Firstly, to you... secondly, I had to giggle.... sorry hun. Oskar tries to pick the pictures out of the books too!! Sometimes there are days when I just lose it - that's completely normal - we get tired, we lose patience, we get hormonal, etc etc etc etc...... I think those are the days we need to just forget about "the house isn't clean, washing needs doing" etc and just let it be... just sit with them and be with them. Does that make sense?? Also, I do the try not to make eye contact thing too, cos then they KNOW they have got your attention. Some kiddies just find it harder to express themselves than others... they are learning what emotions are and they quite often don't know how to deal with them. He will get through it hun and you will too! In the meantime call the rspca...lol...free to good home KIDDING!!