Talk to me about your two year olds behaviour?

[2boys1girlNoPeace]

Please tell me all your two year olds are like Jekkyl and Hyde? Changing moods at the drop of a hat literally or figuratively

After yet another horrid day where I feel that all I have done is reprimand, and try and calm down a stroppy and/or distressed toddler I am feeling a bit crappy, and need some perspective.

I feel like I am failing, failing her, myself, my partner and her brothers.

She has gone to bed and I am sat here almost in tears because I am so exhausted

Yes, they're all like hormonal teenagers - giggling one minute, in floods of tears the next, angry and stomping about, then giggling again.....

I do my best to distract and avoid obvious triggers and that's all I can do as it's just a phase and I won't spend my whole life trying to avoid the sudden bursts of emotion that come from nowhere.

Have a large glass of wine

Yes, not 2 until October but swings wildly between delightful or horribly demanding. Also a She! Was ready to give her away this morning but she was lovely this afternoon. Tis bloody hard to keep your nerve. Chin up!

Oh gosh, YES. Could have written your post.

Lovely day with DD (2.8) until 4pm when she burst into angry, tired tears. Poo'd in her knickers and ran into her baby brother's room to wake him up.

Arghhhh.

Everyday is like this. We have a nice time until the end of the day and DH comes home to me shouting and her crying. Then I feel like I should have handled it better once she is in bed.

I really do sympathise OP.

Oh thank god I am not the only one, I know I'm not really, but you get to that point don't you, where you feel you are the only one in the world experiencing this. Other peoples children seem so lovely when yours is being beastly!

I think we all deserve a nice

I think the worst bit is DD seems to have my temper, and we are clashing already, what on earth are teenage years going to be like?!

She paddies over the most ridiculous things!!
I have 2 boys (twins) and at the risk of sounding smug they really were PFB, they behaved, they never paddied, they went to bed nicely and slept all night. they ate their food nicely, and got themselves into a nice routine. DD is the complete opposite, she is a pain in the backside to go to bed, most night she sleeps through now, but not always.

When she is good she is an absolute delight, but when she is in a mood it can be hellish! Poor (almost) DH is off this week and is getting a real insight to why I am so stressed some days (not that he ever disbelieves me when I tell him why, but I think you have to see it to really appreciate it sometimes don't you?)

Yes I have a feral 2 year old. To be honest her moods correlate with her being tired or hungry. She hides it well then flips. That's when I realise I'm reaping what I sow with cutting naps!

Yep my 2 yo is like this too.
He also has the 'mad half hour' when he's tired or just before bed when he's like the Tasmanian devil and whizzes round the house destroying everything in his path, he gets so hyper.
But I totally agree with the Jekyll and Hyde description.

Yes. Just yes.

Oh I think I love you all!
Feral is perfect!

She is definitely worse when she is tired.

She literally seems to slip from happy to mad with no warning whatsoever.
It's so frustrating, I dread getting up in the morning as I never know who I am dealing with... Happy child, or horrid child!

I love her to bits, I really do, but my god she is exhausting..
considers sending DH out for chocolate

DS is 2 and 4 months and this is all very familiar! After a bad night's sleep last night (not his fault) and a very early start this morning, feral was certainly a word I growled at him...

Tired and hungry are triggers and he just needs freedom to run around as much as possible. I also try to ignore as much small stuff as I possibly can as he is just trying to get a reaction a lot of the time. Bath time/bedtime is pretty awful at the moment, am just trying to tweak the routine to avoid flashpoints. It's good to know we're not alone!

My DS was fine at two but a complete horror at four. It seems like they all go through it at one time or another!

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Arch typo fail! I definitely have to pick my battles with dd. She's gone to bed with her denim leggings and peppa top. Yesterday it was her dress. She refuses pyjamas. She chucks stuff at her brother. She hurled herself off of a chair and hit her head. She refuses to walk the way we need to go.

Wild child.

But god I love her!

yes, I identify.

My pfb was so easily handled - she could be reasoned with even at that age.

DS is the funniest, most cuddly child one minute and the next he is shaking with rage and trying to trash the house. It's a real shock tbh.

DH describes two year olds as living in a state of permanent excitement and they simply can't deal with anything that threatens to quell their excitement.

I think he is right. DD does what we call 'the mushroom' where she gets so over excited and over stimulated that she suddenly can't deal with it and collapses dramatically in a heap, covering her eyes and wailing.

I decided to revisit this thread after a complete Jekyll and Hyde morning with DS! We've had biting and spitting today and an epic sainsburys tantrum. But we also had half an hour of gorgeous story time in the library and he's eaten breakfast and lunch beautifully and eaten a banana voluntarily! (Very unusual behaviour!) I can't keep up!!

Mine is in nursery today. I'm playing with the baby. All he needs is me to blow a raspberry and he laughs. As soon as he lets out a squeak I'll pop him in his bed and have an hour to myself.

What was hard about one baby again???!!!!

My 2.2 yr DD is so unpredictable. I never know from one minute to the next what shes going to be like. Sometimes shes absolutely adorable and very funny, the next shes turned into a monster hitting, kicking, shouting, demanding, telling me I don't like that! Don't touch me! She announced to daddy as soon as he walked in the door last night that mummy had made dinner and it was horrible. Then this morning she said to daddy when he went to get her up "something smells horrible". He said what smells horrible? She said "daddy. You're pongy". I naturally found this absolutely hilarious and have giggled about it on and off all day. Right now shes singing twinkle twinkle llittle star in the most angelic, beautiful little voice next to me like butter wouldn't melt. Its a crazy rollercoaster ride with a toddler in the midst of the terrible 2s. Completely mad.

I just gave her a bag of fruit wriggles and she looked at me very suspiciously like i'd handed her a bag of poison and said "i want orange wriggles". They don't do orange wriggles, these are apple wriggles. Reluctantly she accepted them and is happily munching away watching c beebies. I will say again, these terrible 2s are completely mad!

My DD is currently watching T.V, we have only had one explosive tantrum today, which was actually made worse by DH having no patience whatsoever! (If he hadn't been driving I think I would have punched him on the nose) *Disclaimer, he's not usually like this, but sometimes he just cannot deal with the drama, now he sees what I tend to deal with on a daily basis!

Other than that she has actually been pretty good. Hopefully this continues on to bed time as I have presents to wrap and Birthday cake to make for her brothers! Nothing like filling the week full of plans and forgetting you need to make a cake! Argh!