I thought ( before I had a DC ) that I wasn't a baby person. I said I was looking forward to the walking and the start of taking phase.
Noooooooo I take it all back. I loved the baby bit and this toddler is irrational, moody, won't keep still and is exhausting. He won't nap when he's obviously tired. He throws most of his meals on the floor and laughs about it. Nappy changes are only allowed if YouTube is deployed.
When I tell him 'No' he wags his finger at me ( I don't do this, but he's got it from somewhere) 
And no he does not want to read a book, play with any of his toys or sleep. He wants to try to open the front door, chase the dogs, stand in the dog water and spend his time going out of the room I'm in. Of course if I dare leave room myself wahhhhhhhhhhh.
DS is 18 months. I think I'm cracking and I've not even got to terrible twos or threeanger.
AIBU?
AIBU to find having an 18 month old relentless ?
tryingtobebrilliant · 16/10/2017 22:02
Long ago, my uncle (mum's brother) and aunt had b/g twins.
Born when their DS1 was 17 months old. 
Grit your teeth, stay consistent with discipline and you'll get through it. Only a few more years to go! 
I could have pulled off a 3rd baby, but not a 3rd toddler. 2y age gap so as DS1 finally began to emerge from the worst of the terrible twos (nothing to do with being two, more that it was two years of relentless tantrums) DS2 was reaching that stage.
I'm being a bit unfair on them, but they were hard in different ways. Ds1 was the type to blow because a few crumbs ruined the symmetry of his biscuit. DS2 was much more sunny and placid but a low sleep, physical whirlwind. At soft play, I once found him on the second storey of play frame- the exterior of it! He took his first steps at the edge of the swimming pool so he could hurl himself in!
I found babies portable, but te pace of toddler life can be mind numbing. And fitting things around naps etc.
It was worth keeping them. They're great kids now 
and to all toddler parents. Solidarity. If we are lucky then they will one day sleep and stop asking for another verse of the wheels on the bus!
My older two are well past toddlerhood. I am no less shocked and exhausted 
.
I wish you all a lovely sleep!
See, I remember being at antenatal clinic with DD1, shaking my head at the mums with huge bellies, struggling with an older child who often wasn't even walking yet. I thought it was insane! Imagine having two so close together. You won't catch me doing that etc. etc.
Of course, guess who was sitting there in exactly the same situation approx. 18 months later, six months pregnant with a 13 month old barely toddling infant DD1 with me. 
It was extremely tough, I won't deny. But you get through. You just have to, really.
Mine is 21 months. If anyone needs me, I'll be rocking in this corner over here.
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