My step-daughter is a NIGHTMARE!!!
I've been dating my bf for over a year now. And about 3 months ago his 3 year daughter came to live with us because her BM has a lot of issues. My bf left his daughter with his grandparents for 8 months while he came here to look for a new job, and to better his life. After a long battle with court he got custody of her, well she still stayed with her grandparents, because she needed to see her mom for 2 weeks and her dad for 2 weeks, since her mom lives 8 hours away, he thought this was best. When her mom had issues she came to live with us in our apartment. He told me that for me to get used to it, she would be here 2 weeks then there 2 weeks. Well this didn't happen, and ever since she's been here me and my bf have been fighting like crazy. Her mom is now here for court stuff. And my bf's daughter gets to see her mother once a week for 2 hours. And every time she comes back she is a little monster. Last week after she saw her mom me and my bf took her to this indoor playground she loves, and she refused to play. All she kept saying was how she wanted to go home. When I make dinner she shoves the plate and says she doesn't like it even if she hasn't tried it. Her dad doesn't do anything! She only eats if her dad cooks or if she's at daycare. Every night I cook and she tells me how disgusting my food is. I made chili one night she took a bite and spit it all over the floor, her dad put her in timeout. She doesn't listen to me, ever. When she first moved in she was hitting my animals, I have 2 cats and a dog. Her dad finally got her to stop that. But she makes sure to tell me how much she doesn't like me at least every 10 minutes. She tells me to move out, I know she's only 3 but I can't take it and I can't take anymore people telling me "shes's only 3"! Last week, she saw me kissing her dad, and a few minutes later, I walked by the bathroom and she had her pants around her knees and was squatted over the bathroom rug peeing on it. She told her dad it was because she was mad at me, and all he said was that if she did it again, he'd be very mad. SERIOUSLY!!! She needed a timeout or something! This isn't the first time this has happened either. She also throws fits if she doesn't want to put her clothes on. She can put them on by herself, but if her dad is doing something with me, she starts screaming and crying. And he doesn't say anything about it, he just goes and puts her clothes on for her. I don't know what to do, no one I know has ever been in a situation like this. I just needed to vent, because I feel like I'm going insane. I can't stand to be around her. She pisses me off.
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Yikes, sounds like a
Yikes, sounds like a nightmare to me! Daddy needs to get on board, because things will only get worse! (how is that possible right?) I do agree that things are tough for the kid right now but that doesnt mean that this behavior is acceptable. You are an adult in the house and your rules are rules too.
Sounds like you need a major talk with Daddy to make sure you are on the same page and to figure out the discipline asap. Unfortunately skids are for good and it sounds like shes not going anywhere and you have LOTS of years until 18 (I know.. my SD is 4). Get things on the right track right away, or youll be ready to book a 1way ticket out of there!
I have talked to him, he's
I have talked to him, he's basically into that new wave parenting style. I don't agree with it at all. I work in childcare and I see it all the time, and those kids are nightmares. Hopefully after a little more talking, things will change.
I understand completely... I
I understand completely... I met my now husband when his daugher was barely 3 and she definitely had some difficulty getting used to me being around and receiving affection from her daddy. Oh yeah... she didn't like us kissing, holding hands, hugging, etc. And her mom is a total nightmare. They have shared custody but I get what you mean when you say that after she comes back from seeing her mom that she is impossible to deal with. Her mom is a total loser...
The little girl is now 6 1/2 and things are better between us because she has gotten it through her head that I'm not going anywhere. These years... 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. are difficult years for kids when their parents are divorcing because they truly don't understand all the complexities of what is happening. I try not to be mad at her for the way she is because I know that she is just a product of her mother, but that sometimes doesn't make it any easier.
What I can offer you is this... If you put your foot down with her, things will get better. Her dad can ask her over and over to stop doing something and she just keeps on, but if I tell her to stop... she stops. My husband says that she's "scared" of me. I've never spanked her though. Her dad has, but she's scared of me. Isn't that interesting?
And, yes, you will probably have some not so comfortable conversations with your boyfriend because when I first started "parenting" this kid, he said I was too harsh. He has changed his mind though over the years because he sees that we HAVE to take a stricter line and harder approach with her because there is zero discipline at her mom's house.
So, hang in there!
Thanks! That helps a bunch.
Thanks! That helps a bunch. My sd was scared of me, and I've never spanked her either. And at first she would listen to me when I would tell her no, but now she literally laughs at me. Well hopefully if I keep talking to my bf about it, things will change.