why has my 2 year old turned into a monster :(

[LittleCheese]

DD turned 2 yesterday, up until about a week ago she was the perfect child. She was polite and friendly always laughing and just generally a happy little girl.

Just recently she has become miserable and has temper tantrums all the time and stamps her feet. She never seems to be her usual happy self any more and its really getting me down.

I saw her as being happy meant i was doing a good job, now her moods are rubbing off on me and im at my whits end. I dont think it helps that im 8 weeks pregnant and absolutely shattered.

Please give me some advice lovely ladies.

Sorry, LittleCheese, she 2, it goes with the territory. it is nothing to do with you, and I sympathise if you're pg, but, really, if nothing has changed in her world (nursery, food, moving etc), then it's just her age. All of mine turned into monsters at about 22 months: DD in particular was the sweetest little girl imaginable, then suddenly some switch was flicked and she was diabolical.

That's no comfort is it?

(The comfort is, she's 8 now, and gorgeous!)

thanks pageturner how long did this last for lol, its nice to know its not me

Hmm, well, a couple of years I'm afraid, though the same was true for my boys too. 3.5-4 it got a bit better. I like to pretend that because she was soooo hideous when she was little that she's got it out of her system and the teenage years will be OK.

Just go with the flow, don't take it personally, even though it feels terribly personal. Try not to care enough about anything for it to become a battlefield (in our case, food) , but stick rigidly to the things that you don't want to compromise on (in our case, bedtime). And keep your sense of humour with you AT ALL TIMES!

Good luck!