Meh! When will the 'threenager' stage end??

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DS will be four next month and the last couple of months he has been such a 'threenager'...defiant, no to everything, whingey and sulky...not when we are out, which I am v thankful for but its getting very wearing...

Will it end?! Or will it be replaced with yet another stage I have yet to hear about??

No idea but I hope its soon - DD is 3.8 and exactly the same! At least she starts school in September .

DD was 4 in January, she is now a 4nager.

Eeek - I suspect mine could be starting, DP told me today she was about to start climbing along the back of the sofa - he opened his mouth to say 'be careful' and before he spoke, she held up a finger and said 'I AM BEING CAREFUL'. She is 3.

I have a twonager.....I was hoping it would end by 3 not just turn into the same thing with a different name!!

WHY?

Sorry but that's all I hear at the moment!

My friend and I reckon the hardest part is one and a half to four and a half so you're nearly there. I think ten year olds are fabulous and seven year olds are cool too so there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am waiting for the dreaded teen hormones to arrive just as the final toddler becomes reasonable!

Meh. DD1 (3.10) wet the bed deliberately this morning, when she had been sat there reading a book for 15 minutes already, in the time it took me to brush my teeth and then told me it 'served me right' because I didn't go in her room to get her immediately. SERVED ME RIGHT. Needless to say, the Easter Eggs are now in a big bag on the highest shelf in the kitchen

Was sort of hoping it was a blip but based on the other posters seems like we've got a bit more to come yet

We're getting How all the time now. How are street lights made? How are trees made? How are cars made? And, worst of all, how are babies made

God I also have a threenager - I hope this phase ends soon. Today he shoved my friend's one year old twice over toys, thought he was over that aaages ago!

Does anyone else find they seem to act up more in company than at home??

Nope generally have the opposite personally speaking - which makes me think it's boundary testing

Definitely more at home. Everyone thinks DD is an angel - if only they knew. At least she listens to what I say to her - in the midst of a tantrum tea time she mumbled 'what's the matter with you, why don't you ever listen?'. Can't for the life of me think where she's heard that .

yy the how stage is MUCH worse than the why stage!!!

Not so much a why, but a what...my DD was lying on her back (I think it was in preparation for the night nappy to go on) then half sat up, pointed at her ladybits and asked me what it was called....I tried to fob her off with 'front bottom' but part of me was struggling with this, then I fudged it a bit and said it has another special name and she badgered me until I said it, then laughed out loud and said 'its a fagina?'

Hmmm I have a threenager and he is driving me NUTS - definately the terrible 3's for us. Says no to everything, hits everyone, won't sit on the naughty step, whines and winges, goes into complete meltdown at pretty much everything. It is making me quite depressed as I can't help wondering if I exasperate the situation. Will this phase pass - I need hope!!!!!

I have 2 real teenagers (13.6 and 16.6) and 1 4 year old who thinks he is a teenager, and I tell you now that I prefer the real thing any day of the week!!! I do believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel (school in september), and I will miss him for appx 30 mins when he first starts school, but I will promptly get over it and have a coffee all on my own in starbucks as a celebratory drink .

Yippee! Not that I don't feel your pain ladies but I came on tonight to post about my 'threenager' (love it! ) and ask for some advice as I thought it was just us, this is the third or fourth thread which I've read along the same lines. So whilst tomorrow will be another day of defiance, tears, tantrums and questions, I will raise up a silent prayer to the gods of MN and be thankful that i am not alone!

Mine is 3.5 and even managed to drive his grandparents up the wall last week on a day out.

We get "NO NO NO NO NO", ,

He was super cute today though so all is forgiven.

Right, I know this isn't related to the threenager stage, but I hope it'll make you laugh (or grimace. Or wonder what comapny my DS keeps...)

On the way home from CM this eve..

DS: Look Mummy, thats a huuuge pigeon

Me: Oh yes, he's massive!

DS: Whats inside thier bodies?

Me: Uh? Pardon?

DS: Inside their bodied?

Me: Oh, well, there's their heart, tummy and thier bones...

DS: Can they be squashed? Whast happens when they squashed?

Me: Errr...

DS: Bones are CRUNCHY aren't they Mummy!!

At this point I realise that there has been someone walking in close proximity behind us, who overtakes us and looks a bit weirldy at us...