My three yr old has absolutely no concept of the rules. She just doesn't understand they exist, and she will not follow them. I have tried several different discipline methods, but after a week they stop working. Nothing I say or do can convince her that she cannot do certain things. Ripping everything out of the entertainment center and tearing it apart is NOT okay! I cannot go to the bathroom, eat, run the the mailbox. She needs constant round the clock supervision, or my entire house is destroyed. She seems to live in her own little world and is genuinely confused when something is expected of her or her attention is required. It is not only incredibly frustrating and exhausting, but I am beginning to actually worry about her. She pays so little attention to the world around her that she is constantly running into things, falling off things, hurting herself. I think her imagination has such a firm grip on her she just doesn't care. There is no way to babyproof either, she climbs and destroys to get around it. She is beginning to forget basic rules like don't hit Mommy, too. She came up to me laughing and smacked me over my head today. She saw her 13month old brother smacking me in order to clap, so she thought it was okay.
I have never met a child so oblivous to things. I dont know what to do with her. I am getting more and more tired, and realizing just how difficult she is. She is my first, and only had a slight clue of how difficult she was until I had my son. He seems so much more alert and aware sometimes. He pays more attention than she does.
I am consistent, I am calm, I am firm, but it does not seem to help. She only pays attention to those things that she wants to, and I am not one of them. I know people are going to try and tell me that she is three and that is how it goes, but many other parents comment on her behavior as odd, as do my parents, and I myself recognize a huge difference in her versus other children. She is far behind in her speech development, as well. She is getting much better at comprehension of concepts, but she is so slow about it it makes me cry! I dont know what to do for her to ground her a little bit.
I have never met a child so oblivous to things. I dont know what to do with her. I am getting more and more tired, and realizing just how difficult she is. She is my first, and only had a slight clue of how difficult she was until I had my son. He seems so much more alert and aware sometimes. He pays more attention than she does.
I am consistent, I am calm, I am firm, but it does not seem to help. She only pays attention to those things that she wants to, and I am not one of them. I know people are going to try and tell me that she is three and that is how it goes, but many other parents comment on her behavior as odd, as do my parents, and I myself recognize a huge difference in her versus other children. She is far behind in her speech development, as well. She is getting much better at comprehension of concepts, but she is so slow about it it makes me cry! I dont know what to do for her to ground her a little bit.
