Right, I’m not about to start doing parenting blogs because if I’m honest, the majority of them would just consist of me sitting in the corner of a room, huddling my knees, pulling my hair out in huge clumps!! And that’s not me being dramatic – I promise!!
I just needed to find out whether anyone else experiences the terror’s I have to deal with or if it’s just my child being extra devilish just for me!! All these parents out there who claim their children are absolute angels without a naughty bone in their body – I can’t honestly bring myself to believe that they don’t experience the odd day where the child wins!! See I don’t want to make this sound like a game, because as we all know parenting is no walk in the park, but I am seriously getting to the point where the sound of my own voice is making me want to tear my vocal chords out. I’m not even talking about having to repeat myself two or three times, I’m talking about sheer ignorance where I’m repeating until I’m blue in the face. All the tips you could think of I’ve done, like talking to him on his level, trying to reason in a calm and collective way, placing him in the naughty corner, taking away his toys and NONE of it has worked. It’s one of these things that physically I cannot do anything about anymore without having to raise my voice and it’s really bugging me. Now my boy is three, I know it’s meant to be a tricky age, but this amount of trickiness is a joke!! All the fun indoor activities you could think of, he turns it into a hollering match because he’ll put paint on the wall or try and feed the rabbit a crayon and I’ll have to stop whatever we’re doing to clean up whatever he’s done and then he’ll try and kick off and it all just becomes a circus of madness and Play Doh!!
Now I know I’m gonna get people piping up, saying “Well you should try taking him out for the day” – Okay, I hear what you’re saying and the odd big day out is great, when it can be afforded!! Aquarium, London Eye, London Zoo, Funfairs, Arcades… Things that three year old’s would enjoy. These are all great days out don’t get me wrong but these places are so expensive. Maybe it’s just me who thinks this though. Fair enough, trips to the park and certain farms are free but what about going for something to eat afterwards or going on to somewhere else – before you know it you’ve spent a bomb.
Going back to the main reason for this blog though – behaviour – I feel like I need clarification that I am not the only one with the spawn of Satan for a son. Don’t get me wrong, kids are naughty sometimes and I know a few people who have troublesome kids like I do but I can’t imagine any other child to be as naughty as mine and it’s getting me down now. I just don’t know where it comes from. I don’t want to take him to a behavioural therapist, that would always be a last resort. I just want to know about what families go through and whether this is just a phase… and if it is, how long will it last?
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