I’m at my wits end. Love DS1 to bits and I give him attention and am consistent with discipline but he is a little monster. He hurts me by accident and then laughs when I tell him he has hurt me. He stomps on the floor because he knows it makes me anxious (downstairs neighbours can be arseholes). He shouts at the top of his voice constantly and it’s bad because DH does the night shift and needs quiet to sleep in our tiny flat and it’s not easy. We go out each day to burn energy but it does nothing for his attitude. And this is before he starts really being naughty. He kicks, bites, scratches, soils himself, spits, runs away and hides in shops or on the street and calls me names. I have ways of dealing with all of this but it happens again. DH gets it just as bad.
I have a three month old too and yes I realise this is almost certainly sibling rivalry/jealousy but he ruins even our one on one time by being awful. I make sure to spend time with him one on one and so does DH.
ANYWAY. I’m satisfied with our discipline methods (after trying a billion ways) and I know it’s sibling rivalry to an extent but I’m tired and rather than hear about what I should try next, I could really do with hearing some success stories. When did your child stop being a little shit(if they were )? And is DS2 likely to be the same? I just can’t face this if it’s going to go on until he’s 5,6,7 or older.
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Tell me your success stories - when did your 3 year old grow out of being a little shit
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Pansy0926 · 18/08/2018 14:08
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