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Terrible 3's

3/6/2014

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We are now officially in the terrible threes and it's been, well, pretty terrible. 

Oh, Rubes. 

She doesn't listen AT ALL. I can tell her something ten times and she won't do it. For example, putting her coat on in the morning so we can get to daycare on time so I can get to work on time. I am probably more generous than I should be as far as how many times I tell her to do something before some sort of punishment is dished out (spanking, time out, revoking of privileges). I guess I do that because I want to give her a chance to do the right thing before I deal out the punishment that I dealt to her not 5 minutes ago for some other offense (or maybe even the same offense). Other offenses are eating on the couch, shoes on the couch, messing with the cats, spitting, etc. I seriously feel like all I do lately is punish her for one thing or another.
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She doesn't DO crazy things. Like, I've never found her in the kitchen with a full bag of flour spread all over the place. Well, I did find her behind a chair spreading Neosporin all over her face...and there was the incident with the Chapstick...And when she ate all those TUMS....Okay, so she does do crazy stuff like that. But at least in the case of those things I can find the humor in them. 

What I don't find funny and what super pisses me off is the back talking and attitude that she gives us. She does this chin thing where you'll say something and she'll look at you, jut out her chink and go, "ungh!" And recently she's started doing the same thing but instead of the chin jut and "ungh" she looks at you and hisses like a snake. There were a couple times this past weekend where I told her to do something, probably a billion times, and she walked away from me down the hall and I heard her say, "shut up" under her breath.
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She can be kind of cruel too. There have been several times where she's said stuff like, "I don't like you!" and "Go away from me!" One time H walked in the room and she said, "I don't want you here!" I don't particularly care that she says, "I don't like you" to me. I don't know if she understands what she's saying or not and it's not my job to be her friend, I'm her parent. H on the other hand does take it quite personally when she is mean like that and his feelings get hurt.

I've spoken with her daycare provider and other than wanting stuff when she wants it and taking it, she is fine there. She assured me that the behavior that I described to her is typical of a three year old. I figured as much but I wanted to make sure that there wasn't something going on that needed to be addressed. It was nice to have confirmation that I am not just being a terrible parent after all. 

On top of the general terribleness she has suddenly decided that 6:00 am is an appropriate wake up time. So. Not. Cool. H got up with her this past Saturday (and I slept til 10am-glorious!) and then I got up with her on Sunday. Needless to say it was my turn to be grumpy pants. So what if 6am is the time that I usually get up to go to work. I swear my body goes into weekend mode and it does not matter that I've been up at the time 5 days in a row. Weekends are for waking up no earlier than 8am. although I'd prefer 9am. When I asked why she was getting up so early she said, "Because it's light out!" Ha, barely! Light blocking curtains have officially been purchased and I am looking forward to sleeping a little later this weekend. Or at the very least really, really hoping for it. 
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Amy
3/7/2014 03:02:34 am

Logan also hit his "terribles" in his 3s... which was a horrifying shock. On top of the endless stay in your bed issues, he also started waking up between 5:45 & 6:30 (this had not changed)... & we had 30 to 45 min time out wars where he would sort of laugh hysterically, throw things, hit and run. I swear it was like he was a different kid at those times. Thankfully it did pass and he is back to his generally sweet self.

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Amber
3/7/2014 05:57:06 am

My niece kept getting out of bed too early so my sister gave her a clock that changed from yellow to blue (or something like that) that let my niece know it was time to wake up. If it was yellow, she knew to stay in bed and play or go back to sleep. Renee was a bit of a hellion, but she actually obeyed the clock.

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
3/7/2014 03:10:23 pm

I eagerly await that day!

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Laurie Appleby-Williams
3/7/2014 03:11:12 pm

I'll have to look into that if the light blocking curtains don't work. Thanks for the tip!

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Old School/New School Mom link
3/11/2014 03:34:15 pm

I can relate to the terrible threes so much. Both of my children went through it hard.

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