oh my god, I can't cope with my 2 year old.

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dd is 2.5. Everything is SUCH a drama. tantrums rule our lives, and I am SICK of it.

today she hit her friend (as always ) she had time out but hit her again later so we went home as the child's parents are (understandably) getting fed up with it.

she screamed at the thought of going out in the car, but we went anyway with her screaming and sobbing in the back, she enjoyed herself when she got there

She refused to eat lunch as she "doesn't like cheese"

she threw herself on the floor when asked to put her coat on so we had to sit back down and ignore her until she was ready to put it on, then we left.

she threw all her toys around when we got home so they got confiscated and she had a meltdown.

She attacked the dog so went outside for time out whilst she calmed down.

she hit me so went back into time out.

she threw her dinner on the floor when she was presented with it so is now screaming as it was taken away (she will have it back when she calms down and apologises)

I wouldn't mind but I spend every minute of the day with her as she is unable to play alone, so none of this is from boredom or being ignored.

Doesnt help that I have PMT either, but good god, I'm exhausted and dreading tomorrow.

Realistically I do know that there are many many good points in the day and she makes me laugh and we have lovely times together, but still, tis very hard.

with my very difficult 2 and half yr old dd at this time of the day I would run a nice deep bath and get in it with her.

Try and forget about today and start afresh, then have a nice story, do all the rituals that come at bedtime, then a nice glass of wine and relax

is dh/p around, sounds like you've been on your own all day

nice bath sounds lovely thank you

dh is around but we try to have some "me" tims at weekends, yesterday was my day I had a lie in, went for a run around midday and then in the evening escaped to read a book - DH had temper tantrums galore from dd - he didn't even get to leave the house

today was dh's day, he was around and did help when he was, but he went for a run this morning, did some car/bike cleaning/stuff this afternoon and was cooking our dinner this evening.

dd now has her dinner, is being lovely again and I'm finding it hard to remember why I wanted to kill her five minutes ago.

Aaw you poor thing, it's is hard, I've got a ds the same age and some days it's a struggle, especially when you spend all day with them with no respite.

Luckily my ds will play by himself (but then you get made to feel like a bad mum for NOT playing with him every waking hour of the day so you can't win...)

I take him to a group for 2 yr old where he stays for two hours and I go home, that provides a bit of much needed time off and appeases the guilt because I know he's having fun. Do you do anything like that, or could you? I know that doesn't help today, but I find knowing I'll have some time off sometime in the week helps a lot.

Chalk it up to a hard day, at least it'll be over fairly soon and you can get a bit of peace!