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Am I nuts?

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So, my 3 year old daughter jsut seems to love to push my buttons. She doesnt like to listen to directions all the time and she'll do things she knows arent good decisions, and Ill get mad and yell, but then she'll say or do something so funny and Ill jsut crack up...Am I nuts? I used to get really stressed because of my job. I know she picked up on that. Now I have a new job but still cant get rid of alot of the stress and sometimes I know she knows that. She'll say she doesnt love me...I know she's only 3 but it hurts sometimes...I love my daughter and would do anything for her....sorr yfor the ramble, my first time on here and all...thanks everyone.
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I can relate. I also have a 3yr old daughter and she knows how to get my goat. I'll go from zero to sixty with her, both happy and angry - either way. You're not alone. I've heard 3 can be a tough age. My daugter is learning to be independent, too. Through it all, I wouldn't trade her for the world :)
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You're not nuts. You're a Mom. Welcome to the never ending roller-coaster ride called Parenting!

There are two quotes about children that I love and they are oh so true:

Like fruit, children are sweetest just before they turn bad. ~Dena Groquet

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones
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Yep, hubby and I make jokes all the time about our daughter having rapid mood swings. She can go from crying to laughing in less than 2.3 seconds...lol. As for her saying she doesn't love you... that one you may want to address. Now is a good time to teach her not to say hurtful things to ppl. Its perfectly alright for our children not to like what we have to do sometimes (means we're being good parents) but you can not like what someone does and still love them. (That's what keeps me married during football season...lol)
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Sometimes I feel I am going nuts too. I have a 3 year old girl aswell, she is the boss. When she gets mad she will say i hate you! She even says that to her grandmother! Now she has added "idiot" to her vocabulary! Her brother brought that home from school one day and of course she picked that up. But then she can be so sweet and say "I'll do anything for you mommy"...I don't know how I still have hair...lol.
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Thanks for all the responses. Its good to know that there are people out there who care to listen. My wife and I can get burned out just discussing it between ourselves sometimes...lol Thanks again folks. Looking forward to being part of the community!

:)
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my daughter is also extremely difficult. She just turned 3 and test me constantly! She doesn't test her dad like me at all and now I am pregannt with baby 3 so trying to get it undewr control. As she gets older she gets better but its a task!
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I often think that it's lucky my son is so darn cute.....it's a little easier to deal with the mood swings this time because I've gone through it all before with my older son. I know there is an end in sight and he will get more even-tempered eventually. Each age has it's advantages though. Derrick is so open with his feelings. I love it when he makes up silly songs or gives eskimo kisses. It's hillarious how he tries to use new words and doesn't always get it quite right..... Because I've gone through this phase before, I also know the moments to savor because I know they will soon enough be gone.
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Yeah, one of her favorite things is eskimo kisses at bed time. :) Even when she gets an attitude, she will eventually want a kiss or come up and ask for something with a big grinning "Peaze!?"...lol I must say that checking in on her one last time before I goto bed and seeing her sleeping like a little angel is probably close to the greatest thing in the world. :)
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