Do You Sometimes Feel Like You Are On Your Last Nerve???

Yes I sometimes have these days when "Murphy's Law" is in full control!

I think all kids have days like that, you just need to be thankful that ALL days are not like that! Good luck!

singlemommy you missed the key to the situation. he fell asleep in the car on the way home. the terrible twos often go through to the terrible threes.they get exhausted pretty easily when their brains are starting to process so much new information the kids are actually overwhelmed and are so tired they dont know why so they get angry and physical too. some pediatricians say if we were learning that much information that fast even as adults we would be horribly cranky too. the key is naps and rests he is so tired he doesnt even know he is tired he just knows it does not feel right and he cannot understand it so he cries and fumes and acts out. punishing them for not understanding what is happening to them does not really help much. making them be quiet and nap and rest will eventually.When my adult son was that age and acting up i pulled him on my lap and held him firmly,not angry just firm, and soon he actually just fell asleep,

Unfortunately, my children have been on my last nerve for the last two days. It could be the fact that my oldest had a five day weekend from school or it could be the fact that they want to question everything that I am telling them to do. Or, it could even be the fact that other things in our house are not going to my expectations and that is causing every little thing to get on my nerves, I'm not sure but, yes, I've been there. This weekend it has been so bad with my children that I told my daughter I was cancelling her birthday party next weekend. We hadn't passed out invitations yet, so I am just going to put it off a week in hopes that she will decide to clean her bedroom as I've been asking her to do for weeks now.

Well, my daughter was different when she was still 3 tears old. She is more behave in the mall. What annoys me usually is her talkativeness. She does not stop asking questions and commenting on anything she sees, even at home. She only stops when she's asleep. Thanks God she's not like that anymore, now that she has turned 15.

EVERY parent has had days like these, and if they're telling you otherwise I don't think they're being very honest. I have a 2.5 year old daughter and a baby boy due in December, so needless to say I've been having a lot of those kinds of days lately. I think it's mostly my fault though, just because I've been so tired and cranky and stuff. I saw you mention something to another mylotter about "hoping this is just a phase", and it definitely is. During this developmental stage kids haven't learned how to express their emotions correctly, so the only thing they know how to do if they're sad, angry, frustrated, tired, etc. is cry and throw a fit. But with that said, now is the time to make it clear to him that this isn't gonna work. Once he realizes that acting like this produces NO positive results for him, he'll stop. Just be patient. Here's what I do... If my daughter is being a little devil child then I FORCE myself to talk in a calming voice because if I don't focus on that I'd probably scream. Also, if she was throwing a huge fit at the restaurant I probably would have left (as completely inconveinient as that would be). When she's throwing fits at home and kicking and screaming I gently pick her up, put her in time out and calmly say, "I understand you're upset because I won't let you play with the pen (for example), but you need to sit here until you can act like a big girl, and then we can talk." She usually keeps screaming for about 5 minutes and I just ignore her, even though it makes me feel bad sometimes. She then sees that the way she's acting is getting NO attention from me, then she'll stop and say, "Mommy! I stopped crying!!" And I always make sure to praise her for being such a big girl! Also, I just want to stress that I feel it's really important to make it clear to him that you understand why he's upset. That way he understands that you are listening to him and know what he's saying, but it's still not okay for him to act like that. You could always give it a try and see how it works for you. All kids are different, so he may require something else... But yes I, and many, many, MANY other parents out there have horrible days like that. It just comes with the territory. Good luck and remember to just keep breathing ;-).

I know that feeling. I don't have kids, and if I did I'd have probably left them there, so i guess that's why I don't have them. LOL But I have been in Wits End situations at other times. Mine was yesterday when we were contemplating a possible change in our financial situation, along with some Christmas drama in my family.

You son sounds a lot like my daughter. They are pretty close in age too I think. She will be 3 in January and I know he recently turned 3. She drives me crazy some days. Sometimes I feel like I can't take her anywhere without her acting up. I am really hoping it is just the age and she grows out of it. SOON!

Your hairdreeser was right. Out of control children do things like that to get attention. U better start doing something to get this little fellow straightened out before it's too late. Making them mind doesn't mean u are being mean to them or don't love them. I know u love him but don't u want everybody else to love him to. U need to do this for his sake & yours.

Oh, honey! I was on my 'last nerve' several years ago. My daughter was hyper active as a child and she would run away from me and end up half way across the store. I had the manager come over to me more than once to tell me my child was out of control while all the time I am frantically looking for her.

I’ve had many days like that for so many different reasons. The type of days when you wonder why you bothered to get out of bed in the first place! I remember going to the doctor with my daughter when she was around two years old. The doctor was running late and we were facing a long wait so I decided to go to the shopping area next door and get a drink. My daughter spotted a merry go round there and wanted a shot so I put my two dollars in and she had fun; problem was she didn’t want to leave and as I forced her to come she threw the biggest tantrum ever, screaming and kicking so loudly as she ran away from me and into a pharmacy where she proceeded to knock everything off the shelves! It was truly horrible and embarrassing as everyone in the mall stopped to look at me trying to deal with a crazy child. I managed to apologise profusely to the pharmacy staff and literally drag her in the car, where I sat and cried for five minutes. We returned to the doctor’s office when we both calmed down and I didn’t know how to answer when the doctor asked me if I would consider having another baby!

I was impatient before I had a child. But babies are so cute and are so innocent that you can't even tell them bad things. If my child grows up to have lots of temper tantrums, I'll ignore them. That's the best way, I think, to handle it. It's normal for a toddler to develop tantrum spells. But he's a child, what can you do about it? Just build more patience. Maybe when my baby does that, I'll breath deeply, exhale slowly and count 1-10 or even a hundred just to console myself. I won't do anything to hurt my child. I think that would be a bad idea.