As the title says - DD has suddenly turned into a nightmare. Granted, we've been holed up in the house for pretty much the past 3 weeks due to illness but still, I can't believe this behaviour has started just because of that.

How do I discipline her?!?! The naughty corner has become a joke! If she doesn't get her way she throws whatever is in her hand and whatever is in her reaching distance.

She pushes DS over all the time and is coveting all the toys and books. The poor little man isn't even allowed to breath in her presence!!

She has also stopped eating everything and is living on yoghurt and milk. The other night she didn't eat her dinner so I didn't offer anything else and ended up having to feed her yoghurt at 2 in the morning!!

Can anyone help?! Is this a phase? Can I teach her to stop throwing things and stop hurting her brother?

I'm having a similar issue and I even posted in the 2-5 about DS and "yuck dinner" every night. but ohhhh if you start giving food during the night it becomes a bad habit, trust me! It's one we're currently trying to break. What we're doing is offering dinner to DS. If he doesn't want it, that's it. He says he just wants toast and fruit so we give him that. Previously when he wasn't eating dinner he'd wake up at 3am doing the I'm hungrrrryyyy thing and the only way he'd be quiet and sleep was with a sandwich or banana So now he has a night light in his room and a cut up piece of fruit if he wakes up hungry. This was suggested to us by a child psychologist and so far it seems to be going well.

I will be following this too, cos my DS is doing the exact same things, and where it used to just be occasional and explainable - ie, tired, eaten crap etc, the past few weeks it is quite extreme, and time out is no longer effective, no matter how many times we put him there, he just keeps on coming back out to us.


So am looking for good ideas here..cmon EB

are they all 2.5 as mine is there too. For DD1 we put it down to having a baby sister. DD2 has no baby sister and is behaving the same.. All I can say is sometime after 3 DD1 stopped I am hoping for that day for DD2..

I am also watching this thread with interest, I could have written your post word for word except I have a DS who has just turned 3.

At the moment I am putting his behaviour down to illness (tummy bug & now a cold), he has recently started daycare 1 day per week (still adjusting & has never been away alone from me since birth), his little sister is on the move & getting a lot more attention (although we ensure we also spend quality one on one time with DS), we are currently living in a small unit waiting to purchase a house (he is an outdoorsy boy).

I am really hoping it is a phase!

Another stalker here, dd started this a couple of months ago so far NOTHING has worked for us although she does seem to be calming down since her last set of molars are coming through she finally popped one and has another one almost through! Maybe that's the cause? Also with us she is only now starting to really talk so perhaps frustration as well...argh could be so many things!
Goodluck everyone!

This probably won't make you feel any better, but DD did exactly the same when she turned 3. She has just turned 4 and she is getting better. She tries me out every minute of the day. The only thing that helps is to be CONSISTENT. Because she tries everyting on me, she is just waiting for me to faulter and give in.

Have rules and stick to them. When she does something, discipline her like you do every other time.

At the moment I am trying to deal with whinging.
Like your DD, my DD won't let her brother do anything, have anything, say anything. Luckily for us, the naughty mat works a treat.
We have also implemented a magic stone and jar. When she does something good - anything - helping her brother, saying nice words, not getting angry, we give her a stone for her jar. When she fills the jar, which she just did, we take her somewhere, or buy her something or her choice. We have found this has been great. Because we are focussing on the positives and not the negatives, her behaviour has improved and she is easier to deal with.

HTH.

i don't know really if this helps but i attended a talk recently with a parenting centre on tantrums and they said to look at sleep, hunger and physical activity. Given your DD has been kept in for 3 weeks does she need to do some physical activity?

I hope it gets better soon.