I'm at the end of my tether with my just turned 5 year old. He is sweet, loving, intelligent and a joy to be around until he turns into a stubborn screaming banshee.
Every single bedtime turns into a stand off. Not the going to bed part, the putting on pyjamas part. He will mess around act the fool etc. Basically anything to avoid getting changed. I've tried 1,2,3 remove toy, pleading with him, star charts even bribery nothing works and he just screams at me. I'm ashamed to say I lost it with him tonight and put him in his room telling him he can come out when he has his pjamas on. An hour of screaming he finally complies and everyone is strung out.
It's not just getting dressed for bed, that's just one example, it's getting dressed for anything. Even for things he wants to go to like parties etc.
Yet if he wants to he can be dressed in a flash.
Why?! How can we solve this?
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End of tether!
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Dementedswan · 28/09/2016 20:35
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