I am on my knees with this whiney, contrary, annoying, whinging, crying child I appear to have spawned.
is this just his age? or I have got a brat on my hands forever?
he cannot share. he cannot cope with being told to wait, or told "no". When things aren't right for him, he collapses in floods of tears and terrible wailing and sobbing that goes on for ages.
I don't give into the tears unless I think I've picked the wrong battle or been overly harsh, would say 90% of the time I stick to my guns.
Right now I actually feel completely mean as I am constantly telling him to behave, to stop crying, to stop whinging etc. he gets loads of attention and cuddles and playtime and toys and outings .... I think he gets a good balance of lovely things to do vs appropriate discipline, emphasis on manners etc but I'm obviously going wrong somewhere because his crying and wailing is so trigger-happy. I can't bear it any more!