First off I want to say I'm going to ring the health visitor today for advice, but I'd like to have a chat in general about 3 year old behaviour and when enough is enough.
My son has just turned 3 (youngest sibling so not my first) He is absolutely I relentless and getting worse.
He firstly hates wearing clothes. It's a daily battle to get him to stay wearing his clothes.
Tantrums last well over an hour. If he doesn't get his own way or things aren't how he wants them it's never ending.
He will purposefully break things and throw anything he can find. He will tell you "I'm going to break this"
He cannot manage a school run without something setting him off. It's a daily occurrence. I have nobody to have him while I do the school run either.
Example this morning someone pressed the button the for the traffic lights and he wanted to.This caused him to have a meltdown, refuse to walk and then scream the whole way to and back from school.
He dosent sit in a pushchair as he can unbuckle himself. If I carry him while in a tantrum I can just about hold him, sometimes he kicks and smacks. So I just basically hold his hand and walk him along while he screams "get off me"
Everything seems to set him off and as he's getting older its getting worse. When he is in a good mood he is the best little boy. He has a lovely kind manner and is very clever. You can have a little conversation with him, he asks lots of questions, loves reading books, happy to go out walking etc.
But the tantrums are absolutely wearing me out.