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Angry 3yo

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DR91 · 22/02/2023 11:41

I’m just wondering if anyone has been through similar, we sailed through 2 with no tantrum/frustration/upset issues really, obviously we had some challenges but I found them really easy compared to what people told me would happen.

Toddler turned 3 a few weeks ago and I’d say over the last 2 months I’ve noticed a definite change in his reaction when things don’t go to his plan, he seems to get much more upset much more quickly and actually cries tears at times over small inconveniences to him (eg brushing teeth) that previously he’d just have moan a bit about.

When things are going ‘to plan’, he’s absolutely fine, but when we suggest or do something he doesn’t want to do it’s then that his reactions have just really intensified. He speaks really well so he can communicate what he doesn’t want and why, I thought this could’ve been why we seemed to skim the bulk load of the ‘difficulties’ people had told me about 2yo, but maybe it was just luck? He did drop his nap around the same time as this sort of slowly started so it could be that he’s adjusting to overall less sleep.

Did anyone else notice anything like this around 3yo?

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Anoushka1986 · 25/02/2023 08:39

@DR91 honestly I think it's just the terrible 3s. We had the terrible 2s but I feel like I'm struggling even more with 3s. He has moment of being really rational and then other times he's been completely irrational. He's recently started pushing which he never did before- I thought we were lucky though to skip any aggression. My sons language is really good and the tantrums are still bad. I think it's his temperament tbh, he feels his feelings very strongly and is quick to react.

It's so hard isn't it!

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