My daughter is usually a poppet. However, every single morning for the past two weeks she wakes up and is an angel, and the minute we start getting our coats and shoes on to go to nursery it is like a red mist comes over her and she slaps me continuously with both hands, runs off to hide somewhere if I try and get her, then when I get her out again she starts smacking again, screaming and crying and will not stop. They are really hard too, they leave marks.
I try being calm, this morning I shut her in the lounge until she calmed down, asked for an apology and she started again. The ONLY thing that works is physically restraining her, and the minute you let go she starts again. No doesn't work, the naughty step doesn't work, 5 mins on her own doesn't work, ignoring it just gets you hit harder-the only thing that really works is leaving her in her room for an hour, but I can't do that first thing in the morning. This morning I got so stressed and late that I hit her back on her arm and shouted no, which stopped her doing it, but I can't solve the behavior with smacking and now can't get rid of my guilt. I'm ending up late for work every day-today 3/4 of an hour. We cycle in so I can't just strap her in to the car-she has to be fairly compus mentus to hold on to her handlebars (her bike is attached to the back of mine). Nursery have also noticed that her bahaviour is deteriorating this week-she finishes in two weeks so may be worried about that.
Please help me.