The tantrums, the screaming, the fits over minor things that last forever. My youngest DD is driving me slowly insane! I think the most difficult thing to deal with is that she'll scream into my face, "Don't talk to me!" when I try and get down to her level to get her to calm down.
Example: Yesterday she was playing doggie with her big sister and she took off the leash they were playing with and started swinging it around. The metal clip swung right into DD1's mouth, cutting her slightly, so I asked her to give me the leash since she was being unsafe with it. She refused, and continued to swing it. I told her I was taking it and she clung to that thing with her kung-fu death grip until I had to pry it out of her hands. I put it on top of the refrigerator as she stormed and screamed and yelled. Every time I tried to tell her the leash was put away because she hurt her sister with it, she would scream and yell, "Don't talk to me, Mama! Don't say anything!" and try and put her hand over my mouth. I thought she had calmed down a little, but 5 minutes later she had dragged the tall barstool over to the fridge and was trying to reach that %&*$ leash again
! So I put it "away" and she launched into another tirade.
What can I do here? This is just one example of many, many instances that happen on a daily basis when she doesn't get what she wants. I hate the anger I feel when it happens too, although I am able to keep it in check. I just feel powerless.
Ugh. You'd think that with her being my 3rd, I'd have a clue, but the other two didn't throw monster tantrums like this.
Example: Yesterday she was playing doggie with her big sister and she took off the leash they were playing with and started swinging it around. The metal clip swung right into DD1's mouth, cutting her slightly, so I asked her to give me the leash since she was being unsafe with it. She refused, and continued to swing it. I told her I was taking it and she clung to that thing with her kung-fu death grip until I had to pry it out of her hands. I put it on top of the refrigerator as she stormed and screamed and yelled. Every time I tried to tell her the leash was put away because she hurt her sister with it, she would scream and yell, "Don't talk to me, Mama! Don't say anything!" and try and put her hand over my mouth. I thought she had calmed down a little, but 5 minutes later she had dragged the tall barstool over to the fridge and was trying to reach that %&*$ leash again
! So I put it "away" and she launched into another tirade.What can I do here? This is just one example of many, many instances that happen on a daily basis when she doesn't get what she wants. I hate the anger I feel when it happens too, although I am able to keep it in check. I just feel powerless.
Ugh. You'd think that with her being my 3rd, I'd have a clue, but the other two didn't throw monster tantrums like this.
And the fact that she directs all of this at me and not at DH is frustrating too. So hard not to take it personally.
