Oh my gosh, DD3.5 and I were at each others throats yesterday. She has been refusing naps even though she is exhausted from not taking naps and waking up at 5:30am every morning. Long story short, had one bad afternoon that involved crying from both of us. I completely snapped at one point -- something I've never done before.

DD3.5 has always been a high maintenance child, even from infancy and I've read posts with other people talking about their high maintenance children as well.

Please tell me somebody else out there has an extremely strong-willed child. DD is so stubborn and so high maintenance. When I see other kids, I start to feel like I've created a high maintenance child somehow. I don't feed into temper tantrums or anything like that. And she can really be a well-behaved child, but her stubbornness is incredible. I guess I know that there are other kids out there like this, but I need some confirmation! smile