Question
HI there,
Thank you for all your advice so far. It's been great advice. My daughter is no longer being rude or throwing tantrums. Curing both behaviours by dealing with one at a time, took us 5 months! Now I have an old one that I can't seem to settle. My girl is now almost 4.5 years and can't go 5 minutes without a "mummy look", "Mummy, I'm going to feed bear now", "mummy, bear is going for a walk now", "mummy I'm hungry", "mummy, this is for you". It can be like this all day long. How do I restrict her access to me? When I tell her "please don't disturb mummy reading/doing chores", 5 minutes later, it's "mummy….something" again…or if she's not happy with my request, she will start a fight with her brother or run into her room and sulk and be grumpy all day.
I'm just not really sure where or how to place a boundary without having her feel neglected, hurt, or for her to feel mummy is not interested in what she is doing at all. I do want her to tell me what she's doing to set the stage for later years. However, I'm feeling incredibly irritated with the constant interruptions, especially when I'm having breakfast and doing a bit of reading, and when I'm trying to prepare a meal. Most of the time, she's telling me about what her bear is doing or giving me a gift of some sort. Any advice for this sort of thing?
