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My 2 and a half year old is driving me insane

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DiagonAllieBongo · 12/07/2007 19:07

Some days, i feel so stressed that i could run away and leave them all to it. dd has been a stroppy little beast for nearly a year. she has horrendous tantrums, cannot be distracted or talked around. will pinch or hit another child for no reason. will not sit in a buggy, will not hold my hand and walk, flops to the floor, screams, kicks, pinches and generally fights me every step of the way. i cannot get her in the car sometimes, people stop and have a good old snout. She eats a healthy diet, is on some medication for her asthma (although steroids make her worse) but the behaviour started before the medication came along. My HV was as helpful as they usually are, by giving me some leaflets. I never give in to her, i stick by my word, but still she pushes. I am so sick and tired of it I don't know what else to do ds (7) winds her up so that doesn't help, but then I am so stressed I have no patience left for him and end up shouting or crying. any advice?

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Othersideofthechannel · 13/07/2007 12:25

Oh, it's like that in our car too! We have our own driveway so I usually put her in the car and leave her to her own devices then load up the boot, help DS zip his coat etc. Takes about 10 mins to get her in her seat on average. But once she's strapped in she gets to hold her favourite soft toy so she eventually does. At least she's having fun for 5 or 10 minutes rather than a fight.

We have to pick DS up from école maternelle by car and we are always last to leave the car park. Sometime the teacher leaves before us!

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