So my 3.3 year old ds has turned from a lovely little boy into a total PITA - been like this about 6 weeks now. He is SO defiant. Good example is post nursery battle yesterday - it's a good 25 minute walk home and so I still have the buggy in case he gets tired. He demands to be carried. He say no - offer him the choice, it's buggy or walk. It starts pissing with rain and he throws himself on the floor and demands to be carried. I offer him one last chance to decide what happens and say I understand you want mummy to carry you but you are too heavy so you need to walk or go in the buggy otherwise I will just strap you into the buggy myself, he continues to scream. So I strap him into the buggy. Hysterics. He then says he wants to get out and walk - fine. Get him out and he immediately throws himself on the floor again. Repeat x100000.
Then just now, another example. Wants to play with his wooden trainset. Fine, we play with it together then he starts trying to throw it around. I tell him no, that's dangerous, he continues. I tell him if he carries on we will put away the train. He continues, so I put away the train. Hysterics.
Bedtime is another battle. Stalling, hysterical crying, general pissing about.
Honestly I know this is all normal but I don't know how to deal with it. I'm not very patient and just end up shouting at him which is not ideal.
Any tips? Anyone else's 3yo doing their nut in?! He skipped the terrible twos entirely.