The toddler life. Potty training, not sleeping, tantrums. Come join this crap with me!

[lucymegan]

If you have a feral toddler and at the end of your tether come join me in this shit show of a stage!

So I have a dd 2.5 she's currently in the garden with a bucket and spade (buckets filled with water and she's using the spade like a soup spoon and drinking it) I've told no 10,000, removed her away, bribed her with an ice pole and she just keeps going back to it. I've given up. She's had her tetanus.
She's also started waking in the middle of the night for no apparent reason and refuses to go back to sleep. So from 2:30-5:30 she's wide away and wanting a conversation. What the hell is going on. Where's my good girl that slept from 6:30pm-7am 😫
She's also started exploring her Pooey nappies and smeared it all over herself! Wtf!
I thought "ok,great she's ready to potty train. So go out and buy her a potty, toilet seat, novelty knickers and fancy pull ups. Within 10 minutes she's shit herself and peed on the floor 😫
Carry on taking her to the toilet..nothing then 5 minutes later shits on the floor..I give up.

Somebody come along please and advise me please. I've had 4 other children and this one is broken I'm sure of it 🤦🏻‍♀️

Best thread ever. Totally need this.

2.5y DS's latest joyous development is having the biggest tantrums when having to leave somewhere. He wants to go to soft play every day. But you can spend 3+ hours in soft play and he'll still raise hell when you need to leave. I don't think he understands the concept of being an ungrateful arsehole but it really winds me up.

Last night he had a vomiting bug and every time he was sick he would say "sorry", despite me obviously telling him he doesn't need to be sorry. You literally can't force a sorry out of him for love nor money when you want one, but this he's apologetic about.

Oh and the response to 95% of things is "MY do it"/"MY a big boy"/"MY watch Paw Patrol"

It's I, mate.

I don't think he understands the concept of being an ungrateful arsehole but it really winds me up.

that made me chuckle. So very true.

No matter what you do it's never enough. You are on yout knees exhausted and they are relentless.

I have a 2.5 year old and a 5 year old. My 5 year reverts to toddler behaviour to get attention which drives me up the wall. I just keep saying its just a phase, its just a phase whilst rocking gently in the corner.

Hi

Just literally joined on here and enjoying reading your toddler posts!
I have twin girls that have just turned 3 and OMG the most challenging time of my life! The tantrums have been in sane! x

Oh I like their little language it's cute. I get "me can't, me will" it's adorable

Well she slept through again 🙌🏼 I was worried because her room was quite warm last night when I put her to bed and I thought she'd wake.

So far this morning she's been quite well behaved. She's had a big breakfast which makes her happy (she's got a big appetite) and is playing with her toys nicely whilst watching hop.

I need to get her dressed now which is going to cause a melt down I've got a promise to the park for a distraction! Another gorgeous day here so gonna get her out to burn some energy ☀️

Mine was having a competition with himself in the car this morning, for how loud and high-pitched he could scream. Such fun. Also a tantrum because he couldn’t have one of his big brother’s vitamin tablets.

DS took his shoes off 3 times this morning and then came inside crying because he hurt his foot.

Last night ended up a 4 hour screaming fit because there were birds outside.

So dd woke at 2:15am. Got in our bed but practically fell asleep right away. Dh at some point slept on the sofa because he had no room 🙈 both kids had me up at 6am. I'm feeling exhausted today!

We're thinking about buying the girls bunk beds dd2 seems to like falling asleep in her sisters bed so I'm thinking she doesn't like her toddler bed. I'm worried about her climbing to the top though because she's a danger to herself and will just throw herself off it 😬 anyone else got bunk beds for their 2 year old?

DS woke at 5.30 like usual, crying a little and shouting me. Went in, ‘no’ and pushed me away. Go to leave, ‘NO NO NO’. Go back in, try to pick him up, ‘NO’. Aaaaggghhh!

Yesterday I gave my 2.5 year old some strawberries and cream.

The second she was handed the bowl she tipped it out on to her table and proceeded to try and "rub the cream in"

It took a moment of watching in amazement before I realised what she was doing. In that moment she did a lot of damage to my living room

@Frankola I know that too well. Or what dd does is instead of telling me she's finished her dinner so I can take it away from her. She resorts to chucking the plate of leftover food 🙈 on Thursday I walked into the room to find spaghetti Bol all over the place. Spaghetti stuck on the wallpaper 😤

So last night I went out,
got back at 11pm and could hear that she'd woken up and dh was trying to get her asleep. He brought her downstairs and she was being really cute and giving me cuddles. I put her back in her own bed at 12 expecting her to eventually get in ours but she drifted off and I got a lay in until 9 am 💪🏼

Today's not been so bad but no ones dressed and we've had a lazy day. Next week is half term and I'm dreading dh going back to work Tuesday. Things are so much calmer and nicer with him at home.

Love this thread, yesterday I was in the supermarket with my 2yo DD and her screaming was so bad an old guy tried to give her some pocket money to calm down. She doesn't understand the concept of money and continued with her melt down and I felt so sorry for the dear old man who'd just wasted his pension on my drama queen daughter.

Went to a family “fun” day. Ds made a beeline for the carousel. He screamed whilst waiting for it to finish, kicking and hitting me as I had to restrain him from climbing on to it as it was moving. Put him on it, the ride starts and he screams the entire ride “out!”

