I'm reaching the end of my tether!!! My son has always been reasonable about going to bed, sometimes showing a little resistance but mainly I can handle it. I have a bed time routine, I warn him of bed time, I get him to brush his teeth, pyjamas, then in bed with milk, read a story, kiss and off he goes to sleep.
The last few nights he's got worse and worse, really kicking me when I put his pyjamas on and screaming at me. Last night he took his bed pants off and threw them at me and continued to scream. I lost my temper and shouted, carried him upstairs whilst he screamed and got so worked up. I couldn't handle it so left him for a few minutes before returning with milk and read him a story and he went to sleep.
Tonight it was so much worse, he kicked and kicked, I remained calm until he kicked me in the face. I lost my temper again, and did the exact same thing. When I returned I hugged him, he was so worked up and I was too! We hugged and cried, and I tried to explain it's not nice to kick me in the face. He calmed down, I brought him milk but I couldn't read a story, I needed to get away.
I feel like the worst mother for losing my temper, I have no idea how to deal with this. I dread bed time, I try so hard to remain calm and strong but I feel so broken and stressed. I have no one to help me, I'm a single mum, no one seems to be able to offer advice. His Dad can only take him one or two nights a week, of course he's a little angel for him. And it's not like I'm not nice and trying to make his life nice and fun, we had a lovely day going to the park and we made cakes. But I don't think I can handle him much longer. Has anyone been through anything similar?
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Violent toddler at bed time HELP!!!
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LucyDeadman · 28/03/2019 19:44
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