Noodleface
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Kids been falling asleep earlier and earlier. Last night was 8pm and woke up at 8am. Right now we only have to parent 50% of the day.
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Thanks, it really doesn't feel like it.
The funny thing is, parenting used to be pretty easy. I mean, I thought it was hard, but it was nothing compared to this. This is like constant, never-ending struggle against some invisible thing. Filling out the paperwork for the psychologist, that was hard for me. Some of the questions like "Does your child ever feel worthless?" and my wife and her teachers without hesitation answered yes, dude she's 5, I don't know, I guess I still don't see her like they do.
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I get it, for months now she's just been getting in trouble non stop. The preschool, she was coming home with scrapes and bruises almost every day from her being restrained. The other kids talk about it in front of her, she hears what they are saying. Her sisters say things, they don't understand wtf is going on. Her teachers went from loving her and being affectionate to constantly dealing with her shit and fed up. I've seen her depressed and angry and acting out in weird ways, like banging her head against something or slapping her head just crying saying how her teachers/friends/sisters/parents are stupid over and over. I guess I just never made that connection, that word is pretty intense for a 5 year old.
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Same here, the worst/funniest is when my kid says "no no no" and does it anyways.
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At a loss here.
Our three year old is fixated on me, and while it's awesome to have a daddy's girl, it's really frustrating at times. She won't have her teeth brushed by my wife, won't let my wife dress her, refuses basically every interaction. Everything must be done by daddy.
Now that's nice and all, but I'm not always available. I want to get my coffee in the morning, or I'm just doing something else at the moment, and she'll raise a fit and just show my wife the cold shoulder.
It is of course infuriating to me, and every time it happens I go into shutdown mode and ignore my daughter. This usually ends in crying and her running to mommy. This can not be the ideal solution though, I fear I'm only making it worse.
I love my kid and it's also hard on me to be ignoring her like that and basically pushing her away. On the other hand the tears my wife has cried over the behaviour of this kid could fill Lake Michigan.
I just don't know how to get it into her head that her mother is equally as competent as her daddy.
Our three year old is fixated on me, and while it's awesome to have a daddy's girl, it's really frustrating at times. She won't have her teeth brushed by my wife, won't let my wife dress her, refuses basically every interaction. Everything must be done by daddy.
Now that's nice and all, but I'm not always available. I want to get my coffee in the morning, or I'm just doing something else at the moment, and she'll raise a fit and just show my wife the cold shoulder.
It is of course infuriating to me, and every time it happens I go into shutdown mode and ignore my daughter. This usually ends in crying and her running to mommy. This can not be the ideal solution though, I fear I'm only making it worse.
I love my kid and it's also hard on me to be ignoring her like that and basically pushing her away. On the other hand the tears my wife has cried over the behaviour of this kid could fill Lake Michigan.
I just don't know how to get it into her head that her mother is equally as competent as her daddy.
Noodleface
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Kid started doing this thing where if it's not my wife or I holding him he throws a screaming fit, wasn't like this before. Separation anxiety type thing I guess, and it's probably normal - just annoying.
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Yea you need to take turns putting him to bed or at least sub out now and then so that it's not always the same person. Anything that forms a defined habit, when you try to deviate from that, kid will flip. You have to keep them on their toes.
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This is happening today here. I had to reschedule my doctor appointment bout the abscesses because of it. No way could I leave him with the neighbor like this. Now I've got to wait until Oct. 14. :\
This. They are creatures of habit.Yea you need to take turns putting him to bed or at least sub out now and then so that it's not always the same person. Anything that forms a defined habit, when you try to deviate from that, kid will flip. You have to keep them on their toes.
Also if you aren't particularly involved like a lot of parents then you can expect them to act out for attention. Naturally that isn't the only cause of them acting out but it certainly is a huge factor in today's let daycare raise my kid while I pat myself on the back for asking them if they did their homework, yup, as they saunter off to bed parenting of today.
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The belt.
I jest, but I am having similar issues with my 7 year old. Just no passion, no follow through, no persistence. What the heck.
I jest, but I am having similar issues with my 7 year old. Just no passion, no follow through, no persistence. What the heck.