Dd is sick. She is tired and grumpy and has become very aggressive. She has always been such a kind gentle child, but in the last week she has started lashing out and hitting us, throwing things, and the meltdowns have been extreme!

Today I fed the baby to sleep on my bed and crept out only to have dd run in and start slapping him on the face to wake him up . She hasn't hit him before and I almost cried. Wtf?

I know it's attention seeking and I spent all day playing with her but it made no difference. She basically screamed herself to sleep in my bed because I wouldn't give her juice.

I'm getting her cold and feel like crap. Poor ds cried a lot today because I was so busy dealing with dd.

How do I move through this?