I’ve had it! He doesn’t do as he’s told!

Jett.  The 2 1/2 year old from hell.  I thought Rico was a hard 2 yr old.  Turns out I had worse coming.

This child does not listen to instruction, like when he is told not to do something, and he'll go straight ahead and do it, not once, not twice, not THREE times but more!!  This morning he kept coming into my bedroom when I was trying to sleep and DH had to get him out over 3 times and tell him off.  But he kept coming in.

I put him to bed for his nap, and he'll come out again and again and again......

It's exhausting.  Most of you know other stories about this difficult child.  But I'm too tired to go into it.

I've booked him to start kindy when he turns 3 (which is Aug 31) but I'm seriously thinking he needs to start asap even just one morning a week to give me a break, and see if the teachers and help with his behaviour somehow.

He's also a serial escape artist.  Well he only escapes when a doors been left open, or the side gate otherwise he can't get out.  But he runs off down the road and thankfully we live in a good neighbourhood and people have stopped him and brought him home.  It's literally only been 2 mins before I find he's missing and go looking for him to see a neighbour bringing him back.  The only time I can relax is when he's asleep.  Even when I know the house is secure you can't trust him not to be doing something naughty (i.e drawing on the walls, getting in things he's not allowed, trying to pick up the baby etc the list goes on).

He's a delight a lot of the time and very entertaining and loving, but my goodness I've been close to tears since having Ava with his behaviour - WHICH by the way isn't due to me having her, it's been like this for a while!

So if you're still reading and have ANY suggestions on how to get him to listen to instruction, cos that's a lot of the problem, then please share! 

Well I have to say it's quite a relief to hear there's more little terrors our there, other than my own. It's just soo totally exhausting!  I remember thinking with Rico and joking to people that I thought he may have ADHD because he was so busy.... so you'd almost think that I'd know how to handle having another 2 yr old terror, but it's been 4 yrs since and I can't for the life of me remember.  Rico did settle down, however I can't remember how long the terrible two phase lasted with him.  I think he then went to the terrible THREE phase which wasn't much easier.

*thumps head against wall and wonders why I decided to have another baby now instead of waiting til Jett was at school*