Frayed Nerves

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The last couple of days have been really hard for me. My two daughters don't seem to be listening to anything that I say. They are talking back and fighting with eachother from the time they wake up, pretty much until the time that they go to bed at night. I don't know what is wrong with them, they are normally so well behaved, I usually only have to ask them to do something once and they do it, lately I have had to ask them two or three times just to get their attention. I am starting to wonder if it is something that I am doing or not doing that is causing them to behave this way, but I can't think of anything. To make matters worse, last night after I put the girls to bed for the night, I was walking down the stairs to let the dog out one last time and I fell down the stairs. It was the large set too, I skid down the steps on my elbows, back and butt. On the way down I also hit my elbow on the corner of the wall and managed to hit my head too. Needless to say I am pretty sore today and the girls aren't making things easier. I even bought them some new coloring stuff to keep them busy, instead they started fighting over that too. I would love to know: Have you ever felt like your children's behavior has changed overnight? What did you do? How many times should I have to repeat myself before finally giving up? Time outs don't even seem to be working anymore so I have started to take toys away, does this seem mean to you? Am I doing the right thing? HELP.