Please help!
I have a 20 month old DD and I am 6 months pregnant.
I have almost given up trying to go shopping,go to anyone elses house or go into a coffee shop to have a drink.
An example I shall give!
We go into Asda, I put her in the trolley. (I tend to shop every day to get me out of the house and because I don't have access to a car and ASDA is just opposite)
5 minutes in, she starts yelling, I ignore it for a little. She wants to go in the back of the trolley. I put her in but tell her she must sit down, she sits down. I turn my back and she is up, playing with the shopping and ripping packets open, putting things in the trolley I don't want. I tell her she is going back in the seat at the front. I struggle for about 5 minutes, getting red in the face and flustered. She kicks and struggles and I physically cannot get her into the seat. I give up and leave her to sit in the back, she looks up at me and starts grinning. She knows she has won, I feel like an idiot and make a dash out of the shop. (with her!)
Other times she wants something and I tell her no, I do what I feel I should be doing and I don't back down. She will start yelling and rolling around on the floor (shops,cafes etc)
Please can anyone give me any advice. I do things with her and make sure she is occupied as much as I can and she is usually ok at home or if we are outside walking.
She doesn't seem to play up much with my husband (but obviously he is not at home with her all day like I am) She won't let me clean her teeth but she lets him clean them...He thinks I am letting her walk over me but what else can I do?
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