My DS is 3.5 he has always been physical; there was biting for a good year from 18m, plus hitting, pinching, etc. but generally from a year ago we seemed to be on an upswing and I thought I was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately the past two months his behaviour has been on another level. Like all those months of better behaviour have been stored up and unleashed. Today I upset him over something minor (presented him with wrong colour plate) and it just turned into an ungodly amount of violence. He could not be placated. He was pinching, charging at me shaking with rage, and using closed fists to beat me in the head. I was so stunned and broken I curled up on the floor sobbing telling him to stop but he continued. There wasn't a flicker of sympathy or regret. I have tried EVERYTHING discipline wise and am just completely literally and metaphorically beaten. I've put him in his room and I'm shaking and can't stop crying. Despite my worries nursery and HV don't perceive there to be a referral-level degree of issues (though former recognise he can be stubborn and difficult). But this can't be normal, can it? I'm afraid of my own child. Has anyone been here before? Please tell me it gets better, I feel like I already provide a whole host of accommodations and adjustments for him; I cannot be anymore flexible, patient or reasonable. His two siblings already bear the brunt of us having to cater to him and I ask enough of them already. Husband works away for weeks at a time and grandparents just don't want to know. I don't blame them but I'm so so alone and I can't cope I can't believe this is my life