Then we visited the reptile tent where he screamed “no!” at every snake, lizard, cockroach, leech, stick insect, spider and human until me and dh gave up and left. Well that was fun...

Can I join! DS (aged 2) is crap with sleeping atm. Some nights he'll sleep through, some nights he'll be up anytime for 11:30pm onwards. Starts screaming his head off (doesn't have many words) and won't go back to sleep.
He doesn't want to get out of bed, wants out of his bed, doesn't want us in the room, doesn't want us to leave him, doesn't want to go downstairs, wants to go downstairs. And we have shit neighbours who scream abuse at us and bang on the wall if he screams for too long.
We've resorted to taking him downstairs to watch tv and hoping he falls asleep on one of us. He won't come in our bed as he screams as well. At least one of us can doze on the sofa whilst he watches Winnie the Pooh/ Moana.
Food is another issue. At the moment the only food that is allowed is basic oven food (chips, chicken nuggets, fish fingers etc) mash, peas, pasta, cheese, toast, cereal, bananas and porridge. And something he likes one week will be thrown on the floor the next week. I give up!

Gosh this thread is a saviour for me, at least I'm not alone ! My toddler (near two years old) has been waking and screaming at all hours of the night for 1 week now, we're so shattered and I have a 3 month old so sleep has been in limited supply!

Some nights he'll sleep through, some nights he'll be up anytime for 11:30pm onwards.

Yep this is my life at the moment. It's like a lottery lol.will she wake up or will she sleep through and I'll get to keep my marbles for another day 🤦🏻‍♀️

It frustrates me so much as he used to be such a good sleeper. From 7 months when we moved him to his own room he started sleeping through. We would put him to bed for 8pm and he would sleep till between 7-8:30am. It was heaven (made up for all the other crap we had to put up with, made managing that crap a bit easier).
But then something changed just before Christmas. He was ill with a cold and croup and would wake himself up with coughing and crying and it's been on and off since then. Sometimes I can figure out the reason (NYE party from next door - that screwed up his sleep for a week; teething; tummy bug etc) other times not a clue. And he's started waking as early as 5am when he does sleep through. 😴😴😴😴

Marking my place. I can't read it now as I have a banging headache but at a glance, this thread is what I need. I have a newly turned 2 year old and a 6 month old. I'm basically the walking dead.

What is it with kids waking up the second your head hits the pillow 😩 dd woke just as I got into bed last night. Couldn't settle her so ended up putting her in our bed again ( I'm fully aware now that I've made a rod for my own back now 😞) she was awake until 1:30. Then for some unknown reason woke in the middle of the night again talking very loud to herself right in my ear. Then I was woken at 6am by my other daughter because it's her birthday today. No amount of tea/coffee/ sugar has made me feel any less dead today. We've been swimming today and dd went to bed almost 2 hours later than her usual bedtime due to family being round for DD's birthday. If that don't knock her out for the night then I don't know what will! 🤭 seriously it's like having a newborn again. I've never had this with her siblings. Please tell me it's just a faze and she'll be going back to being a good sleeper again 😫

Thank you for this thread. My just turned 2 year old doesn't sleep. He never has! Wakes up 5 times a night at least. He had a tantrum yesterday because I said he couldn't have icecream at 7am (Bing had it on tv). He 'helped' me with the washing, threw it all off the airer... sometimes he tries to hang dirty washing on. It rained yesterday afternoon in the park so he tantrumed because we had to leave, turned into a screaming ridgid who wouldn't get in buggy so I walked slowly at toddler pace, pushing a double buggy with a screaming 6 month old in the pouring rain. He then screamed as we passed the post box because I didn't have a letter to post. Another tantrum in the evening because he wanted plain pasta not Bolognese (his fav meal normally). So there was mince and mushrooms all over the floor. The scream is what gets to me. So loud! I'm worried tge neighbours think I'm torturing him. And refusing to go to bed at the moment and suddenly hating the bath. 😬😬😬😬😬

@lucymegan how did she sleep?

@dreamyflower oh I hate when they go rigid like an ironing board

She slept through 🤗 didn't wake until just after 8. I'm thinking I need to take her swimming more often and move her bedtime back.

@dreamyflower I hope you have a better day today. It's half term so I'm currently thinking of how I can entertain the gremlins this week

Omg I've found my people. DD is just heading into toddlerhood and bloody hell its hard. Why do they gravitate towards things that either dangerous or they're not supposed to have? DD is a good sleeper thank god but I'm struggling to keep her entertained during the day, anyone else?

Can I join? Mine is nearly 4 and I had hoped things would be easier We are going through the dreaded "screaming in the night" phase. Over nothing. Literally proper howls and fake tears and then it turns out they just want a drink. So I am now turning to sleep training. Again. Then I suffer mum guilt again.

So they are tired and grumpy and so am I. They are extra clingy and I desperately need them to go away and give me some space! Obviously that makes them worse!

Also the phase of needing to eat EXACTLY when I do and what I eat. They are like a dog begging, even when they have had their own bloody snack. Constantly under my feet. The instant we walk past any stands or shops with food, out comes the "I'm hungry" FFS! You've just eaten bloody lunch!

And repeating themselves over and over again? Why? I acknowledge what they say etc but they are like a bloody broken record.