The terrible twos really are shit, aren't they

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DS (my second child so I should bloody be used to this) is SO SO SO 2 right now. He's doing my head in. He's so contrary it's untrue and is a terrible sleeper (both going to bed and sleeping through), eats like a Neanderthal (when he isn't chucking it on the floor declaring "I don't like this". Really? REALLY? It's all you would eat last week), knows when he is weeing or pooing but GOD FORBID we suggest he use the potty. I'm not really looking for advice. Just company in my misery. Anyone else counting down to their kid's 3rd birthday?

Alice DS does that often- his record is 45 minutes of repeated nos. Sometimes he changes his tone of voice, sometimes he sings the nos. DH and I have to try very hard not to laugh.

Wow so nice to see this post, I for some reason thought I was the only one with an angel turned 2.4 year old monster! She 'don't like' anything but then wants it, has developed a delightful high pitched scream she thinks is hilarious, she wants to show me every single thing and even when I go and look I don't do it right somehow! My only silver lining is she a great sleeper at night although I hugely miss daytime naps

At bedtime last night Iggle Piggle was too big apparently! "I want little Piggle". We've recently potty trained and used stickers as rewards so we also get shouts of "I want a sticker" through the monitor. I want you to get a grip on reality but we don't always get what we want!

Ha! We had our own potty training issue tonight - finally got DS onto the potty to do a poo (tmi warning). We have also been bribing him (but with chocolate buttons: please don't judge me) so when he did the world's smallest poo we dutifully rewarded him with a button. He then announced he needed to try again. And again. And again. Turns out he was doing a large poo one push at a time in order to maximise chocolate consumption... Seriously. Where do I go when bribery fails??

Odd that I came to the thread to tell you all a poo & chocolate tale and there's already one here!

I'm also in potty training hell. Thought we were doing really well today. DD had been nappy free since she woke up and it had gotten to 5pm without a nappy. She's been starkers because it's warm. In the space of half an hour, she then did two massive wees on the floor, shat on the floor and had a meltdown because I wouldn't let her eat the resulting 'choc choc' that was smushed right into the carpet pile.

I've had 3 large G&Ts to get over that half hour.

A new one tonight from my dad 2.5. She'd got out of bed for the 4th time, went to put her back and she said "why can't you just leave me alone!" Agggh I walked out before I started an argument and am leaving her for Dh when he gets home from work @9pm for all those with 2 yr olds!

Simply I won't tell my son in case he tries to break the record. They are so funny these tiny little tyrants. The first time anyway. Wears a bit thin after the first ten tantrums of the day (before 8am).

Ah, my kin! DD is 2.3 and we are doing controlled crying again. I can't remember what silence sounds like!!
I'm not convinced turning 3 will solve anything as there are lots of 'oh god, 3 is worse' threads.

How?! How the fuck do I deal with her crying at me like a truly neglected child when she doesn't get her own way?! Or when she doesn't get something the very moment after asking??? If screwing up her face and wailing doesn't work she manages proper tears. All of this stops in its tracks with not so much as a snivel or sniff if what she wants is produced. I can't do another year if it consists mainly of days like this. She's had the odd one before but is really stepping up demand right now.

I think the heat might be making them crazy!

The advice from the workers at DDs nursery is just to ignore it. Which is fine in principle but really bloody hard to do in practice. I've always found that distraction works better and, I don't want to jinx it, but the past few days when she's refused to cooperate I've just accepted her refusal and she's immediately changed her mind - e.g. "Put your shoes on", "no, I hate shoes, I don't want shoes, raaawwwwrrrggghhh" "okay, we'll just leave it then" "I want my shoes on". I'm sure it will back fire soon though!

The other thing that I keep reminding myself is to pick my battles. She spent the whole of yesterday naked but we were indoors and in the garden. Normally I would insist on her at least wearing knickers but I just thought fuck it, what does it matter, let's save the argument for something else like when we go out and you have to wear clothes.

I expect everything I've said above to cease working from tomorrow now that I've shared my wisdom!