DD nearly crying, screaming and having complete meltdowns....

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DD is acting like a little devil at the moment. I cant understand why she is acting this way.

She goes through stages of being so well behaved sometimes. And other times she is a little devil.

She screams and crys at me in the morning and afternoon when she is tired.

I cannot understand why she is going on like this. I dont know if it is something I am doing wrong?

help... I have had enough of listening to my dd screaming at me.

age?

How old is she? How long has she been behaving like this? What triggers it? What makes it stop, or does she just run out of steam?

My DD is ten today, she is the same. I find sending her away from me is the best way to deal with it. for both of us otherwise we end up with her screaming at me, me shouting back and nothing is resolved.
Fingers crossed it will improve now that she is grown up. I doubt it though.

so for the lack of information. my dd is nearly 4.

I do not know what triggers it exactly, usually her being tired and not getting her own way. It can start over me saying no to her having chocolate. or asking her to do something simple like eat breakfast or brush her teeth.

She seems to stop once she has had a big reaction from me, so just when I feel like im about to explode she stops

Hmm, sounds like a normal overtired 4yo to me!!

Yes normal tired 4 yo. I ignore the screaming and moaning. If it gets to much I send her to her room for her own safety

Yes sounds just like my DS who is 3.11, this time last week I was feeling exactly the same as you then I read of the other thread in behavior / development titled 'I think there should be a bloody support group for 3 year olds...' (sorry am techno dense no idea how to link it )it has helped me lots and made me feel a lot calmer about DSs behavior.

You are doing a great job as a mum, its just a new challenge. Good luck

Overtired or hungry - I used to pick up DD from nursery and she would be 'horrible' really child from hell... until I realised she was starving.. so then
I used to meet her brandishing a banana or biscuit or something - what a difference !!

dd is 2.4, she has absolute meltdowns when tired or hungry. hunger is worse than tiredness. try giving her an oatcake or a banana or something when she gets like that, it might help.

Finding this tread has saved my day!

Can I add to this message with a cry for help! I am at my wits end today after a full week of sobbing and down right bad temperedness from DS. He is 3 (4 in July) and we have a 8 month old DD. He loves the bones of her and we have never had any issue of jealousy since she was born - however his relationship with me has changed dramatically and I feel it is coming to a head now.

He is stroppy, whingy, crys at anything, refuses to do anything I ask etc etc etc. I try to be patient but usually end up shouting at him and I then break up inside when I see his sad little face.

We have just come back from 3 months in Australia where we were a tight little unit and since coming back daddy has gone back to work and DS is having to go to Nursery and is preparing for school in september - hence I know that he is reacting to being "pushed out" out of home and is obviously suffering. I just feel that we are at loggerheads all the time when we used to have so much fun. We thought our trup would boost his confidence and help us all get closer after the birth of DD but since we got back in March it seems that the total opposite has happened :-(

What can I do to boost his confidence and rebuild bridges with him?

I know knowone wants to be in this position - but it is a relief that others are having the same issues and it is apparently normal behaviour