Just turned 6 year old (end of July). Really starting to get on my nerves.
Won’t use the toilet at all. It’s not an infection or anything like that it’s flat out refusal, they keep deliberately peeing and pooing everywhere and then shouting proudly about how they didn’t go to the toilet. I’ve told them that they have to use the toilet and they say they don’t.
Every meal I give them ends up being pushed onto the floor with them declaring the only thing they can possibly eat is chocolate or icecream. They’re starting to lose weight from lack of eating anything.
They’re tired but refuse to sleep. They were still awake at midnight and then no matter what time they go to bed the day starts at 5.45am, 6.15 if I’m lucky. They literally sit playing while rubbing their eyes in their room. Room is completely dark; blackout blind, door shut (I have a video monitor so can see what they’re doing).
It’s got to the point that even the cat looking at them is causing behaviour problems; screaming and crying.
I am exhausted. They’re exhausted but nothing is improving. Timeouts result in me getting bitten as I put them on the timeout spot, I’ve let them choose the menu for food and get told they want icecream or sweets and can’t possibly eat anything else. I’ve tried leaving them to fall asleep in their natural rhythm but they still wake up at 5.45am.
I am on my own with them and get 2 days break a month when they go to their dads for 24 hours. This is new behaviour and completely unlike them, they can be a bit grumpy but usually pretty well behaved, feels grown up using the toilet (and I’d even take them calling me to wipe their bottom over not using it at all) and is generally pretty good. ExH isn’t due to have them again until end of August due to his work schedule.
They went back to school for a half term on 2/6 and school said they were a bit tearful and got a bit overexcited seeing their friends but no bad behaviour.
I don’t know what to do. It’s just me and them at home, my mum will help but will just load them up with sweets rather than anything useful and then they’ll just be twice as bad later. Her class are having a Social Distanced picnic in a few weeks’ time but she doesn’t know about it as no date set in stone due to weather. She’s played with my neighbours children in their garden (I don’t have a garden) and we’ve been to the park where neither I or another childs parent stopped them playing together. But behaviour at home is still bad.
Behaviour started during the 2nd week of the holidays, we’re now in 4th week as school closed early to years R and 1 so all of year 6 could be together.
Is this my life now?