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<blockquote data-quote="Mandy" data-source="post: 224043" data-attributes="member: 6245"><p>difficult child went into a major rage last night, and I just need help figuring out if I did something wrong.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>I saw it coming this week so I feel like I should have been more prepared. difficult child has not been sleeping very much at all so matter what i try so I could tell his behavior had been deteriorating this week. His gluten free diet had been doing wonders and we had not had a full blown out of control rage in about a month. Well last night I put on a Christmas show for them to watch and let them know TV time would be over shortly after the show. When the show was over difficult child asked to watched his favorite channel, Noggin so I told him as long as he laid down in bed he could watch it for a few minutes. As soon as I left the room he was jumping up and down and bothering his brother again so i went in and turned it off. That sent him into a full blown rage. I could see him storming down the hallway with a wild look on his face so i knew immeadiately he would probably get violent. I gave the baby to my husband and carried difficult child back into his room. </p><p> </p><p>He started kicking, hitting, so I used a safe hold to try to get him under control. While I am holding him somehow he bit me, scratched my arm pretty deep, pinched me, and then ripped my shirt. I couldnt beleive how much strength he had because I am no little woman<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> I finally had to let him go because I couldnt hold him anymore while he was raging so I put him down and walked out of the room so I could just hold the door shut and let him get it out. I got my finger smashed in this process from him chucking a toy at me while I was closing the door. Well he proceded to try to turn the TV back on while he was screaming so i went back in to take out the sattelite receiver. I think that is where I went wrong... He was holding the receiver so tightly and hitting me while I was trying to unscrew it from the TV that it took me a good 3 minutes just to get it unplugged. Finally I am standing at his door in tears so my husband comes to take over and let me retreat for a minute. He starts screaming he is bleeding and needs a bandaid so we let him out to take a look. He has cuts on both hands pretty good where he was gripping the receiver so hard to try to get it away from me. I take him in the bathroom to try to talk it out because he is finally starting to calm down a little. I got him to lay on the couch for awhile and after abt. 15 min he just looks at me again and says... "I want my tv back". I told him that isnt an option and we are all going to bed. I finally got him to lay down with me, and he stayed awake for another good 45min in the dark. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry, this is so long but I wanted you to know all the details of the rage so hopefully you can give me some advice as to what to do next time. He is so out of control during his rages that no amount us talking to him even gets through. This lasted abt. 45 min so I think i was wrong in thinking they lasted for hours... they just feel like it. I don't know where to draw the line between dicipline and pacifying him??? I bought some melatonin to try tonight because if he continues without sleep he will just keep getting worse. We have went through these cycles before. I could only buy 3mg so I plan on cutting them in half to see how they work. Any advice on this would also be great!</p><p> </p><p>Today I am exhausted, sad, hopeless, helpless, and just feel defeated that I can't "fix" this. I know he doesnt feel good after his rages, and our whole family just feels broken....</p><p> </p><p>Thank you if you read all of this</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mandy, post: 224043, member: 6245"] difficult child went into a major rage last night, and I just need help figuring out if I did something wrong.:frowny: I saw it coming this week so I feel like I should have been more prepared. difficult child has not been sleeping very much at all so matter what i try so I could tell his behavior had been deteriorating this week. His gluten free diet had been doing wonders and we had not had a full blown out of control rage in about a month. Well last night I put on a Christmas show for them to watch and let them know TV time would be over shortly after the show. When the show was over difficult child asked to watched his favorite channel, Noggin so I told him as long as he laid down in bed he could watch it for a few minutes. As soon as I left the room he was jumping up and down and bothering his brother again so i went in and turned it off. That sent him into a full blown rage. I could see him storming down the hallway with a wild look on his face so i knew immeadiately he would probably get violent. I gave the baby to my husband and carried difficult child back into his room. He started kicking, hitting, so I used a safe hold to try to get him under control. While I am holding him somehow he bit me, scratched my arm pretty deep, pinched me, and then ripped my shirt. I couldnt beleive how much strength he had because I am no little woman:confused1: I finally had to let him go because I couldnt hold him anymore while he was raging so I put him down and walked out of the room so I could just hold the door shut and let him get it out. I got my finger smashed in this process from him chucking a toy at me while I was closing the door. Well he proceded to try to turn the TV back on while he was screaming so i went back in to take out the sattelite receiver. I think that is where I went wrong... He was holding the receiver so tightly and hitting me while I was trying to unscrew it from the TV that it took me a good 3 minutes just to get it unplugged. Finally I am standing at his door in tears so my husband comes to take over and let me retreat for a minute. He starts screaming he is bleeding and needs a bandaid so we let him out to take a look. He has cuts on both hands pretty good where he was gripping the receiver so hard to try to get it away from me. I take him in the bathroom to try to talk it out because he is finally starting to calm down a little. I got him to lay on the couch for awhile and after abt. 15 min he just looks at me again and says... "I want my tv back". I told him that isnt an option and we are all going to bed. I finally got him to lay down with me, and he stayed awake for another good 45min in the dark. Sorry, this is so long but I wanted you to know all the details of the rage so hopefully you can give me some advice as to what to do next time. He is so out of control during his rages that no amount us talking to him even gets through. This lasted abt. 45 min so I think i was wrong in thinking they lasted for hours... they just feel like it. I don't know where to draw the line between dicipline and pacifying him??? I bought some melatonin to try tonight because if he continues without sleep he will just keep getting worse. We have went through these cycles before. I could only buy 3mg so I plan on cutting them in half to see how they work. Any advice on this would also be great! Today I am exhausted, sad, hopeless, helpless, and just feel defeated that I can't "fix" this. I know he doesnt feel good after his rages, and our whole family just feels broken.... Thank you if you read all of this [/QUOTE]
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