Maybe I'm expecting too much but she's just such hard work.
Every time we go to do something fun, she never wants to leave. She's so defiant.
Everything is ' NO '.
No matter what I try to do, she just doesn't do as she's told.
Maybe I'm expecting too much from her ?
For example today we went to soft play and when it was time to leave, I tried to distract immediately with ' hey susie let's go to the toy shop '. I genuinely was going to take her there and she was like ' NO ' so I said, we do need to go now though. So I went over to her with her shoes in my hand and she was sticking her tongue out at me and laughing at me going ' da da da da da ' and blowing at me. So I said, put your shoes on. She said no. Then I said ok I can see you're having trouble listening right now, so I'm going to help you. She was kicking me whilst I was trying to put her shoes on and sticking her tongue out.
Anyway I managed to get her out. I told her it wasn't acceptable and therefore we were not going to the toy shop because she didn't listen and she kicked me etc.
Later on I asked her about it and asked her why she didn't listen and kicked me when we needed to leave and she said she was just playing. I explained sometimes we can't just play and it's not nice to kick etc.
Anyway it's like this a lot when we need to leave places and I'm sick and tired of it.
Hair drying and brushing can be a challenge as well sometimes. It's very frustrating and nothing I do helps. Any advice ?