I meant to say oooggs - good on you for doing the cellar. Our washing machine packed up last week (great timing ) and before the new one was delivered on Tuesday, I had to hoover the walls of the cellar to get rid of the cobwebs and the dust .
I need some help girls...DT2 is being a complete nightmare very trying at the moment. DH just keeps saying that she's just pushing her boundaries, trying to see how far she can go, which is true, but it's really hard to deal with and she's just pushing all my buttons. She's taking ages to settle at night, which is really trying my patience and as we've got all 3 girls in one room because the DTs room is so cold, it's keeping DD1 awake (DT1 could sleep through anything). If she wakes up in the night she then won't settle again and the last thing I need is a huge tantrum in the middle of the night. Last week she had an hour-long tantrum because we couldn't go for lunch with the friends we'd been playing with in the park - no amount of reasoning would calm her down and I just had to leave her in the hall on her own or I wouldn't have been responsible for my actions. She refuses to do anything when I ask her to, and doesn't respond to bribery incentivisation or threats. She won't tidy up with the other two, so they get a reward for tidying (like watching telly) which she benefits from without having put in any of the hard work.
She used to have sticker chart, but it didn't seem to make any difference. They now each have a pasta jar - DT1's is nearly full, DD1's is going strong, DT2 is lagging behind...I had thought that making it a bit of a competition to see who could fill up their jar first and get their treat would be a bit more of an incentive, but it's just not working.
So any tips most gratefully received as to how to deal with this - she's a lovely little girl some most of the time, but this is making it hard for me to enjoy her at the moment.
Right, now I am going to clear out the cupboards .