Hi all,
I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old who really really dislike each other. I appreciate sibling rivalry, fighting, winding each other up is normal but this is constant and on another level and my children are so unhappy.
My 5 year old goes out of her way to wind my younger boy up constantly; he’s not allowed to ask her a question, talk to her, look at her, come in her room without her shouting at him. She won’t say good morning/goodbye to him. She says mean things to him and puts her down all the time.
My three year old annoys her purposefully all the time so I think she really resents him. She’s scared of him being near her things or in her room. My three year old responds to the way she speaks to him usually by screaming at her or hitting/pushing.
I’m struggling to get anything done at all because I just can’t leave them. My husband and I have to wait for them to be in bed to have any conversation because it’s literally interrupted every minute or two with an argument.
Has anyone been in a similar situation, I just don’t know what to do; where to start or who to turn to. I’m so worried about how much this is damaging every relationship in the house :-(