I'm coming to the end of my tether with dd2, who's 2.5. For the last couple of weeks her behaviour has been awful - tantruming at the slightest thing, going really bezerk when she doesn't get her own way. I know it probably is just a phase and she'll grow out of it, but dd1 was never in a million years like this, and I'm quite at a loss how to handle her. I've tried the "naughty step" (she just gets up and acts like nothing has happened), putting her in her room and making her stay in there (she absolutely screams the place down, starts banging on the door or wall, and then just opens the door and comes out). She's started biting and smacking - mostly dd1 poor love. She usually has one or two tantrums most days ... makes no difference whether she's with me or with her dad (in fact, they are sometimes worse when dh is present!)
She also hardly eats anything - breakfast is usually either a croissant (half eaten) or a pancake. She asks for lunch, but never eats it - one or two bites of her sandwich if I'm lucky, and tea she will have a couple of mouthfuls. She will eat a whole meal if I feed her, but at 2.5 I think she's old enough to do this herself (and did so up until about a month ago). I'm trying to get her to eat fruit and veg, but she's not really interested (although she'll eat strawberries no problem)
Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions of the best way to handle (a) the tantrums and (b) the not eating problem. (I know these topics have probably been done to death, but any help/advice would be really greatly appreciated!) TIA