2yo very intelligent.. Back chat.. Mind of her own

[Littleraysofsunshine]

She is so forward with speech and understanding. When in talking her or correcting her she just sits there and mimics and then turns it on me and repeats what I've said.

It's an effort to ask her to do something this past week. I try the playful parenting method but I end up wasting energy.

Then it results me me getting very annoyed and frustrated by her ignoring me and snap at her and end up having to do it all myself. I know she's still very young, but this week her character had been very different.

Then I end up feeling parent guilt all day long from being snappy.

(Must point out I m very tired at the minute as have a teething 10mo and sore boobs from feeding)

Must add though, she is very smart. And her memory is impeccable! I know children are sponges, but she will associate things so clearly, and remember things that happened weeks and months ago in clear detail and explain them all in clear speech.

So sometimes I think this is a huge factor to why she is so sucking everything in, he way people act and talk and she's experimenting it all!

She's still 2yo, with emotional maturity of a 2yo. Imagine she was just babbling garbled nonsense, how would you deal with her?

Just because she's mimicking everything people are saying and doing doesn't mean she actually understands it. I know it's not easy but try to not actually "hear" the words she is saying and treat her like a 2 yr old.

I took so long to type that (I typed reams and then deleted) that lljkk said it much better.

My ds was very forward with speech. It's like when people dc are unusually tall, the temptation to treat them like an older child is hard to resist.

Don't expect too much

This is why they call it 'terrible 2's'! It's the age all the back chat starts and they push boundaries.

My DD constantly ignores me and parrots everything. She does understand a lot but I don't think the mimicking is back chat, it's just exploring the expanding range of speech sounds.

It's those days when your really tired is when I feel like "oh no it's one of those days....!" Ad when you feel like its personal when it's actually not. Obviously it's not! It's hard to be rational when your sleep deprived sometimes I think. But it runs its course and she's fine now.

I do treat her like a two year old, and of course it's an age where they are experimenting it all, learning new sounds etc.

I do find that her behaviour changes a lot right before she's going to be unwell. It may sound silly but it's been the case for a few times recently. Poor mite.

When they are very forward with speech I do forget sometimes that she's two. She speaks like a 5/6 year old out of a small body lol

I had one of them. 14 years later, she is still extremely bright, but has learnt from experience that older people do have something to offer. We have an easier time in consequence.

I have one of those. 25 months and pretty much fluent. She was talking in long sentences at 18 months. I often have to stop and remind myself that she's only two, bless her and not to expect too much. I heard - don't know how much of it's true - that being a good mimic indicates musical ability.