I know its prob just her age, but struggling with DD's behaviour.
DD will be 3 in June and we're having big problems with her behaviour. Its not that she's really naughty, its just that she's testing the boundaries and its getting harder and harder to deal with her in the way we would like. I try to do the positive behaviour reinforcement, and spend time with her one on one when DS is asleep, but she'll behave impeccably while we're doing it, but as soon as DS is awake, she's back to being naughty. She just isn't listening if I ask her not to do something, eg pushing her brother, playing with my make-up (she ended up with lovely panda eyes this morning!), and it takes us to actually have to shout at her before she stops, at which point, she runs off crying to her bedroom. I hate having to shout, but if she's doing something she isn't allowed, she just ignores us deliberately. I try and save time out for when she's done something either that could be dangerous to herself or hurt another child. I normally say don't do that thankyou, then remind her what i said a couple of minutes later, then give her a warning, and then its time out. If its not time-out worthy but I don't want her to do it, I follow the same pattern, normally remind her what I've said a few times, try a distraction and then if she's still not listening, I end up getting frustrated and my teacher voice comes out. Its driving me bonkers!
So any tips for dealing with a really wilful child at this age?
