Is this normal?

[Jessica0905]

The last couple of weeks my 2 year old has been quite hard work, waking early, tantrums and cheeky. This is since we started being a bit harder on him as we realised we were both soft touches and he was taking the Mickey right out us. Due to these early rises I've been exhausted, and today I honestly dreaded being a parent and just wanted him to go away for a wee while and come back in a better mood (this was even after he had been at childminder) 🙈 I have a great support however they are away travelling just now and my husband works away. Is it normal to sometimes feel like this? He's such a great wee boy otherwise I just don't understand what's happened recently.

Everyone feels like this at some point. Honestly.

@Justmuddlingalong thank you, I feel really bad saying it but I'm just struggling a bit just now with it 😢

Let me give you a phrase that my Mums best friend (who is also a vicar) said to me once a long time ago when my eldest was a toddler and I felt guilty that I wasn’t enjoying him ...
Toddlers are arseholes

I’m now on my fourth toddler and I often say this to myself
It’s not your fault, toddlers are just arseholes!
They grow out of it eventually ... kind of

Not everyone will admit to being overwhelmed at times, but everyone will have felt it. It will seem worse than normal if your support system isn't around just now. You'll get to grips with this stage and then another stage will replace it. It can be hard work.

This is normal. You are human. I feel the same sometimes. 2 year olds are brilliant, fun, loving and really, really hard work x.

I felt the same about my 20 month old on Monday morning. For a week he was waking early, having tantrums and sometimes refusing naps. I actually broke down crying at his swim lesson in front of the instructor. Weirdly, within 24 hours, he snapped out of it, has been great and actually had a ton of firsts that day. I guess he was freaked out by a development spurt. He also looks like he grew, as he is starting to look too big for his cot.

Completely normal OP don't worry.

I love my 18 month old more than anything... But sometimes the combination of her natural early start time, her refusal to nap sometimes and the torrent of tantrums over ridiculous things whilst I'm trying to get something done have me standing in the kitchen, having a cheeky biscuit and thinking "oooh, will you just eff off for ten mins..." 😂

Then she bounces back and starts laughing at something ridiculous and all is well again.