[Dandelion]

I don't allow "screaming" outside eaither the neighbors don't need to hear that eaither..

We live in the city with houses very close and people always walking by so I don't allow screaming outside either. I don't think I am being clear that she is basically having a temper tantrum. And it is mostly during transitional parts of the day - leaving to go somewhere, diaper changes (she is screaming right now about not wanting her diaper changed and I am taking a break to breath or I will not be a nice diaper changer), needing to stop something and start something else.

Today my 4 yr is being very difficult/defiant. Nothing out of the ordinary for him or all that bad, but I know that he knows what he is doing and that he is testing me. He might as well just say "so what are you going to do about it" but instead he just gives me his mischief look. We had a difficult morning, lots of running around and he did lots of running - literally. And I told him to stop, but instead he just gave me that look. He picked up a chair at the doctor's office and dropped it on the floor. He continued to just try to get in the way and get in trouble. So my consequence is that he has to take a nap today. I was trying to wean him off naps because he sometimes has a hard time going to sleep at night, but he also has a hard time behaving if he does not have a nap. Ahhhhh! I am just losing it feeling like such an out of control mom.