I put my 3 year old to bed without a story and he is currently screaming in his room while I breast feed DD to sleep. It feels horrible but I just don't know what else to do. I feel like I have to threaten to do something like this and really follow it through in the hope that he might actually listen in future when I tell him not to do something naughty. He just completely ignores me......I must have really gone wrong somewhere with parenting skills.
The kids were both having a bath, I took DD out first and put on her pyjamas. When I was about to take DS out he started flinging a wet flannel at her so I asked him to stop as he would get her pyjamas all wet (although she seemed to enjoy it), he carried on and did it again....and again...and again. Each time I got more cross and spoke in a more firm tone. I then ended up REALLY shouting.....to which he hardly took any notice at all, probably because mummy shouting is such a regular thing so who cares?? I hate the fact that he doesn't listen or obey and that shouting doesn't even have any effect at all. I also worry that eventually I'm going to have these exact same problems with DD then I will be stressed out with 2 crazy kids whereas at the mo DD is 13 months old so isn't naughty as such and she kind of cushions the blow of having a nightmare 3 year old!
Was i too harsh to put him to bed without a story and let him cry (although having said that since i began writing this its all gone very quiet)? Any advice would be gratefully received as I feel like I'm going insane
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Is it OK that I've left my 3 year old to cry (+ other problems)?
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LMonkey · 18/04/2016 20:08
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