Are all toddlers this wild?

[FTEngineerM]

He’s my first and we’re currently on day 8 of 10 in isolation so admittedly it maybe more apparent than usual but are all 13.5m olds like tornadoes?

Using the washing as an example: there’s a neatly folded pile next to the tumble dryer and a messy pile about to go in the washing machine both on the floor, yes I see my error but I’m pregnant and have pgp so the floor is comfy for folding he struts up to the two piles and chooses the neatly folded one and rips every item out. Picks up one of the towels and puts it in the dogs water bowl, cute I mean he probably thinks he’s helping(?). Then he sprints into the living room and empty’s his toy box and climbs inside, then out, then back in then chooses a toy and climbs in and out of his nuna with it for about 10 minutes.

We’ve been out in the pram for an hour and been on the climbing frame in the garden, read some books and ran around the outside of the house a few times bringing the bins in.

His energy levels are unreal.
Is this every toddler or just some? secretly hoping it’s just some so that no2 has the chance of being more chilled out

Sounds fairly standard.

Wait until he's 18mo - 2 years and then you'll see what a real whirlwind is. Sorry 😂

Oh yes, very normal. Aren't they a delight

@KurtWilde

Wait until he's 18mo - 2 years and then you'll see what a real whirlwind is. Sorry 😂

Oh god now I’m petrified 😂😂😂

Yes, normal 😭 Starting to have a few more minutes of calm each day now at almost 2.5, but the whirlwind behaviour is being replaced by nonstop talking. Hard to say which is worse!

Yep and in my albeit limited experience as the owner of a 19 month old it just gets worse.

Does he at least still nap so you get a chance to recharge? DS dropped his last nap at 13 months and that almost tipped me over the edge!!

From the ages about 15 months to 2 I would spend as much time as possible out of the house to avoid having to deal with any of this so I really feel for you being in isolation now!

I found it got easier at about 2 when they could amuse themselves better and the attention span to be able to park them in front of the tv for a decent amount of time!

@FuckingFlumps yes we still have a 1hr nap and 11-11.5 hours at night so there are some point where we can just be still 😂.

@ParadiseLaundry you’re right he loves being outside, he’s nowhere near as wild outside either, we started going camping and to be honest it was the most relaxing it’s ever been. Obviously not this week though 😥.

It's great fun though @FTEngineerM my DS thought he was a velociraptor from around 2 years old, complete with velociraptor sounds and manic 'hunting'. The girls slightly less manic but omg once they learn to talk...

Yep. And the older the wilder haha. My 2 year old dd is nutty!!

They get worse. Sorry.

That sounds fairly tame I’m afraid to say.

Yes! I can remember once taking DS to visit a family member and he spent the whole time sprinting around the perimeter of her not insubstantial garden, he was like an energizer bunny! Was easier as he got older and got into sport and other activities. But yeah, he was exhausting 😅

@FTEngineerM just wanted to say I feel your pain! Today is my first day free from isolation and my god I can't wait to get out the house 😄 I really struggled these last 10 days (2 weeks as we were already isolating then caught covid 🤦🏻‍♀️) but my little boy 15mo is a tornado too! It doesn't help when you feel cooped up in your home and the days may feel tested but it is totally normal. I keep reminding myself from the little app I have (ftm over here - I need all the guides 😄) but there was a bit that said these months are around toddlers learning boundaries so I have in my head I just need to let it be and have ALOT of patience. There must just be something with neatly piled clothes and tidy rooms that these babes think nope...mess is best!
Sending solidarity, you've got this x

Yep. I had two of them like this. Someone once told me to treat them like Labrador puppies - lots of fresh air and and exercise!

A different perspective - ds had a whirlwind period at 16 months, for about 8 weeks he couldn't see a cupboard/corner/basket without pulling everything out and throwing it around. Once he got the hang of talking it totally stopped.

Now he talks constantly but isn't destructive and never runs away because otherwise he'd have nobody to lecture . . .

Haha, that's fairly chill!

It's completely normal - he's not meaning to be naughty, he's just exploring the world. Isolation makes it all a million times worse

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in my experience it gets much, much worse. Mine are currently 3.5 and are destructive tornados but they’re smarter now - one distracts me as they’re ‘hurt’ ‘sad’ or wants to chat whilst the other is destroying something. Tidy time involves me clearing whilst the two of them pull stuff out or one talks whilst the other destroys.

Folding laundry can only be done when there’s nobody looking, it’s like my dirty secret - it happens by magic!

Up to 18m they were delightful, it’s been steadily downhill ever since. The only way to survive/protect the house is get them outside every day and knacker them out - they can’t make mess if they’re not home!

My first wasn't, but my second is now 7 and he is like a fuckkng tornado. Everywhere he goes he makes a massive mess. I can't wait for him to go back to school and I can walk into a room without have to tidy up the shit show he's left behind. His dad is the same.

My 20 month old is like this but does now occasionally put things back in the cupboard after throwing them everywhere which seems like some progress.

My 15 month old is the same. Walked early so has been on the go 6+ months already and now pretty fast.

It’s torrential rain and stormy outside today so we haven’t been outside. He’s climbed inside bath (empty), pushed step to sink turned taps on and shoved tooth brush down plug hole. Found cat snacks, poured whole tub out for the cat at once. Hangs off dining chair backs so they tip. Ate half an Orange crayon, dribbled orange everywhere. Climbed under sofa, got stuck. Climbed ontop of sofa, cushions all off, climbed on coffee table, climbed on footstool, chased the cat. Threw toilet roll down toilet, posted 100 toy bricks down the back of radiator, got stuck under rug…

It’s not even 11am here. Might go on a drive just to have him contained in car seat 10 mins.

@KurtWilde that made me laugh, ours pretends to be a hoover atm. Maybe he’ll upgrade?😂

Oh yeah patience by the bucket load @Bluemeadowbaby he doesn’t actually know why it is annoying that’s why I’m on a forum and not telling him about it 😂, I just found it fascinating how he only likes to mess up orderly things. Sounds like you’re closer to the end of it than me! Good luck.

@BabycakesMatlala I know, I don’t tell him off or do anything that makes him think it’s naughty.

Thank you for all your stories, toddlers are officially nuts. It’s certainly amusing watching him push his toy hoover round making hoover noises in must a nappy, then insisting I put his shoes on.. because you can’t hoover barefoot.

@FTEngineerM sounds like you're doing a great job - sorry, I didn't mean to sound preachy! It's super hard work, and I have no idea how you are managing with Covid.

My twins were exactly like this. It was relentless chaos. Their elder sister wasn't, she was really chill and civilized, but from what I've gleaned talking to others, shes a rarity, , the feral version is more common, sorry.