Someone tell me what ahs happened to my darling two year old??

[Lorayn]

Has the terrible twos finally kicked in?

My DS is three in december and I have had the worst couple of days with him, ever.

He has never really played up, at all, didnt even cry as a baby, and now it seems like someone's taken my son and exchanged him with a devil child!

Yesterday he jumped, feet first on his sisters (6.10) back, got nail varnish to paint his nails, and my bathroom sink, put shaving foam all over my bathroom, jumped all over the couch, threw raisins EVERYWHERE, marked my walls by smacking his car off them, ripped the stickers off his walls, continuously climbed on my worktops to get things out of my cupboards, screamed at his sister that she was a loser, threw books all over the floor..........

I could go on.

I dealt with it all in the way I normally deal with him, but he just would not listen.

Eventually I put him to bed, I'd had enough, so I went upstairs, undressed him and put him straight in bed. I have never had to do anything like that with him before but I just dont understand why he was being like it.
He has been warned today that if he behaves like he did yesterday then he isnt going to see the tweenies on saturday (not that I would be botehred about missing it!!) and today he seems back to my darling little boy, but I'm lost as to why he had such a meltdown yesterday.
What if he does it again???

I think you have to cut him some slack, ok he had a bad day, happens to us all.

If he went to bed early then perhaps he was just tired. Had he slept ok the night before?

Tbh, if he is normally really good then you should just be thankful for that, and now you will appreciate his behaviour even more.

erm, you will appreciate his good behaviour

Ah. In my experience 3 is much, much worse than 2 (sorry). Went through it with ds1 and nearly through it now (THANK GOD) with ds2.

Rebellion, bit of physical stuff thrown in and the ability to whinge and howl for England.

Oh yes - 3 is a nightmare...

Kindersurprise he wouldnt have slept had I not left him crying, so I dout it was tiredness, he had slept fine the night before.

I tried to explain why it had been so terrible to dp alst ngiht and the only thing I could come up with was that he was bored.

Dottydots, erm thanks

Does he go to nursery?

My DD was terrible the weeks before starting kindergarten (at 3yo). I put it down to the fact that I was not able to offer enough stimulation at home.

She is starting to get a bit like that again, and I suspect that she is getting bored of kindergarten and is ready for school now. She does not go to school till next summer though, so I will have to think of something.

No, he isnt at nursery, and I would be surprised if he was getting less stimulation as his sister is home for half term.
He has been much better today, I'm hoping he did just have a bad day.

Sorry I just really haven't enjoyed either ds being 3 as much as the other years. Ds1 is 5 now and is an absolute joy - just brilliant to be with, play with, talk to - and ds2 is on the way to being 4 and is getting much less stroppy and whingy, but blimey 3 year old (boys??!) are blardy hard work!!

If his sister is off for half term maybe it is attention seeking as he is getting less attention than usual?