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ds terrible 2's or just plain naughty????

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xcited4xmas · 15/12/2008 19:15

sorry to rant like this but ds's behaviour is really starting to make me feel like i am failing in some way. He is an only child and has no contact with his dad never has (ex's decision). He is a very loving and kind child, very friendly and sweet but just lately has started to be very naughty to say the least!!! i am trying to get him out of the pushchair as me and partner have found out we are expecting in aug 09' and i feel its about time now anyway, thing is he just refuses 2 hold my hand or the pushchair and pulls a way trying to do it "all by self im a big boy" so he sais! i put him on reins and he just throws himself on floor in a tantrum. Also he has starting shouting and screaming allot to try getting his own way and as any parant knows this can be very embarrasing and one last thing which is that no matter where we are at home or at friends, family or eating out he refuses to sit down still and eat a meal and constantly tries to get up and out of his seat. Any comments welcome i am just starting to feel like a failure

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mankymummy · 15/12/2008 19:18

um... he's 2 did you say?!

Give it, well 6 months... and he'll be gorgeous again !

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xcited4xmas · 15/12/2008 19:22

yea he is 2 and a half and i hope i do get my lovely well behaved boy back sometime soon! do you think it will be in time for the new arrival?

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nappyzonehasastroppytoddler · 15/12/2008 19:25

i could have wrote this - my 2 and a month too wont walk anywhere and screams and stamps his feet then lays onthe floor - we have started just walking off and he soon panics and gets up. Dh is harder than me as i sucumb to easily.

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xcited4xmas · 15/12/2008 19:29

you see i have trid the walking off idea and he just seems to take it as an open invitation to attemp running off in the opposite direction as he knows i will have to chase him and i think he is starting to see it as a big game now!

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thenewme · 15/12/2008 19:30

Too early to be changing anything because new baby is coming imo.

Does he know there is a baby coming?

nappyzonehasastroppytoddler · 15/12/2008 19:46

Well i perhaps wouldnt do it somewhere crowded first off but perhaps somewhere where traffic isnt like an open park so if he runs off you can withn reason keep moving slowly si it doesnt become a game of chase. AND YOUR NOT A FAILURE your probs just frustrated and knackered like i am! . 6 months will make a big difference.

JimmyMcNulty · 15/12/2008 20:25

This sounds like a normal 2 and a half
year old to me. At least I hope so because that is what ds (2.4) does too. I'm due to have no.2 in July as well.

How about a buggy board? Just a thought.

DS is totally contrary about EVERYTHING at the moment ("Hold my hand because we're coming up to a road" - "No we're not". "It's dinnner time!" - "No it isn't." etc etc...) In fact it has got to the point where if he falls over he immediately jumps up and says 'I DIDN'T fall over!" So I am just gritting my teeth and expecting him to grow out of it.

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xcited4xmas · 16/12/2008 21:54

ok thanku 4 the comments and no we havnt told him about the baby yet as its still very early and we are waiting for the scan picture so as to explain as fully as possible. I think i will just take the grit my teeth and bear it option and just keep trying. The buggy board is a great idea thogh thankyou and thankyou nappyzone its good 2 hear that

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cilantro · 19/12/2008 11:25

Hopefully by the time the new baby comes he will be much better. We have a 2.6 year old too, and she is the same, but slowly getting better. I think at three they are able to play more on their own for longer, and will not be too jealous of the baby. Ours was only 22mos when new baby arrived, and she was very jealous but is now starting to really like playing with him and having him around now that she's older and can understand that she hasn't 'lost' mommy to the new baby. S

jerisca · 19/12/2008 22:34

this just sounds like a phase but remember dont stress to much about it coz he will pick up on it and play on it even more, always counting to ten is the best thing a mother can do! and iv been there running down road after him!

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