do something, he can't help but follow through with what I ask.
    DS1 age 7, DD age 5 and DS2 born 4/3/12
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