How do you/did you cope with the terrible two's?

[sorkycake]

because my 2.8 yo is horrible!
He's completely jackal & hyde (sp?) and we've tried everything it feels:
Ignoring (but he screams for up to 2 hours before I cave with a headache).
Placing repeatedly in his room and closing the door.
Naughty step (worked with my eldest but he seems to be step resistant)
Plenty of praise when he's good etc continues but the speed with which he can throw a wobbler is unbelievable tbh.

I challenge that Tanya Byron and her ilk to come and sort him out, he'd eat her for breakfast!!

How did you cope?

Would like to know this too as my 14 mnoth old appears to be starting already. The only she will say clearly is NO and it is in constant use at the moment (though it does save me from shouting at the cats as she does it for me)

I hate to tell you but 3 is worse!

Any suggestions would be appreciated here as well as I have this with my 2.1 yo plus jealousy at ds2 nearly 1month. Ignores no! Think he is too young for naughty step, putting in bedroom on own, etc.

DS pisses himself laughing if I lie on the floor and roll around screaming like I was having a tamtrum..really. Works for a bit anyway.

Dd is 2.8 and is a piece of piss compared to ds at that age. What worked for him:

• distraction - OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT PLANE!
• Ignoring as much as pos for bad behaviour
• singing a song in a silly voice
• bribery (if you come to x with me you'll get y) but treading a thin line of Not Giving Good Things for Bad Behaviour
• Loud, loud classical music if in the car with "I'll turn it off if you stop screaming"
• Spotting a tantrum coming and trying to head it off at the pass
• Ignoring, again, to the extent that I'd let him lie in the street screaming and would use it as an opp to make a looonog call on my mobile
• lots of exercise, boys seem to need it more ime
• not too much sugar, sent/sends him wild
• Being consistent so rule 1 is same today, tomorrow, and for ever
• except, pick your battles wisely

that's me done for advice anyway, it was bloody horrible, sympathies!

And sometimes, in response to MUMMY, I WANT...
I'd say

I want a house in the south of France with roses around the door and a Harrier jump jet that whooshes up into the sky and a private jet and a chauffeur and a Ferrari and world peace and an end to poverty

it sometimes worked. distracted me anyway!

Lots of hard work basically then WWW. No easy way out I'm afraid Sorkycake, but lots of empathy!

poo

lol at loud classical music WWW!!!