Where Have I Gone Wrong

My sweet sweet Colton

My middle child

with the terrible terrible three's

I know it's hard to imagine

the child

with this face

walking around without a halo

but it happens

And it's my fault

It's always the mom's fault right

I see my attitude in him

When you tell him no

for the 42nd time in a row

to stop________

(fill in the blank)

he will scream  

and stomp

and hit

it's pretty

REAL PRETTY

I'm frustrated

he's frustrated

I yell

he yells

I don't know what to do with him

I get the attitude

I totally get it

Connor is older

He gets everything new

has friends and cooler toys

Christian is the baby

He gets lots of attention

and holding and rocking

Colton gets the hand-me-downs

and the "in a minute"s

I would be mad too

So yesterday I gave him his own room

Connor and Colton have bunk beds

sharing a room obviously

Christian has his own room

We have a 4th bedroom

but it is on a the bottom level 

of our 3 level house

(all the other bedrooms are on 3)

so someone has to share

for the next few years

anyway...

I did some serious furniture moving

I moved the crib to Connor's room

and Colton's bed to his 

VERY OWN ROOM

I haven't moved the clothes yet

figured I would test this for a few weeks first

Last night he slept well

He seems pretty excited about his space

I'm thinking this might just be a good idea

Then this afternoon

I told him to go upstairs and change his clothes

(because he peed)

and he locked me out of the house

We had just been coming in from the garage

so I had my keys

then he's upstairs slamming doors

My "way" is not working anymore

I don't know what else to do

He OBVIOUSLY needs attention

do I put him in more school

do I put Christian in MDO 

so I can have more time with Colton

more 1 on 1 dates

but how to fit that in

I am at a loss

All I know 

what I am doing now

is NOT working