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My five year old daughter beats me up and I don't know what to do
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<blockquote data-quote="joneshockey" data-source="post: 370912"><p>I Keep Trying ~</p><p>Welcome! I hope you find a wealth of support on this website. It has REALLY helped me get through some rough times...This is a safe place to come to discuss any/all of your concerns because everyone understands and "gets" what you are going through. I am sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time with- your daughter right now. I have been dealing with- many of the same behaviors with my 3 1/2 year old son. Have you talked to your pediatrician yet about her behavior? I would reccommed that you get her an appointment to see a psychologist so that she can be evaluated. My B2 currently sees a psychologist weekly for therapy and has had a full psychiatric evaluation. He was diagnosed with Mood Disorder not otherwise specified (with- the likelyhood of it developing into bipolar), ODD and ADHD. Does your daughter have these behaviors at school as well or does it just happen at home? My B2 would attack me and B1, but not FF1 (hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, spitting). I started to use a reward system with B2. I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of small prizes and he could earn a prize up to 3 times a day (1 at lunch time for not exhibiting aggression in the AM, 1 at dinner time for not having aggression and 1 at bed time for not having aggression). It has been somewhat of an effective tool, but I find myself having to change up the prizes periodically so that he stays motivated to earn them. As time went on unfortunately, he quit liking the rewards, so I ended up taking him to a psyciatrist and he was perscribed Risperdal. This medication has seemed to work pretty well for B2. He went from having 10-12 agressive attacks to 1-3 per day now. As far as how to stop her during an attack, the psychiatrist taught me how to put B2 in a cradle hold (He hates it, but it prevents anyone else from getting hurt). It even got to a point that he would stop the behavior because he didn't want me to put him in a cradle hold. You hold the child facing out on your lap, cross his/her arms in front of them, you hold onto each of their hands kind of wrapping their hands behind their back. I often also have to wrap my legs around his to prevent him from kicking me. Give it a try and see if it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joneshockey, post: 370912"] I Keep Trying ~ Welcome! I hope you find a wealth of support on this website. It has REALLY helped me get through some rough times...This is a safe place to come to discuss any/all of your concerns because everyone understands and "gets" what you are going through. I am sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time with- your daughter right now. I have been dealing with- many of the same behaviors with my 3 1/2 year old son. Have you talked to your pediatrician yet about her behavior? I would reccommed that you get her an appointment to see a psychologist so that she can be evaluated. My B2 currently sees a psychologist weekly for therapy and has had a full psychiatric evaluation. He was diagnosed with Mood Disorder not otherwise specified (with- the likelyhood of it developing into bipolar), ODD and ADHD. Does your daughter have these behaviors at school as well or does it just happen at home? My B2 would attack me and B1, but not FF1 (hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, spitting). I started to use a reward system with B2. I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of small prizes and he could earn a prize up to 3 times a day (1 at lunch time for not exhibiting aggression in the AM, 1 at dinner time for not having aggression and 1 at bed time for not having aggression). It has been somewhat of an effective tool, but I find myself having to change up the prizes periodically so that he stays motivated to earn them. As time went on unfortunately, he quit liking the rewards, so I ended up taking him to a psyciatrist and he was perscribed Risperdal. This medication has seemed to work pretty well for B2. He went from having 10-12 agressive attacks to 1-3 per day now. As far as how to stop her during an attack, the psychiatrist taught me how to put B2 in a cradle hold (He hates it, but it prevents anyone else from getting hurt). It even got to a point that he would stop the behavior because he didn't want me to put him in a cradle hold. You hold the child facing out on your lap, cross his/her arms in front of them, you hold onto each of their hands kind of wrapping their hands behind their back. I often also have to wrap my legs around his to prevent him from kicking me. Give it a try and see if it helps. [/QUOTE]
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