When do kids mellow out? 🥲

My 3 year old has been driving my husband and i crazy for months now. We had to move her and her little brother into the same room a a couple of months ago due to inadequate air conditioning in our apartment and she has just become this really really bad kid (i hate calling her bad but theres no other word for it at this point) she doesnt listen to anything we say, shes constantly screaming her head off, she wakes her brother up from either night sleep or nap time at least once a day, she lies about anything and everything she can. Idk what to do anymore, i feel like im going crazy, i feel like a shitty mom, idk. She started acting like this because her cousin has a horrible attitude and she picked up on it months ago when we were seeing her a lot 😭 weve limited contact between them but it hasnt helped at all 😮‍💨 im so tired
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P.s her bother sleeps great so its not like hes keeping her up, if anything shes always keeping him up, he will be 2 in January and hes slept through the night since he was 3 months sleeps from 10pm-11am and use to sleep for 2-3 hours a day for nap time

I think it’s time you and your husband have a talk about punishments. There has to be a punishment for these actions. You’re not a shitty mom. You’re doing everything you can. It’s not easy. The only thing that works for mine is taking her iPad.

I like how ur doing this hidden lmao no such thing as bad kids just bad parenting she’s a kid they drive us nuts it’s what they do

@Mychaela we have been punishing her, she hasnt had tv for a week now because i thought she maybe was watching too much, she has only been playing with blocks and stuffed animals and stuff like that. We do time out we have even tried popping her on the butt if her attitude gets really bad, i dont know what else to do, she throws fits any chance she gets 🥲

@Clare i post most of my posts on hidden because thats just how i feel comfortable asking for help. Judgy ass people like you are the reason why i dont fucking ask for help

I don’t think it makes sense to put more pressure on you and say you are a bad parent.. I don’t think a bad parent would come on here and ask for help.. to minimize your experience is nasty behavior.. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this my mom tells me all the time that it will get better the older they get. I‘m dealing with a similar situation with my 3 yo😅 even if I wasn’t I don’t think I could say you’re just a bad parent… 🙃

@Tasa thank you, i came here looking for support or at least to know im not alone because these past couple months have been so hard 🙃 just trying to make it through every day 🥲

I don’t see how saying your kid is a bad kid is asking for help

You are absolutely not alone keep on trucking🌸 I’ve also found that helping to calm during those heightened states really makes a difference. Like offering to do breaths together and even if it gets denied I just do it anyway and they follow along eventually.

@Clare i dont see why you couldnt just scroll past my post? I posted this at 4 in the morning after my daughter spent 20 minutes screaming her head off when i was on 2 hours of sleep. Go be a perfect parent somewhere else

At least my kids know how to behave

@Tasa i try so hard to just talk to her and hug her to try to get her to calm down during meltdowns but all i get is hit and kicked and screamed at 😭 its been so rough

@Clare aT lEaSt My KiDs KnOw HoW tO bEhAvE

No wonder your kid is immature look at you

@Clare yea me an adult to a judgy ass adult, youre soooo mature look at you 🤪

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I understand, what she will notice is that you react with love. Also protect yourself when those behaviors happen. Even if it means distancing yourself until you can react the way she needs❤️

@Tasa thank you ❤️

@Clare you’re dismissed 😷

I like my kids and don’t go on the internet calling them bad kids and I know how to handle my kids lmao I bet if you threw out some of that gentle parenting ya got going on she’d take you more serious she’ll cry then get over it but umm shit talking them on the internet isn’t it sis

@Clare she’s not your sis👍🏽 go find a fellow woman hater who cares 💋

She came on here crying because she can’t control her kid the right way what does she expect

We use to spank her and guess what that didnt get us anything but a kid who stared hitting herself in the face when she thought she did something wrong. You can beat your kids into submission but im not going to beat mine just because some stranger on the internet thinks itll make her listen 😂

I literally came here asking when kids mellow out because 3-4 months ago she was a completely different kid and i am having a very hard time dealing with this. She went from being a kid who always listened to a kid who does nothing but lie and scream, obviously im gonna need to vent about a change like that

Also invest in the loop ear plugs it’ll help if you get overstimulated as well 🙈 🙃

@Tasa thank you, my friend had told me about them a bit ago but i completely forgot about them, definitely going to look into getting some

I don’t beat my kids thanks but they know when to listen also you have to find a punishment that does work like my mom used to spank me and I would laugh like your daughter but she started yelling at me and I hate being yelled at so it worked you just have to toughen up a little bit and not be afraid when she cries she’ll cry or get mad you and get over it it’ll happen again when she’s a teenager you can’t be afraid to hurt her feelings

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