I’ve posted about this so many times and tried all the advice and read the books suggested but I’m still stuck….my 5 yr old DD just doesn’t take any notice of me and I’m 1) really fucking fed up of it and 2) just feel really shit that I’m letting her down. Today she was down because 2 friends were having a play date and she wasn’t invited. I tried calmly explaining that she could have her own play date, we would do something fun once we got home or go to the park etc, tried the “tell me how your feeling” and “I understand” etc but her being down ended up her being moody and refusing to come the housing, refusing to take shoes off, refusing everything and then she started choking her uniform off and trying to rip her dress. In the end I told her off and said she needed to calm down and I walked away. She screamed and screamed from the stairs for me to come back and I said I would listen to her once she’d stop screaming and come an apologised. Screaming continued so I said she’d better stop before waking up the baby otherwise she’s going in time out. More screaming, more tantrums and then she started bashing up whatever was around her so I put her in her room for time out. I can hear her crying and trashing her room. Now I feel terrible because she’s even more upset than before because she’s not on a play date plus her mums told her off……but at the same time, why doesn’t she bloody listen to me and then she wouldn’t be on time out!
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