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I've been there too. My son was diagnosed with ADHD in Sept last year and most of my parenthood looked pretty much like you described. You're doing a great job, it can be very exhausting and is not your fault. My son's behaviour has been getting better over the years but very slowly, he's now 13 yrs and I think we finally have teamwork (50% of the times). Being consistent and assertive helps but I know how difficult and draining it can be to fight battles all the time. It'll get better, you can try to seek diagnosis via Right to Choose which might be quicker than NHS. Things will get better xxx
Please don’t feel like a crap mum, I was just about to come on a write a similar post, my daughter out right just says no in my face when I ask her to do things.. I’ve stopped saying “can you come and do xyz” as she’ll literally be like nope and I’ve come to realise she responds better to “it’s time to do xyz now” however it only works 2 out of 10 times.. I actually bought a parenting guide the other day and what I learnt is that it’s really okay for there to be consequences to actions such as saying no tv time now but making sure to actually follow through with it! I was outside nursery 10 mins before it opened as I’d just had enough!!!! I think parenting with adhd is so hard I myself have adhd and the overstimulation can be torture 🩷🩷
I feel like little boys are like this my march 2022 baby is a handful and everything's a no or not listening and we are fed up I also feel so bad because all I feel like I do is shout at him but hes very hard he has alot of a tantrums esp when he doesnt want to come home or inside Ive started to put him on the step to have time out when hes fully not listening I also have a 7 month old so I find it exhaustingggggg Hang in there xxx