Moms, help me

[sugarbear]

My kid is being an asshole. He's 3.5, and has always been spirited. But today, holy hell, I wanted to drive away and never come home.

He freaked when I gave a homeless man some Halloween candy, around noon. That led to an hour-long tantrum, during which both he and I cried, until he went down for a nap. He woke up at 4:30 and was rude and naughty from the second he got up. He's been misbehaving for a week or so, but today nearly undid me.

I know he must feel awful for being in trouble all the time. I hate that.

We don't yell and we don't spank, but we do take away toys and videos.

It's not a matter of protein. He had two eggs and three sausage links for brunch.

please tell me:
a. That we didn't ruin his life by having another child.
b. this is normal.
c. What the hell we're supposed to do.

[leshoequeen]

Normal. My 3.5 year old acts like this. It comes and goes. No idea what to do about it. I think it's just part of being 3.5.

[vanillacourage]

It's normal. 

I feel like around 3.5 was when we started telling DS1 that he was welcome to throw a fit, but he needed to do it in his room because the rest of the family did not need to hear it. This was after giving him several chances to calm down, sit with us and talk it out/hug it out, etc. There comes a point when we just need to get on with our day. He would go to his room, stomp around and slam the bathroom door a few times, then come down 20 minutes later exhausted and ready for a hug. 

[Deleted]

Normal.

Welcome to the club!

[Jermys]

Three year olds are the worst.

ALL of the Halloween candy would go to the homeless man if he were my kid. I'm mean as shit.

[sugarbear]

Nov 10, 2013 22:05:25 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Three year olds are the worst.

ALL of the Halloween candy would go to the homeless man if he were my kid. I'm mean as shit.

That's the best part! It wasn't even DS's candy! It was randomly left in my purse after a waitress left it on the table last night while DS was in the bathroom and I didn't want him to see it.