MamaKelly asked:
Im 24 weeks pregnant and have a little girl who will be 4 in about a month. Everything has been fine until here recently, right when I thought everything was much better than it had ever been. Long story short, my husband got a new job that is right here at home, and great paying. I was able to quit my job and now I can stay at home with my daughter and when my son gets here..Well, everythings been going smoothly up until this past week. For some reason my daughter has completely changed her attitude towards me! She is no longer fun loving and cheerful..shes been hateful and mean, and even back tracking to her terrible two’s and been hitting me. She backtalks me, and smarts off..And sometimes says really mean things that I have no idea where she heard from. She wont go to bed at a decent hour anymore, and fights me and screams when I simply say, Time for bed. Shes like a different child. Our lifestyle hasnt changed, if anything it has gotten better…So its hard for me to pinpoint why this is going on. Disciplining her doesnt work anymore. Time out is funny to her, no matter how long she does it..She throws herself to the ground and kicks me when I try to get her into timeout or when I tell her shes in trouble. I cry at least once a day sometimes alot more, because Im so frustrated and lost and dont know what to do with her anymore..its really breaking my heart that I cant control my child..I cant take her in public, she throws a fit when she sees something she wants, and runs and hides from me. I had to chase her through walmart because she ran from me, and I ended up falling..Thankfully the baby was okay but It worries me so much.
The reason I feel like I have to chose between my kids is, Im so stressed and fed up with my daughters behavior that my blood pressure is sky rocketing and Im scared my son is going to suffer from this..I cant just ignore my daughter though I want to sometimes because i worry about my unborn son, but I cant fight with her anymore either, because shes kicked me in the stomach so many times and hurt me……Im so embarrassed and feel like a failure as a mother.. My son will be born in 3 months and Im so scared because I know if I dont get my daughter under control Itll be even worse with her and a newborn..
I really need help…I have no more patience and I feel like everything is out of my control…She is much worse than I can describe. My babysitter cant watch her anymore because shes so uncontrollable. No timeout, spanking, standing in a corner, NOTHING is changing her.
Please any advice.
Before this, she was an angel, and lit up my life..And though I love her unconditionally, she is tearing me apart.:(
