4 year old getting stuck on me thing and can't stop

[houseofboy]

Ds4 is going through a stage of wanting something and if we say no goes on repeat sometimes we can distract him but currently he woke up from a nightmare and now screaming because he wants his favourite programme (we offered him to calm him down before going back to bed) on a tv not the tablet we offered. He can't be reasoned with when he is like this often we end up walking away and leaving his to scream until he calms down going to check in him and offering him an option out.

Feel like we are not managing this very well and really we need to find a way to stop the escalation before we him the screaming stage. Any ideas ??

What worked at a very early age with my dd was obviously not giving in to her demands but also instilling consequences (not punishments) for such behaviour. Eg if she had a tantrum because she didn't want to turn her TV show off then we let her finish being upset but once she was more regulated we explained that this behaviour isn't acceptable and that if she finds it this hard to turn the TV off we'd have to stop her watching it. We then wouldn't have the TV on for a couple of days and would remind her why if she asked. It didn't take many times for her realising that we meant business for her to mind how she behaved and she rarely kicks up a fuss now when we tell her to turn it off. Giving her the power to turn it off (on the understanding that we do it for her if she won't) has also been very helpful. Each to their own but I definitely wouldn't give a child screen time in the middle of the night for any reason. It's too stimulating and will become a behaviour pattern. A cuddle in bed with mummy/daddy and their favourite soft toy should be all they need x

Definitely no screen time overnight, it will only keep him up longer because of the blue light.

I think you just have to gently and calmly enforce the boundary but I wouldn't walk away no matter how frustrating his screaming is.