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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry OP, that sounds really hard.

What’s interesting to me about it is that she only does this with you. That indicates to me there is something about your interaction with her that is “working” for her to keep going through the hysterics. Do you pay her more attention, even negative attention, when she does it?  Does she get a ton of empathy?  Do you sometimes give in to the waterworks? Those are 2 of the more apparent things that lead to kids keeping up undesirable behaviors. If that’s not it, maybe see if you or your partner are able to identify any differences in how you respond.

Some of the Lansbury stuff is over the top but one thing that I initially thought was ridiculous but is really helpful is the 1:1 time. My challenging child had different undesirable behaviors, but when I started making some time for her as often as I could, every day if I could, it really helped.

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I am SAHM because she’s so difficult original nanny quit, plus she wasn’t sleeping at all so I couldn’t work. I spend all day, every day with her, mostly paying total attention to her otherwise she cries for hours. So it’s not a lack of attention. For the last 3-4 months I’ve been trying to set boundaries and do less focusing 100% on her because it’s not realistic or normal life to live that way and I was/am resentful. But this is the result of any boundary-setting and it’s not getting better. If anything, worse. Lansbury claims your kid will get with the program in days. Hmm.[/quote]

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