I am at my wits end with DS2.
For example, it has been a struggle this evening. Here is what we have to deal with. Ate just a couple of bits at the table. Then an hour later, he wants food - anything but what he was given for dinner. Refused and sent him to bed, because I am so tired of making 5 meals.
Next was brushing teeth - got into it was Dad and rub his toothpaste off the brush all over the sink because DH wouldn't let him put it on the brush himself.
I come to deal with it...he has taken DD2's small pony tail holders (those very tiny newborn use elastic bands that are about 1/4 from side to side) and had them at the base of all his fingers. I walk into the room where they are (on top of DS1's dresser in a storage organizer), and at some point in time he had dumped all DD2's hair stuff out of the little containers and now the only things left are the elastic and a few of the ribbons, barets, etc.
Then, he was jumping on the bed, after having already been warned once. I get up and go upstairs and tell him he is grounded. Starting Saturday he will help us remove his bed (A few years ago Santa brought him a race car bed from little tykes). I tell him I am done, and after tonight he will be sleeping on the floor and can earn his bed back. (Ok, at this point, I have lost it and am sternly and loudly telling him all this.) I also tell him that he will get no stories or anything tonight.
Right now we are having major melt down, that has been going on since the whole toothpaste issue. to the point he is hysterically crying, banging on doors to get into them.
He is so hard to deal with - I literally have to watch him constantly while at home. It is to the point I can hardly send him up to the bathroom by himself, without him making some huge mess (last mess was unrolling every single roll of toilet paper we had). We have to sit upstairs until he is asleep, otherwise he will sneak (he is very sneaky and quiet) out of his bed and get into trouble - last week he took my facial powder makeup and dumped the entire thing through out the upstairs hall (and it was fairly new), and he also took Sharpis to part of a wall in the hall and in our bedroom.
Another example - before Christmas, he bit a kid in the play area before school. The other kid was pushing on him, and he got frustrated and could not get out to stop to this other kid. I told him he needed to go appologize. He became very stubborn, obstinate and refused. I told him if he didn't appologize he was grounded from the play area until after Christmas break was over. He continued to be stubborn and refused to do anything. So, I told him he couldn't go to school that, because he was not behaving in an a way the school expects him to and I wont have him biting someone or just standing there with arms crossed. He refused to even go to the car. The director of the program had to step in because we had been playing this game of his for 20 minutes at that point.
Bed time is taking hours, he is not sleeping. last night - he took till about 10 pm to go to sleep. I went upstairs (DD2 had woken up with horrible gas and we were still up and about as a result), and he was wide awake and stalking about the hallway. He ran and hid under the covers of my bed. DH said when he woke up at 6:30 this morning, DS2 was wide awake and play. This afternoon he napped for about 45 minutes.
We have other issues as well - constantly chewing on anything and everything. Putting anything and everything into his mouth. DH and I already want to do a consult with the Ped, but need to get it scheduled. If it helps any DS1 has been diagnosed with sleep apnea (we believe DH has and we know FIL has it as he is on a CPAP)
For example, it has been a struggle this evening. Here is what we have to deal with. Ate just a couple of bits at the table. Then an hour later, he wants food - anything but what he was given for dinner. Refused and sent him to bed, because I am so tired of making 5 meals.
Next was brushing teeth - got into it was Dad and rub his toothpaste off the brush all over the sink because DH wouldn't let him put it on the brush himself.
I come to deal with it...he has taken DD2's small pony tail holders (those very tiny newborn use elastic bands that are about 1/4 from side to side) and had them at the base of all his fingers. I walk into the room where they are (on top of DS1's dresser in a storage organizer), and at some point in time he had dumped all DD2's hair stuff out of the little containers and now the only things left are the elastic and a few of the ribbons, barets, etc.
Then, he was jumping on the bed, after having already been warned once. I get up and go upstairs and tell him he is grounded. Starting Saturday he will help us remove his bed (A few years ago Santa brought him a race car bed from little tykes). I tell him I am done, and after tonight he will be sleeping on the floor and can earn his bed back. (Ok, at this point, I have lost it and am sternly and loudly telling him all this.) I also tell him that he will get no stories or anything tonight.
Right now we are having major melt down, that has been going on since the whole toothpaste issue. to the point he is hysterically crying, banging on doors to get into them.
He is so hard to deal with - I literally have to watch him constantly while at home. It is to the point I can hardly send him up to the bathroom by himself, without him making some huge mess (last mess was unrolling every single roll of toilet paper we had). We have to sit upstairs until he is asleep, otherwise he will sneak (he is very sneaky and quiet) out of his bed and get into trouble - last week he took my facial powder makeup and dumped the entire thing through out the upstairs hall (and it was fairly new), and he also took Sharpis to part of a wall in the hall and in our bedroom.
Another example - before Christmas, he bit a kid in the play area before school. The other kid was pushing on him, and he got frustrated and could not get out to stop to this other kid. I told him he needed to go appologize. He became very stubborn, obstinate and refused. I told him if he didn't appologize he was grounded from the play area until after Christmas break was over. He continued to be stubborn and refused to do anything. So, I told him he couldn't go to school that, because he was not behaving in an a way the school expects him to and I wont have him biting someone or just standing there with arms crossed. He refused to even go to the car. The director of the program had to step in because we had been playing this game of his for 20 minutes at that point.
Bed time is taking hours, he is not sleeping. last night - he took till about 10 pm to go to sleep. I went upstairs (DD2 had woken up with horrible gas and we were still up and about as a result), and he was wide awake and stalking about the hallway. He ran and hid under the covers of my bed. DH said when he woke up at 6:30 this morning, DS2 was wide awake and play. This afternoon he napped for about 45 minutes.
We have other issues as well - constantly chewing on anything and everything. Putting anything and everything into his mouth. DH and I already want to do a consult with the Ped, but need to get it scheduled. If it helps any DS1 has been diagnosed with sleep apnea (we believe DH has and we know FIL has it as he is on a CPAP)
