Wow my 18 month old is a handful. Does it get better?

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He was an angel not three weeks ago! What's happened?

I suspect second molars are coming, but the wilfulness can't be blamed on that!

Aibu to think this is never-ending? Please tell me it does.

Same, weaning and crawling were frightful

It’s gone in the blink of an eye

And actually, I’ve been in the bath for half an hour and it’s peace and quiet here. DH has done bedtime and there’s not a peep.

Can’t get better. Not looking forward to the frightful 3’s!

Surely they don't get harder and harder? I don't know many 4,5,6 year olds that tantrum and cry like toddlers

Me neither
I only hear about it here

I feel your pain, my DD has just learnt that the slightest inconvenienc, or the smallest issue her velcro not sticking can be sorted with a simple shriek it's such fun.

Saying that I am loving this stage compared to around 9months, DD was a late crawler and would just sit and moan at me, If I looked away she would moan more i had to stare at her. Ffs she was a little dictator.

Inconvenience *

Thing is, every child is different and has a different 'difficult' bit I think. Just enjoy the good bits and when it gets tough just keep swimming x

It's the molars. Those fucking molars.

We seem to go in peaks and troughs, weeks with great sleep and few issues followed by weeks with disturbed sleep and an unhappy baby (11 months)

I try to remember the good times when in the midst of the bad

DS is 5 now and the baby stage seems so long ago now, I try to remember that with DD.

my dd has just turned 2 and I've definitely noticed a big improvement. she'll sit for 15 mins doing play do or stickers with me whereas before she was on the go 100%.

her language is great so that's v helpful too.

Nope. 4 year old is still an absolute,complete, utter nightmare. Currently listening to him scream and kick walls.

I found 18 months a challenge because my kid had very definite opinions on what he wanted to do/eat/wear etc but couldn’t communicate them effectively, he’d just say “noooooooo!” to every option I presented. It got so much better as his speech developed and he could tell me what he wanted.

He’s two years and five months and so far “the terrible twos” haven’t been terrible at all, I’m finding this a really hilarious and adorable age and loads easier to manage than a year ago. He also now has some understanding of risk and consequence and I can trust him to be in a room alone for a minute whereas at 18 months I felt like if I even blinked he would be climbing the bookshelf and leaping off.

(I’m aware that probably means three is going to be awful, I try to enjoy the good phases without worrying about what’s coming next!)

Insertfunnyusername my DS was also a late crawler and did just this at 8-9 months - sit and moan at me. Christ it was awful. DS2 is doing similar now at 6 months with his teeth.

OP I find tantrums easy peasy compared with the backchat, rudeness and sass that comes with a 3+ year old! You're right that the tantrums reduce, my 3 and a half year old rarely has them, but my gosh he's clever and can be so nasty at times. Whilst still having the egocentricity of a toddler. Fun times (he's not actually that bad now, quite the opposite. 2 years 9 months - 3 years 5 months was another story!).