loosing my mind

i dont kno if its because of pmt but damn my 3.5 yr old is getting on my nerves he wont listen he wont do anything i cant handle it im really at my wits end im sick of yelling at himi hate it i dont kno what else to do

I so could have written that post! It's like they turn three and their volume of noise quadruples!!!
Can you get him into preschool? That has worked wonders with my 3 1/2 year old - can notice the difference in him already!

:hug: i think its the age!! my 3yo realy gets on my nerves, even at the best of times when he is being relativly well behaved he still has to do something to annoy, must be a fun 3yo game? :dunno: they do grow out of it tho! my eldest done the same thing, finaly stoped (well improved) last year when he went to 4yo kinder

I thought it was just me too - I have never screamed at my kids, always tried to be so patient but lately it's been out of control! I think both us and them need a little bit of time out every now and then... someone told me 3 is when boys get their testosterone, not sure if its just an old wives tale or not!!

I can't even suggest anything that might help - would be interested to hear from others!!

The age before kinder. Can you get him into daycare or kinder for a few hours a week?
Send him outside with some chalk and let him draw on the bricks then give him a bucket of water and a biggish brush and get him to remove it.
Have you got a park near you where he can run wild and you can take a coffee and relax.
Another suggestion is dig up some dirt and let that be his to play in with cars, trucks, containers, water or whatever keeps him happy for a while.

Oh my gosh. I have been ripping my hair out trying to deal with my 3 yr old DS lately. I can't do anything but yell at him as all he does is be cheeky and pick on his lil bro all the time!!!
Suggestions would be great!!! Or I may really go crazy!

its that bad i rekon he would be better off somwhere else he seems to be punishing me or so it seems im gunna have no hair left soon

Could it be a lack of structure thing? Or quality time thing? We often spend a lot of time doing things near our children and it's easy to think that because they are there you're doing stuff together, but there is a difference of doing things around them and things with them iykwim. One is general and the other specific and deliberate. Perhaps setting aside a structured quality time activity first thing in the day might help. It might stop them from trying to get specific negative attention throughout the day because they've had the positive fix. We used to do some pre-reading craft activities together off websites like enchanted learning which my daughter really enjoyed and then DH could take some of her projects to show off at work which she was really proud of.

Hugs...
Sometimes they really like to kick you while you are down!
Is there some way you can get time out for a little bit? It's tough...