Dc2 is bright and funny but if I’m honest I struggled so much with the toddler stage first time round that going through it again is making me miserable, only this time I have the pressure of trying to meet the first one’s needs as well.
I know it doesn’t last forever but I just hate it. It makes doing anything near enough impossible as it’s interspersed with tantrums and whingeing. No attention span so you can’t even stick them in front of the TV for a break 😩
I thought dc1 was an exceptionally difficult toddler and in fairness he wasn’t really but I didn’t really know what to expect or what was normal. However, dc2 seemed to have skipped the worst of it. Some mildly frustrating behaviour and sleep was an issue from about 9-18 months but for the most part she seemed a very chilled, contented sort. But now she’s two soon and suddenly we have hit the famous terrible twos and I think I’m having flashbacks.
I am just not a great toddler mum. I have very limited patience for the flinging herself backwards in rage because of some vague unspecified reason, for the territorial sort of wanting to go on a swing but that swing, the food is a massive issue as there are now very few foods she’ll eat and virtually nothing reliably so every mealtime is stressful, and now she’s started waking at 5 which dc1 also did and I thought I’d skipped with this one. I absolutely hate it as the day lasts forever.
Honestly I can’t wait for her to be at the stage dc1 is at, where he’s four and about to start school.