Originally Posted by Sjw081087 View Post
I get where you coming from. I understand what you mean its just hard when everything "no, yuck, gimme". I have a tendecy to yell back at her and tell her thats to bad your eating it, picking up that, sitting in time out. I get upset and dont think about talking to her and listening. :'(. I requested that book from my library. Praying it helps. Thanks for your input.

To everyone else...I feel your struggle and see how we have become better, stronger people because of our parents downfalls. I wish everyone the best on your journey to being a better person. *hugs* to all!!

Tinyrabbit has really good advice for you. It "is" a good idea to read more about parenting as well as child development. While you want to be different from your parents, you will still have some of their interactions set deep in you not realizing it.

Some children can be fussy about food, so I always had things I knew my daughter liked and had a set menu every week trying to make it as healthy as possible.

I always set time aside for my daughter every night, I read to her every night and we talked about the stories, that gave us cuddle time, she got "all" my attention and it also began our relationship of talking to each other that lasts to this day.

Remember a child doesn't have their "one" personality until age 5. Ages 3 and 4 are the ages of "no" too. I found with my daughter that if I had a "schedule" where she got to be with me and have all my attention, she was much better. We did things together too, like coloring and painting/crafts as well as the reading. It is "very important" that you build a relationship using what I suggested otherwise you will turn around and the next thing you know she will be fourteen and you and her will not communicate well at all.

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