I have a 3 year old Daughter who is, on the whole, very loving, kind and sweet.
Since my 2nd child was born, she has been a lot more difficult. She has completely stopped listening to me and won't do anything I ask.
For example, when I take her on walks by the river etc, she will run off. I shout her name and ask her to wait for me, she looks back at me and carries on running until she is out of sight. I have my 4 month old in a pram so it's not always easy to catch up with her. After shouting about 4/5 times and getting more angry, she will finally stop. The same thing happens with going in the river. She will try and go really far in and doesn't listen to me saying stop. I'm always in wellies and follow her in, but she is desperate to ignore me and just do what she wants. If I ask her not to touch something (because it could potentially be dangerous), the first thing she does is touch it.
I know those examples don't sound awful, but I feel like I have to ask 100 times and get angrier and angrier before she takes any notice.
Does anyone have any tips they could give me that I can try? Ideally I don't want to be there screaming the poor girls name until she listens. I try my best to be positive and try and do the whole gentle parenting thing, but I'll be honest she drives me up the wall at times and it's hard to be calm.
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How to get toddler to listen
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WeEE · 06/08/2020 22:38
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