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To ask you the worst things your toddler has done?

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farmertom · 21/02/2020 09:04

I'm not sure how light hearted this is, hopefully a bit. Looking to feel a bit better about mine!
Just had a new baby and my gorgeous, gentle, well behaved little toddler (2.4 months) has turned into a moaning and hitting, doing the opposite of whatever is asked and refusing to get dressed/nappy change/eat little monster.
I feel absolutely awful! I feel so guilty like I've ruined his life with all this upheaval and especially the hitting makes me feel so bad.

Please tell me this is normal and that he'll be ok 😢😢😢😢

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HomeMadeMadness · 21/02/2020 12:27

My eldest had a week where he turned into an absolute hell spawn. He blocked the (only) toilet by putting clothes into it, became obsessed by running into the kitchen and tipping any spice/flour/sugar/whatever he could find on the floor, threw his dinner out of a window into the downstairs flat's garden. I can't even remember the rest but he was a nightmare. H

sar302 · 21/02/2020 12:28

We're house hunting at the moment, and every time we set foot in a house to view our usually happy go lucky toddler has turned into the devil.
All the estate agents / vendors have kindly said "oh don't worry about it!" While he's trying to run around and open drawers, slam doors etc. When one of us picks him up he'll scream and tantrum and arch his back. We started tag teaming - one view the house while the other walks him in the pram outside, then switch.
Finally my husband had to start taking time off work so we could go while toddler was at nursery, so we could actually view a house at the same fricking time.

It has not been the fun "find our first family home" that I envisaged 😡

SidneyPrescott · 21/02/2020 12:31

Red lipstick all over my stairs. I have a photo of him absolutely covered too. My fault for leaving my stuff on the stairs after a night out and not putting it away (I may have been ever so slightly hungover!).

Tip - coconut oil works wonders!

To ask you the worst things your toddler has done?
PhilomenaChristmasPie · 21/02/2020 12:33

Blocking the loo with mud at pre school. They had to call the plumber out!

Enchiladas · 21/02/2020 12:34

Mine is only 10mo but he's been on his feet since the week he turned 6mo and hasn't stopped for a minute!

He's gotten into the nappy cream and sudocreme and eaten it, he's constantly climbing onto and out of anything and everything he can, he's pulled his posters down in his room more than once (always waits til I have to step out for a few moments lol), he's lobs his dummies over the side of the cot where it's hard for us to reach them out and when I say 'no' he stops in his tracks, does the cheeks grin, and lobs them anyway Grin

None of these are particularly 'bad' things but it does make me laugh watching him constantly on the go and pushing boundaries at 10mo.

cheninblanc · 21/02/2020 12:34

Wrote her name with a stick on the bonnet of my new car 😱. 14 years on we laugh about it

managedmis · 21/02/2020 12:35

Dd1, when she was about 2, but the leg of an older lady we were queuing next to in the supermarket. I was mortified! She did not have form for biting and seemed surprised at the fuss that was made. The lady did not take it well.

^^

Sorry but Grin must have been awful at the time

Gatehouse77 · 21/02/2020 12:35

We had to hide scissors (hair, carpets, soft toys) and felt tips (walls, body, any paper) from our youngest. She climbed everything and anything. She was stop walking and refuse to move (lots of rugby ball carrying for her!). Turn her head when you were telling her off.

She was also funny, caring, empathetic and loving. (Although went through a phase when we weren't allowed to kiss her 🤷‍♀️)

goldenorbspider · 21/02/2020 12:36

My toddler had a really busy week. Broke screen on flat tv and my dyson

ohnooutofdateham · 21/02/2020 12:36

Dd1, when she was about 2, but the leg of an older lady we were queuing next to in the supermarket. I was mortified! She did not have form for biting and seemed surprised at the fuss that was made. The lady did not take it well.

Shock oh my! This wins the thread or loses depending on your point of view 🙈

Enchiladas · 21/02/2020 12:36

And here he is doing his new fun thing lol

To ask you the worst things your toddler has done?
ohnooutofdateham · 21/02/2020 12:37

@Enchiladas he's been walking since he turned 6months??? ShockShock

AgentCooper · 21/02/2020 12:43

Sorry you’re having a tough time OP but my God this thread is making me feel less alone!

My 2.5 year old DS is a force of nature. His favourite thing (which he hasn’t done recently, mercifully) was to sweep everything off the surfaces in people’s houses. Everything. While I ran after him and tried to stop him, of course.

Biting. He had bitten people of all ages, he is not fussy. Same with hitting.

