Hi,
Sorry for the long post in advance! My 3 year old dd has always been a handful since birth. She cried constantly like no other baby and through toddlerhood has just been difficult with tantrums, shouting, screaming and even roaring at us. She can simetimes wake up in the morning in a foul mood refusing to speak or even look at us.
I'm totally at my wits end with having to tread on eggshells around her. The latest thing is to purposefully wet herself. It took months and months to get her potty trained because she's a defiant madam and now were back to the start with her going through 10 pairs of leggings a day. I know it's deliberate as I tried 4 days of completely ignoring it and after an hour or so of leaving her in her wet clothes and pretending not to have noticed she will say 'look at that, it's wee' with a smile on her face.
I feel like she's trying to get attention or control of some sort but I play with her a lot of the day, we go out for walks, read books etc. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong to raise such an unhappy child. She can be really lovely for example when her baby brother is crying she'll give him a cuddle and say 'I'll look after you'.
Can anyone shed any light or give just a bit of advice? I feel totally broken and exhausted trying to figure out why she behaves so badly and wetting herself constantly.
Thanks x