I'm not even sure how to start this post, I'm so upset almost every day. DD (5.5 yo) is in Reception. She is doing very well academically and is very compliant at school.
At home however we are battling with everything and my patience is very low these days, I find myself shouting as nothing ever gets done until I get upset.
For instance I'll tell her dinner will be ready in 5 mins, so please wash your hands and sit at the table. She says yes, I will. 5 mins later she is busy with something, I'd ask her again and again, 15-20 mins later dinner is cold and she is still not at the table. When I tell her for the 25th time I end up shouting and then we all get upset and she gets angry.
This is every day with pretty much everything. I end up getting her dressed, washing her hands, cleaning her teeth, bed time is actually the worst. She ends up going later than she should and then she is tired and upset in the morning.
I know this is not unusual for a child of her age, but the other day we were getting ready for her gym class and there were 2 other girls of exactly the same age in there getting ready who just sat down and got changed with very little help or push from their mums, while I kept asking DD to come back, wash her hands, dry her hands and so on.
Can anyone relate? I'm just dreading mornings/evenings and I feel we shouldn't deal with this much drama.