DH thought it would be charming to buy him an ice cream shop set made of solid wood and it’s up in our attic, which we’ve made into a playroom. I had to run down the stairs to get something quickly, leaving DS securely behind the stairgate, and couldn’t get back up the stairs because DS was stood at the top hurling solid wooden ice cream cones which weigh a ton at me.

Tipped over those big battery recycling towers in Lidl, numerous times.

Enchiladas · 21/02/2020 12:48

ohnooutofdateham not walking independently but he has been standing since 6m and walking along using surfaces etc to hold on to. At 7m he first stood himself up in the middle of the floor completely independently (we were Shock ). So he's on his feet constantly and anywhere he can't reach on his feet he quickly drops and crawls then gets right back up again.

LakieLady · 21/02/2020 12:49

Oh I just remembered when my ds (then aged 23 months) threw my husbands very expensive Rado watch down the toilet 😂

What is it with toddlers and toilets?

My mate's son ripped up around £2,000 in cash and tried to flush it down the lav. They retrieved approx £800 when they heard the second flush, but were too slow to get upstairs before the 3rd one.

Should probably add that this was in the early 80s, when £2k was the deposit on a decent house. He got so sick of them trotting out the story at every opportunity, that at his wedding, he gave his dad £2k in cash!

ohnooutofdateham · 21/02/2020 12:51

Should probably add that this was in the early 80s, when £2k was the deposit on a decent house. He got so sick of them trotting out the story at every opportunity, that at his wedding, he gave his dad £2k in cash!

GrinGrin father should have charged inflation.

Phifedean123 · 21/02/2020 12:55

My 2.5 year old has actually calmed down a fair amount recently and I think it may be starting nursery has helped. Now I've said that I'm sure I'm in for more trouble 🙂
Had many die cast toys thrown at my head at close range, fucking OW
Drew with marker on the poor cat, runs his cars over said poor cat
Went into messy play group one day and just decided he wanted everything tipped out on the floor, coffee beans etc. Apologised, threw him over my shoulder and ran away.
Picked up the glass fruit bowl, smiled at me and smashed it on the floor
Basically out smarts all attempts to keep him safe like baby gates and plug covers. Both terrifying and impressive.

Minxmumma · 21/02/2020 13:00

When going through a tumultuous time my twins bit each other so hard you see individual teeth in the bruises. They were never bites otherwise, never really got to the bottom of why either.

My eldest coloured herself in completely with black permanent marker so she could have a tattoo like her dad my now ex. She looked really ill for days as it leaves a blue / grey tone behind.

My dm always says it's all just a phase...... and laughs while saying the next one might be worse

Trahira · 21/02/2020 13:00

DS2 put the phone in the microwave and switched it on. Phone exploded! Also posted my credit cards into his toy box, my mobile phone in the washing machine and my purse in the kitchen bin.

Newcatmum · 21/02/2020 13:04

Both of mine ate their own shit. You'd think I'd have learnt to keep a closer eye second time round. I tried to flush the cat as a toddler.

bobstersmum · 21/02/2020 13:10

I've just remembered more. Same child, dd, while I was up a ladder recently decorating shouted mummy! I looked down and she had my phone, saw her glance towards the big tub of emulsion and I knew what was coming. Couldn't get down the ladder before she threw it into the paint. Next phone she did virtually the same thing but threw it into a full bath while I was helping ds get undressed. She always warns me, just not enough! That phone somehow survived, it's not supposed to be waterproof!

ladyflower23 · 21/02/2020 13:22

When I had dc2, DS loved her but hated me. He stopped doing anything we said, would run away from us when out, it was awful. I remember going to see the midwife for one of the check ups and she asked me how it was going with the baby. I burst into tears and said 'fine but my toddler is horrible' Blush I then cried very loudly for ages while the midwife sat there. It was very cringe. Good news is it passed and he loved me again now Smile you'll get through it and they will love having a sibling to play with later.

Original poster
farmertom · 21/02/2020 13:24

Thank you so much for sharing your stories, I can honestly say this has cheered me up and made me feel a bit less alone.

Some things DS has done over the last week;
Started hitting - me, DH, his friend, my friend, the dogs, attempting to hit baby.
Standing on dogs tail on purpose.
Throwing constant tantrums about anything his is asked to do.
Hit friend with toy wooden hammer (currently hiding all wooden toys).
Now worrying what's next 🙈

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HulaHoop2 · 21/02/2020 13:50

When my mum was 9 months pregnant, my toddler sister pushed her outside then closed and locked the door. Mum had to climb in through an open window as she had the cooker on and the food was burning.

Lucky for me my own toddler is an angel with his newborn sister!

FrenchBoule · 21/02/2020 14:06

Poured whole bottle of shampoo onto the carpet in the hall and excitedly shouted bubbles when I tried to clean up.

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