I work PT, when she's at nursery she's apparently 'the most independent, well behaved child' when she's with her dad she's 'so easy and just occupies herself' when we're with anyone else she's great, it's just when we're alone just us that she turns into a screaming demanding monster that not even CBeebies can help her to be quiet for 5 mins.

I have a newborn and a three year old and oh it is so much easier than a three year old and being pregnant! It's really tough when you are exhausted and feeling crap and they just don't get it Friend who got in touch when mum was in hospice, said "I'm so sorry, that's awful" and then nothing more - whatever, they were more a light hearted friendship anyway Point is, people react to suddenly not having the cash flow they’re used to, in weird ways. Like when it’s three days before payday and you don’t want to go into your overdraft, but you metaphorically pee into the wind and go on a blow-out anyway.She just screamed at me because I asked her to play by herself and told her I'm not doing it anymore. Saying 'I have no friends and you won't play with me, you're so horrible' she does have friends, she means not with her right now, it made me feel awful but I just can't do it all the time. If your mum prefer rings, then this mother daughter ring is a dainty and unusual gift which will hold a lot of sentimental value. WIN a Thank You Experience Box from Buyagift

I have a very loving marriage thankfully, so I'm not alone. But in terms of friends I feel quite discarded, but wonder if it's just me being over sensitive due to my head being messed up with the bereavement? She hates my edad and always likens me to him, she told me to stop treating her like shit like my edad does (he doesn’t at all). She screamed about her problems with my dad and said I’m doing that to her and I’m making her mental. I said I don’t know what I’ve done wrong? I simply answered her question. She threw her dinner in the bin and I said don’t throw it out I cooked that she said “what have i not ever cooked for u since u were a baby?”...She screamed, hit herself and ran to her room. But, despite your best effort to squash it, your blood boils over, and you just can’t take it anymore. You’ve rolled into a full-blown mommy tantrum, and there’s nothing you can do to tap the brakes. If you’re not sure what art they’d like, then you can create a memory book with pictures of family, friends and memories is a great alternative. A new bag If letting her read isn't working, then how about audiobooks? She can lie with the light off and listen to those with her eyes closed and she may find it easier to relax and doze off when the pressure's off - even if it's much later than you'd like, although I wouldn't worry about that too much actually. Another idea might to be also get her one of those lamps that gradually fades down like the sun setting over a long period, so she can stay in bed listening to a book or reading or even playing quietly with some small toys (a couple of dolls or action figures, or a puzzle or something) while the light gradually changes and helps her wind down.She raised the pitchfork over her head like an axe and slammed it down on the cooler. She wound up like a golf swing and teed off right in the middle of the driveway, sending larger parts of the cooler off into the yard. The lightness of the Styrofoam made her seethe with anger. She ran and swung, sending bits and pieces of the cooler all over the place. Shards of Styrofoam flew like feathers across our lawn. If your parents live together, still call them because there’s only so much ‘I’m sad because I have no job any more’ you can say to the person you live with until they get irritated. It feels good to rant at a fresh ear. Be a fresh ear. One of my favourite bloggers, Matt Coyne from Man vs Baby, never fails to make me laugh. I’m a bit of an awkward fan girl if anything, and he’s only seen me steaming drunk so he probably thinks I’m very strange. Not far wrong to be fair. I can't be out with her all of the time, I can't play with her all of the time, I just want a little bit of time just to hear myself think and with my exhaustion just to sit down on the sofa for a minute. Sometimes toxic comments go beyond words. If your mom lets out a long sigh or a guttural noise when you try to talk to her, Pinsly says it could be her way of showing that “you’ve let her down.” If it happens regularly, it can start to feel toxic, especially if your mom does it as a way to make you give in and meet her needs.