Arrrgggggghhhhhhhh! I swear I have the highest energy, loudest, whingiest child in the entire flipping world, and it does my head in! In fact, it's taken me ten minutes just to write that first bit, because she WON'T STOP PUSHING THE BUTTON ON MY IPAD.

Sometimes it's fine, I can cope, she's in a good mood, we play together. Other times, like right now, she doesn't stop whining about nothing in particular and no amount of comforting can get her to stop. I can't stand the sound for one second longer! It makes me cry a lot of the time too, from frustration and just sadness at not being able to help her...

She climbs all over EVERYTHING. If she's not allowed to touch something, by gods she'll head straight for it, and scream bloody murder if she doesn't get it. We can't have anything in the bottom drawers, shelves, or cupboards in our new house because she gets to everything (and we can't lock most of them because we're renting and all that stuff has to be screwed in). She climbs on the couch, which I know is normal, but she gets behind the couch cushions and kicks it all off. Tissues can't be in reach, because she'll empty the box within 30 seconds.

She apparently cant have a feed without switching between breasts ten thousand times, then going for a walk to cause more destruction, then coming back and whining at me because I had the gall to put my boobs back in my shirt. She scratches, pinches, and kicks at every part of me she can reach while I'm feeding her.

If either of us a asleep and she's awake, she HAS TO wake us up. Usually by hitting us in the face. She's sneaky, she waits until we're distracted and goes to smack the other.

I don't know what I can do to rein her in. She's a good kid, she's cuddly and she's loving, and she has a smile that makes you melt... But she just doesn't listen, doesn't care if she's about to hurt herself or me.

The usual warnings apply - don't suggest anything like CIO or smacking, blah blah blah, I want gentle techniques. I've tried everything I can think of, and I'm scared one day I'll get so frustrated/angry that I'll hurt her It's already at the stage where I dig my nails into my forehead (I used to do that a lot as a teenager, thought I was over it )


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