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@Cherrybee: hurray! What a great realization and pro-active step Our son does most of his tantruming in the evenings & is needy with my husband, so we started setting aside special Daddy & F time for 5+ minutes right when we get home and it's been helping! I hope this ends up being a good routine for you guys.
I also wanted to say I think it's totally okay to lose patience and even to express that to our kids. I tell my son when I've hit my limit. Mostly it's in the morning leaving the house and now he understands how important being on time is to me. It's hard for me to do without shouting, but taking a deep breath helps me steady my voice.

When DS won't play independently I make it clear that his choices are to play in his playroom alone or go to his room, which is childproofed so he can't get out. If he refuses to play then I put him in his room, which he hates so he is usually screaming the whole time, but I gave him a choice so I don't feel too bad. And it allows me to get some things done when I am really losing my patience or if he is really just getting in the way (like emptying out baskets of toys all over the floor I just cleaned on purpose to annoy me). Otherwise if he is being well behaved I do what mr. Bee does and I set him up with his own mini activity inside my activity. It's more work but can be fun for everyone instead of stressful!