HELP we are at wits end.....
We are having a shocking time with J right now. He is willfully disobedient (testing boundaries - I know!) defiant and just plain naughty.
Neither of us like smacking but lately we have literally been at wits end with what to do and I have smacked his bot a few times and so has DH and we both hate it.
I have read Toddler Tactics and 123 Magic but the strategies just don't seem to work. I try talking to him, to get him to realise that what he is doing hurts Iz (usually that is why he is in trouble) but it doesn't seem to do anything.
The behaviours right now that concern us are biting, hitting, punching, pinching his sister - usually for NO reason, sometimes in retaliation.
Saying NO to everything - a bit easier to reason with but I tend to use bribery "If you don't put your socks on now I am leaving you at home :rolleyes:
If anyone can point me in direction of any articles or just some hugs and advice that would be ace because I am tears after an incident this arvo when he bit Iz on the back - horribly. DH smacked him and I yelled right in his face while he was crying :redface:and now feel horrible about it and want some new strategies before we all go crazy.
ETA: Awww man, mods can you fix my title to HELP We are at wits end please....