Talking Tantrums!

Man oh man. 

The past few days and nights have been just awful! We have been dealing with a lot. I'm talking kicking screaming on the floor fits about going to bed. I mean really he is four. Could it really be a surprise that we have to go to sleep. Bed time happens at the same time every night. Don't you think that by the age of four he would be used to it by now. He also has started screaming when things don't go his way. I know this is a normal kid thing but his fits seem a bit extreme recently.

During the day KT is wonderful until I tell him something he doesn't want to hear. Then all of the sudden it's like I broke his favorite toy. This reaction can come from almost anything. Telling him he made a bad choice and he can't play the Wii, to telling him to he will have to wait 5 mins while I finish cooking dinner before I will cut up an apple. Most of the time he gets over things quickly but recently I have had to send him to time out. Which I don't like to do. I would rather use time out as a prevention tool. Like when I see him doing something he will get in trouble for I have him sit and think about weather it's a good idea or not. Usually it's not and we can avoid a fit. But the past week this method hasn't seemed to work at all.

KT has also regressed to a one year old at night. He won't calm down without someone (mainly me) laying with him until he falls asleep. We have been trying to reapply the CIO method. I did this with him when he was around a year old and it worked wonderfully. He was always a really good sleeper until about two when his bio-father and I separated. At that point both of our worlds fell apart and we both started staying up way, way to late and not getting up till noon. Yea I know not good habits but we broke them. However the CIO method is not going so well this time. And let's face it by the end of the day I don't have the energy to fight with him any longer. So I cave and cuddle him or give him late night snacks and drinks. I know, I know that is part of the problem. Believe me I know it's just hard to listen to him cry and scream.

This has caused AB and I to start fighting in the evening when we know we are going to have to start the bed time routine. It has become a major stress. We are luckily really good at handling aruments. 

This fit was actually cute. He was upset because we went to enroll him in pre-K and he thought he was going t get to start school that day. The current pre-K class happened to walk by and he wanted to go with them. He said "but the other kids are at school". It was so cute.

Does anyone out there have any positive advice or imput? 

Talk to you guys again soon.

Mykah Bri