I'm so stressed out all the time .
I wake up every day as a new day and it's not even 9.30 and I just want to curl up and go to bed.
I have one child and work in child care and I've never found a child that pushes me so much. Sometimes I could strangle him out of pure fury and exhaustion. Today we have a cracked shower screen and even knocked painting off the wall in his tornato.
I do love him but I'm at wits ends.
Sometimes it doesn't matter how much I love smack yell take things away he doesn't stop.
I guess my question is his in his room and I'm sitting in the lounge room and all I can feel is tension. How do I move past this morning? I feel like every time I hug him after his been disciplined or let him come out of his room he doesn't take the punshiment serious and is right back at it. He is 5.
I'm so exhausted I feel like I can't hear myself think anymore. And my body is full of anger and tension. How do I show him mum means it but get on with the day .
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Honey, has he ever been seen by a behaviour specialist, like a psychologist or even been checked over by a pediatrician. There is help out there if you seek it.
PM here yes we've been seeing a peditrican since 6 months. Also linked in with a family support service. No diagnosis as of yet.
Have you seen a behavioural psychologist? I found them really helpful when getting on top of my sons challenging behaviour. He was climbing out of bedroom windows in the middle of the night, smearing poo, extreme tantrums etc. it involved taking lots of data on behaviour to see patterns, and then following a strict behaviour plan. Stricter on me, than my son. Over time I did see improvements. Not instant, gradual improvements until the time all the big stuff wS totally gone.
I feel like that isnt "normal" behaviour for a 5yo. He should be settled down by now. Sounds more like a 3 year old. Perhaps get him tested for a.d.d