Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ds 21 months is being a nightmare... please come and calm me down.

[geordieminx]

He is normally a kind affectionate loving little boy

Today I took him to playgroup he-

kicked someone
hit someone
chased a little girl making her cry
snatched a biscuit from a wee girl
nipped a baby's face
scratched someone

I took him home

He is emtpied his juice all over the floor
Emptied one of my drawers
Booted the poor cat in the side

I am at the end of my patience. I tell him that its wrong, I put him in the hall, I make him apologies, he cries then stops then goes and does something else.

Had enough.

Just stick with it. He's having a day of boundry pushing. Tell him how sad it makes you when he does these things. Be consistent, time out after one "no!". It'll be OK . Pop him to bed early and have a rest from it all.

Someone once said to me that little boys are like puppies, they need to burn off all their energy on plenty of walks otherwise they destroy your house . I'm sure you'll be inundated with people saying it's just a phase and to a certain extent its true but sending calming thoughts you way. a virtual box of chocolates and a comfy sofa!

I would kill for chocolate and wine just now, I think the puppy analogy is a fair one... although he has wrecked the house already.

I think his behaviour coupled with PMT is possibly a bad combination.

Thank you for kind words, I tried to explain to dp earlier, and all I got was "he's obviously having aone of those days"

Yep thanks for that Frued.

He's wrecked your house? This is normal behaviour then?

If his behaviour is out of character, then he might be getting a cold or something. When my 2 were toddlers bad days were very often followed a couple of days later by a snotty nose.

Then I'd feel really bad for being so sick of them.

No probably not really. Probably just the same as any other small child of this age - juice on carpets, sticking cheese to the windows, licking the tv.... this is normal isnt it? Please?

Oh dear - looks like he got out of the wrong side of the cot this morning. Maybe he is feeling out of sorts (teething, nappy rash or coming down with something).

On the other hand he could just be revving up early for the "terrible twos". I think you will get some respite about 2 weeks before his 13th birthday as he fine tunes his skills in prepartion for the teenage onslaught!!!!!

My DS1 didn't have the tt's he waited until he was three, he is now six and hasn't changed much; he still winds his big sister up until she explodes.

My DS2 (26 mnths) is lovely most of the time but he can strop for England if he doesn't get his own way - all hurlable objects have to be removed from range pronto!!

I'm not sure. Ds missed out the distructive 'I'm going to wreck the house' stage.
If your dh doesn't support you then it's going to cause problems and mixed messages to your dc though. It'll make things alot easier if you work together.

He's currently sitting on Daddy's speaker eating his tea... carrots, brocolli, ham, cheese, rice cakes, grapes and banana... not exaclty the most exciting meal but it was a 5 minute throw it on a plate job