my toddler has been having a really rough week. it started with a 3hr screaming session on sunday. every day he fluctuates between being lovely and funny, and then having monstrous tantrums over nothing, they just start!
im thinking he's quite possibly teething: he keeps not wanting to eat and crying when i put him in his highchair.
i find it extra frustrating cos he's an exceptionally good talker for his age. he easily does 8 or 10 word sentences, and has a range of words for different feelings: he can explain the difference between frustrated and sad for example.
so he may well have extra reasons for being so unhappy at the moment, but i am so disappointed in myself as a parent! other mums seem to feel unconditional and consistent love for their kids, but when he's difficult i fantasiise about leaving, and i really feel angry at him rather than sympathetic.today i hissed at him, just like i do the cats in the garden, after he'd been throwing himself at me continuously. and with the getting dressed thing i have shouted 'for fucks sake' after 30 mins of trying to put his clothes on (we had to go out, otherwise he can be naked if he really wants!) and i am ashamed to say i even called him a stupid brat about a week ago.
my partner and i do 50/50, and he is much calmer than me, he never seems to lose his temper like i do. i know that when i get angry it doesn't help but i find it so difficult when ive been shouted and screamed at for so long.
he doesn't usually tantrum every day or anything, its only been this week. which makes me feel extra bad, cos why can't i be more empathic and sympathetic towards him?
can someone please tell me they get equally infuriated?