Challenging Child Personality

My goodness, I am in the exact same situation. I am going crazy. My son is 32-months-old and I have a son who just turned one a week ago. The older one is the same as your daughter and I started to think maybe he had a personality disorder or something. I just cant believe that it is normal. The older two were not like that, and the baby is great. I dont want to take my son anywhere with me. So I just wanted to let you know that I share your frustration and I am looking forward to reading the responses that you get. Good luck.

Ignore the behavior. You must be acknowledging it. So she knows that when she behaves like this it works to her satisfaction. After a week or so it should stop. But make sure that you offer assistance. Tell her once she stops acting like this you will help her with her needs.

I am having a similar experience. So I know what you are going through. My son is 3 years old. My youngest is 14 months and he has always been more mellow than my oldest when he was a young toddler. However, in Little brothers eyes big brother can do no wrong. So now the baby is starting to imitate some of his older brothers behaviors. If big brother has a temper tantrum my little one will fall in the floor to. So just to warn you a little sometimes the little ones will try to imitate the oldest. I wish that I had some suggestions for you as what to do because I'm still trying to find answers myself. My sons Dr. suggested to pick one bad behavor at a time and work on it until its solved. But the key is to find the proper consequence for the behavior and thats the hardest part. But from what she told me finding the proper punishment or consequence will solve the problem. But I have not found it yet.

Hi My Daughter is now 10 and was and sometimes is still very challenging! Let me ask you..Does she "act up" when she is over-stimulated? Does she have aversions to certain fabrics or clothes? and does she have "food issues" There are several things I can recommend to you that will help if this discribes your daughter let me know and I will elaborate more..