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Can't cope with my three year old.

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JuJu2017 · 08/05/2018 13:40

I have a three year old on and I'm at my wit's end. He's naughty, and I can't seem to find a punishment that works for him. He kicks, screams, bites, hits, smacks his baby brother, tips things upside down such as baby chairs, toys, etc, doesn't listen to me at all, continues to do things when I've told him not to do it. He won't sleep in his room, he's in mine and his dad's room. If we try to put him in his room he screams. We've tried leaving him to it but he screamed for literally 2 hours with no break and made himself sick. I understand that this probably doesn't sound like much but it's getting unbearable. I spend my days shouting at him and I hate that I yell so much - especially when all it seems to do is wind him up more! I've tried ignoring the bad and praising the good, sticker charts, but I'm at my wit's end. He's known as the naughty kid in our family and it breaks my heart. I should caveat this by saying I absolutely adore him and when he's good, there's no better child to be around. But this behaviour dominates around 70% of our day and I don't want our days together to just be me shouting at him and him feeling like he's being naughty. Anyone got any tips, or have been in the same boat??

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AjasLipstick · 08/05/2018 14:01

How is his language developing?

JuJu2017 · 08/05/2018 14:34

His language is developing perfectly. I asked the health visitor for some help with him recently and he scored above average on all her tests. He can express himself clearly so I don't think it's a frustration thing. We can't afford to send him to nursery while I'm on maternity leave and he doesn't quality for free hours until September so I'm thinking boredom might be exacerbating the issue

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AjasLipstick · 08/05/2018 15:01

How's his diet OP? Is he eating well? What's a typical day's menu? I ask because one of mine (now 13) was and is terribly sensitive to additives.

When she has anything with ANY colourings or additives, she goes downhill in terms of her behaviour rapidly. It might be that she has a sensitivity to one or two particular things but we've never worked it out so we just cut out all processed foods and drinks entirely and it worked.

She has sugar...things like icecream or homemade cakes...but never things like premade biscuits or squashes or sweets/

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