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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How often are you yelling at the 3 year old? Perhaps you should think of other ways to discipline the toddler.
If you're able to, give one-on-one attention to the 5 year old.[/quote]

Op here - yes I agree I need to stop yelling at the 3 year old. I do try very hard but sometimes my emotions get the best of me.

We used to do more one on one things with the kids but it’s been hard due to the new baby and then also the pandemic.  [/quote]

It is so hard, no doubt. What I recommend is that you schedule this time in advance, and you really go hard on "quality over quantity." Your time is super limited with three kids. But that doesn't mean you can't have special one-on one time with each of them every day. I would aim for you and your husband to each make sure to spend 10-15 minutes every day doing 1-on-1 with both your 3 year old and 5 year old. That's only 20-30 minutes per person, so it's manageable. Make that time really special and try to make it something they really love or want.

My 3-year-old gets mad at us sometimes and will just yell "Talk to me about Larla things!" at the top of her lungs. So we've started building it into our day that I spend 15 minutes in the am and DH spends 15 minutes in the pm where we go for little walks with her and listen to whatever she has to say and ask lots of questions and don't look at our phones or talk about our other daughter at all (unless the 3-year-old brings her up). It helps so much. She still gets mad or jealous sometimes, but it's regulated. And we can always say "Right now it's dinner time and we all get to talk, but after dinner you get special time with Daddy" and that helps her settle down.[/quote]

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