Am I being too harsh on DD?

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She was 2 in August and is fine tuning her temper and throwing things at the moment.

All normal I know but in the last few days she has started throwing things in a fit of temper such as dollys buggy, books and her "new favourite toy"

In an attempt to stop this I have taken what ever she has thrown and popped it out of her reach for two minutes she wails, shouts, I explain she waits two minutes ask her to take a deep breath and calm down. Then give it back and we all play nicely again.

I always worry I am being too tough by doing this as she is only 2.

Advice appreciated.

No sounds fine to me. I do similar with DD she was 2 in June.

I think that's fine and will hopefully stop her chucking things.
I used to take things away completely and not give them back for a day. I'm just mean!

Thank you for the replies, the saga will go on.

That sounds like the perfect sensible parent behaviour. She'll hopefully learn from it plus, otherwise she might throw something bigger that hurts. At the age of 2 I gave my brother a black eye in church by throwing a toy camera at him....

My dd now responds well to warnings. She's a few months older than yours, but I started this when she began throwing deliberately ie just turned 2. I said that if she throws it again, I'll take it away from her and she won't be allowed it for x amount of time. Big tears etc when it was taken away, so i explained why. This gives her a chance to control the situation through her behaviour and learn that you will carry through a threat. I very rarely have to do more than threaten now, even when she's in very high spirits.
It's not being too tough - it's showing them that their behaviour has consequences and that they can make choices.