Our 3.8 year old dd is very difficult to deal with at the moment. She is incredibly stubborn and has very set ways of doing things, but it is getting to a point where it is making it difficult to do simple things like getting to school or walking down the street.
Yesterday we had to meet her older sister being dropped off at the local leisure centre, but in order to do so we had to walk down the high street, she wanted to go a different way , which would have taken us in opposite direction. There was nothing I could do to budge her, she tipped the pushchair (with ds in) over, hit me and screamed like a banshee, eventually I called my dh who came and managed to get her in the car.
This morning I couldn't get her to leave the house for the school run, it was horrendous, and I ended up in tears dd1 was late, I kept dd2 at home. I am so worried that I seem to have no way of dealing with her, I have tried everything I can think of, but she just goes into a blind rage and is immovable.
I know that this is a difficult age, and I know that she has been unsettled by the arrival of her brother (6 months old), but I worry that this isn't 'normal' behaviour or a phase, and even if it is, I could really do with some advice on how best to deal with it. Also where is the best place to ask for advice on this sort of thing, the doctors? HealthVisitor?
Any words of advice or help would be very great. Thankyou.