Recently my 3 year old DD's behavior has become increasingly worse over the past few weeks towards me. She's been telling me to shut my mouth and won't listen to anything I tell her to do. Been biting and pinching aswell. If she wants something she's just not taking no for an answer and tries to just do it herself or screams the place down with "I WANT IT!" Today I told her to tidy her room 3 times. She know's what to do. She used to love helping me around the house before all this started and at nursery when they did tidy up time. Every time I asked her she just made it messier and would laugh at me. Two hours ago I cracked and said to her for every 10 mins she doesn't tidy her room i'm taking away 4 toys as she can't look after them; and they've gone in the unused pantry in the kitchen. We're both very stubborn and she just laughed and watching me do the process every 10 mins. Now its two hours later and she sat in an empty room (i say empty she still has her bookcase, wardrobe, armchair and chest of drawers in there) without a care in the world. She's not bothered about what I've done and says she's still not going to tidy up when her toys come back. Which shes expecting. Have I been too harsh on her? Should I give them all back? Not sure how to proceed from here as expected her reaction to be very different. Feeling like a very cra*py mother right now.
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