My 2yo is driving me absolutely crazy! His tantrums are constant and and so full on! He has always been a very 'full on' little boy to put it ver very nicely and i'm used to his very loud tantrums and screaming but lately he is just reeeeeally pushing my buttons!
I know its due to a lot of things- new brother, teething, terrible two etc so i'm trying to keep that in mind but i'm finding it soooo hard to be patient with him.
He's been throwing constant tantrums which are absolulety ear peircing- he throws himself on the ground, throws his drink/toys or anything he can get his hands on, he hits/scratches his brother and me... its just driving me crazy! I feel like i'm forever giving him time out and lately i've been yelling at him (which i usually don't do-i try to stay calm and in control...ha yeah right!) and i just feel like a bad mummy atm The other day i smacked him on the bottom because he kicked me in the boobs which REALLY hurt because they're so sensitive when i'm breastfeeding and i smacked him purely out of reaction. I felt terribel after because i've always been against smacking but i feel like i'm at my wits end!
Sometimes i wonder if there is something wrong with him because it feel slike he is always screaming. He is late to talk (we're waiting on an appointment with the speech pathologist) and i know that makes him very frustrated so instead of asking for something he just points and winges and if i don't figure out what he wants in 0.2 seconds he goes nuts. I feel like the tantrums start at day break and don't end until he's in bed.
On top of that my 5week old newborn is soooo hard to settle. Its taking me over an hour to settle him most days. As i write this i've just gotten my Ds1 to have his nap (after an hour and a half of screaming) and now DS2 has just woken up after only half an hour of sleep (which took me an hour to actually get him to sleep). I'm like a yoyo.. if i'm not screaming and disciplining one i'm constantly trying to settle the other. Most of the time i'll just get DS2 off to sleep and then DS1 will scream his head off to get my attention and wake DS2 up and then i'm back to square one.
I know this sounds horrible but i'm nervous that my newborn is going to be just like his brother, already he's very unsettled and sooo loud (yes i know all babies are loud but my little one sure knows how to scream) I had such a hard time with DS1 when he was younger (constant tanties between 1-2yrs, i couldn't even leave the house some days) and i don't know how i'll cope going through that again

My poor hubby cops it when he gets home from work most days because i'm just so emotionally and physically worn out.
Anyway i know we'll all get through this rough time but i just needed to vent. Sorry its so long. I guess i just need to know that i'm not the only one to ever feel this way. I love my boys but life is just so hard at the moment