Earlier this week, I was seriously considering consulting the one and only Jo Frost - Super Nanny to most of us.
Will has been little short of horrendous this week and I think there's been only two days that haven't left me screaming "WHY?!" and bursting into tears.
I should make you aware, that although I have an amazing circle of friends, and I love my family dearly, my family live all over and not very near to me, so when I am having the worst kind of issues with my children, its not very easy for them to get to me and offer physical support, it's more a phone call where I rant and rave about how my beautiful angel appears to have turned into the spawn of Satan within a matter of weeks, and ending with "What have I bred?!"
- Not wanting to wear his uniform school uniform
- Not wanting to tuck his shirt in
- Not wanting to wear his jumper
- Wanting to take his blanket to school
- Wanting to take his robots to school
- Not wanting to walk to school
Now we've pretty much dealt with all these on a daily basis and I'm having to set my alarm for us to leave the house twenty minutes earlier than we need to, just so I can make sure we wont be late.
I have tried EVERYTHING; earlier nights, bigger breakfasts, avoiding using my phone first thing and spending real quality time with him, bribery, the naughty step, threatening to take his favourite toy away.... Nothing works....
Yesterday I found myself literally screaming at him "Why are you doing this? You don't do this for nana or daddy, so why are you doing this to mummy?!"
I felt awful, I literally felt like the worst mother in the world! I DON'T scream at my children! I just don't!
I'm the calm, rationale one, who tries to sit them down and explains to them what they've done wrong. I got back from school and literally sobbed.
I have no idea how to make this easier or how to get him to understand. He is so stubborn - a quality trait for later on in life, but not for now! How do I get him to listen without shouting and screaming?
I'm literally all out of ideas and close to a motherly breakdown. They're with their dad this weekend. Hopefully Saturday afternoon they'll come back different children.... Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Time to pick up the rebel
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