My DD is 2 years and 4 months and EVERYTHING is a battle. Its not a case of picking your battles when EVERYTHING is conflict. I'm always threatening to leave the house without her if she doesn't get dressed or saying 'goodbye' and walking away when she wont come with me from a playground or friends house after lots and lots of preperation that we're going soon.

I laugh when people tell me to give her choices about what to wear, as if she cares what she's wearing, the fun is in NOT getting dressed in the first place. And I leave it and try to stay calm until we get to the point that I'm needing to walk out the door and she's still not dressed and so the threats and bribes kick in. And most of the time we're going to do something fun for her like Playgroup or visiting a friends or the library. I don't drag her to the shops if I can help it, she runs away, climbs out of trolleys, wont sit in her stroller, you get the picture, so I just don't take her.

I'm just so sick of it. I'm at my wits end too Tanstar, so because I know exactly what you're going through. It sucks big time and is absolutely spoiling the lead up to the birth of #2. I don't even want this baby at this point, what were we thinking having another one when this one is such a handful?! (Sorry to hijack your thread!) And its awful because my daughter is such a lovely child, just her behaviour is leaving a lot to be desired...