There was me thinking dd would sort of settle down a bit with school starting and her being able to play with her little friends. She'd become rather 'contrary' over the summer...
So what happened in the last 30 minutes? Me asking her nicely to let me use MY computer for 5 minutes and then she can continue playing on it for as long as she likes. She 'no', but of course I took over the computer anyhow only to have her tell me that she hates me and then trying to kick me! I ignored so she gave up and went into the living room. I went in there to have a cup of tea and she starts hitting me! I tell her calmly ... we don't hit people and definitely nto without a reason. She then proceeds to poke tongue out. I told her not to do it or TV is being put to ds's programme and no more for her... queue... screaming fit, to which I gave 3 warnings with 'you're off to your room if you keep this up', which of course she did... so I picked her up and carried her to her room. Q more screaming and I shut the door. Frantic screaming for mama so I open door and ask if she's ready to be a bit more quiet and apologise to mama. NO. So in the end I lost it and asked her whether she wants me to scream the way she does. No reaction except for tongue poking out again so I did my best banshee scream which scared the living hell out of her. She stopped screaming but now she's lying in her bed sobbing . I did apologise for scaring her and explained why I did it...
HELP. What am I doing wrong or is it only another phase?
I know for a fact had dh been home she would have ended up in her room much earlier topped with a slapped bottom and early to bed with no priviledges.