Tearaway...

[LoveAngel]

Please tell me I am not the only person with a 2 yr old like my little boy...I know he is only 2 and I am not expecting the world from him, but I notice that none of the other children at hius nursery or in his social group behave this way...Basically, as soon as we are out the door I have to hold his hand every single second of our journey or he will run off - and I mean RUN AWAY...really, really fast.. almost manically. When we get to the park, he only wants to run off madly across the grass. Basically, as soon as he sees any space and has any freedom, he wants to run away. It can get dangerous, and sometimes its blimmin' frustrating. Other toddlers actually seem capable of standing still for a moment or walking at a sensible pace. is this more common than it seems to me? Someone tell me I'm not the on ly on with a jail-break kiddie! xxxx

DS2 is 4 now, but at 2 was the same.
I stopped taking him to Mums and Toddlers as everyonr just used to look at him ( and me) as if we were a apir of freaks.

I have a jail-breaker too! It's not that I'm over-protective when I fix my glinty eye on him all day ... it's just that he runs so fast even I struggle to catch him.

The other day, in the grounds of a stately home, he went pelting off across what I thought was a large lawned area, only to see him disappear down a sunken ditch. He is now well acquainted with nettles.

Athletes, we have, Love Angel. Roll on the 2016 Olympics!

Oh Devious, thank God! Its not just me!!!! I am genuinely not one to care what people think most of the time, but even I have started to feel a bit self conscious...nd toddler groups are just a complete no no for me, as I don't find chasing my son around constantly and sweating infront of a load of disapproving mums much fun!

Ha ha, DD! I get the freak look as well. My ds is also incapable of sitting on a chair around a circle. While other children sing and clap hands, he's running full pelt around the room shouting NO, I DON'T WANT TO SIT

LoveAngel - do you get that at play groups?

[email protected] sounds like an average day out for us! OH and I are incapable of having a conversation with other adults when we're out and about with DS. I've noticed we'll both be stood there nodding and going 'mmm' in the all the wrong places while we keep one eye each on lookout for DS (probably about to jump into a pond, or run out into oncoming traffic or summat...arghhhh!).

I have to take DS2 to collect DS1 from school.
In reception I don't hink I ever spoke to another Mum because while they all stood havaing a caht I would be chasing DS2 around the yard/ stopping him jumping off the walls/ running out the gates.
Let's just say everyone knows his name!

BTW he is 4 now and lovely.
He does really well at nursery and is very popular.
He is still lively but he is better at channeling his energy at the right things.

OMG, yes. And my DS is really big for his age too, with huge heavy feet, so it has more comical / mortifyingly embarrassing impact. All these dinky little pixie children will quietly sharing their toys, while DS runs manically around te room, breathless and rosy-cheeked, and usually clutching a toy and screeching 'MINE!' {grin}

excuse endless typos!

DS2 is big for his age and every one assumes he is older than he is and expect him to be better behaved.

My DD who is three does this and it drives me crazy as well

Yep@DD - mine too. People think he is about 4 until tey hear him speak. I also find that people expect a lot from him because of this. Its good to know your little one has got 'better' with age, though. The thing is, my DS is really bright and funny and is actually capable of playing quietly for long periods when we're at home. I think he just gets totally over excited as soon as we step outside - it's like some sort of extreme cabin fever!

my ds also does the mad running away thing, it prompted my neightbour to buy us some reins and harness for him as shes so used to seeing me RUN LIKE THE WINd down the road to try and catch him..
he usually pegs it at such a speed that sooner or later his legs go too fast for his body and then he falls over..

BTW ds is 3 and looks about 5!

Ah, the harness and reins! I tried those when mine was just past his first birthday. He'd just spin round and round like a diablo. The irony of them is that kids who need harnessing ... won't be harnessed.

My ds was an absconder too, used to drive me nuts! I even tied him to me with rope on holiday once to stop loosing him in a foreign ocuntry.

I have lost him four times when I have actually panicked and told security guards (all times in a shopping mall), scared the sh*t out of me (and him too, helped eventually stop him doing it I think)

Now he's four and the phase has passed, HORRAY!!!!! There is hope to all you lot with little tearaways, they don't do this forever!