Please can someone recommend the best parenting books or videos or whatever for me to look into?
I have a four year old that is running rings around me. Especially since I've had my second baby 5 months ago. Shes exhausting, she can be violent towards me mainly, she is so defiant, she lies and she is just such hard work. It's so sad, I love her so much, she is so funny and bubbly but I just cant seem to get through to her at all. I repeat myself 10 times a day, stop trying to hurt the baby, please eat your dinner(it takes her over an hour to eat her dinner), please just listen to what I am saying. I say something, she nods, I ask what I have just said and she cant remember.
I just want to be able to get through to her and calm her down. I cant seem to do it. She doesnt like me at all right now either which makes me so upset. I am definitely bad cop while dad is good cop. Shes always been very defiant but recently it's so hard to manage. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.