I am exhausted
Spent 3 hours yesterday evening dealing with a very unhappy little 8yo. She was upset with me because I took her home when she had a tantrum at my dads house because I wouldn鈥檛 let her swim in his pool since no adult could supervise her at that time. Tantrum then crying all the way home then 3 hours of drama going around in circles with her until she finally fell asleep. So... I鈥檓 exhausted 馃槾 I feel like I need some kind of debrief with her but she鈥檚 happy playing right now so I don鈥檛 want to drag it all up again
She just doesn鈥檛 seem to take it in when I tell her I鈥檓 not going to hit her... when she鈥檚 calm she looks like she understands and then she has a meltdown and seems to just forget in the moment that she doesn鈥檛 need to be scared of me. She acts out, then FREAKS out about the fact she acted out and loses her mind when I go near her like she thinks I鈥檓 going to do something horrible. She鈥檚 clearly used to that crap from our aunt and doesn鈥檛 get that I鈥檓 not going to do that to her. I need to get her to realise that we can deal with an outburst calmly...
Until she understands that I guess its gonna be tantrums about tantrums around here.
I am trying to arrange therapy for her but its taking a while and she says she doesn鈥檛 want to do it. I鈥檒l make it happen but in the meantime she鈥檚 booked in to big sister鈥檚 very unqualified home therapy I suppose
She just doesn鈥檛 seem to take it in when I tell her I鈥檓 not going to hit her... when she鈥檚 calm she looks like she understands and then she has a meltdown and seems to just forget in the moment that she doesn鈥檛 need to be scared of me. She acts out, then FREAKS out about the fact she acted out and loses her mind when I go near her like she thinks I鈥檓 going to do something horrible. She鈥檚 clearly used to that crap from our aunt and doesn鈥檛 get that I鈥檓 not going to do that to her. I need to get her to realise that we can deal with an outburst calmly...
Until she understands that I guess its gonna be tantrums about tantrums around here.
I am trying to arrange therapy for her but its taking a while and she says she doesn鈥檛 want to do it. I鈥檒l make it happen but in the meantime she鈥檚 booked in to big sister鈥檚 very unqualified home therapy I suppose