I'm at the end of my tether!
My 5 year old daughter hits, bites, kicks, punches, scratches me and pulls my hair whenever she doesn't get her own way!
She's a big girl, already 4ft3"....she hurts me and I'm scared to say no to her!
I'm a single mum and do everything for her, she won't get dressed herself, wipe her bottom, tidy up her mess, look after her toys etc.....she is running me ragged! I really don't know what to do.
This afternoon she has swimming lessons which she loves, I asked her to go upstairs and start getting ready and her response was "NO!" So I said well you can't go swimming then, anyway after a long battle to get her upstairs to take school uniform off and get ready she threw herself on the bed and again refused to get ready....I was so frustrated I just said fine you're not going and went into my bedroom....she came in and attacked me! I pushed her out of my room and leant on the door so she couldn't come in. She kicked a hole in my door, screamed the house down, told me I'm a horrible mummy, she hated me, wanted a new mum. This went on for about 45 mins....I thought she would calm down but she just got worse! So I opened the door and she just carried on!! So.....to get some peace I'm sat in the coffee shop whilst she's swimming! I'm a mug for bringing her aren't i? But I don't know what to do? Can anyone help me?