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[quote=Anonymous]Consequences, consequences, consequences.  When I started consistently enforcing consequences with my 4 yr old DS, it made all the difference.  You may be dealing with more than I did, but it's worth a shot.  It also made parenting easier for me.

The key is to figure out what they really care about and use that as a lever.

Examples:
** If you come downstairs after bedtime, you lose a stuffed animal.  It only took one night of taking an animal (which resulted in a huge crying fit but I toughed it out) and he's stayed in his room at bedtime for two months.

** If you don't hold hands while crossing the street, no afternoon tv show.

The relationship with her sibling is one for you to maybe try consequences on.

I save the consequences for the big things and try to make the other things more fun.  E.g. "There's no way you can get into your carseat before I put my purse in the front seat.  That would just be too fast.  No one can be that fast!!"  I've been doing that for three months and the excitement for him still hasn't worn off!

Good luck and try to get some time for yourself too!

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