Oh my life. Threenagers - how do you cope?!

[TeddyIsaHe]

Dd turned 3 at the start of the month and seemingly overnight has gone from happy, funny 2 year old to screaming, defiant, refusing to do anything 3 year old.

We’re both suffering. I’m stressed and she’s feeding off of it, but as soon as we make up and laugh again, she bites me or tries to run off and there we go again.

I’m a single parent so no one to share the load with and it’s really getting to me.

Any top tips on how to cope until she’s reasonable again?!! Apart from gallons of wine?

Do you get much of a break? Nursery?

I just read the whole brained child and it kind of helps - trying to help them work through frustration and anger instead of acting up, trying not to react to negative attention-seeking behaviour... it's bloody hard though, even more so as a sm