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[quote=Anonymous]OP: solidarity. My 3 yr old is driving me absolutely crazy. There’s good advice in these responses but if your kid is like mine, it only helps so much. We do 123 magic and some of this other stuff, and some days our kid is still just incredibly obstinate and stubborn. I try to tell myself that it will help later in life when she will know her own mind and stand up for herself. And then I count the minutes to bedtime so I don’t have to interact with her for a solid 10 hours because OMG she is a PITA sometimes. This morning we offered her some cereal for breakfast, she turned it down saying “I don’t like that cereal”, ate a large meal of other things, and then screamed at us when she found out her dad had eaten the rest of the cereal she’d rejected. Like... what? It is exhausting.

Something I know can/will help me is just getting a break. It’s not that your approach is wrong (it sounds like you are doing the right stuff, honestly), it’s that you are burned out and you kid is wearing you down. If you can get some time off somehow (sitter, family help, trading weekend days with spouse— anything that will allow you to not deal with her for a sustained length of time to recharge), I think you might come back with renewed commitment to what you are doing. That’s the thing that helps me most. I just need a break from the big feelings sometimes.[/quote]

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