Tell me about your....

[DanniG1]

Tell me about your just turned two year old?

What are they like? The good, bad and the ugly.

How much did they change between 18 months and 2 years?

Mine is three now but was still pleasant between from 18 months to two. His behaviour only started getting a bit more challenging around 2.5 when he dropped his dummy and his last nap!

The biggest change I noticed at two was with his eating. Before two he would eat ANYTHING and then from two that steadily decreased and now he has a fairly limited palette at three. Getting him to try new things is frustrating.

Just turned two DS - I love it. He makes jokes, communicates his needs and is generally good company now that we can interact more on a level. For me, it’s the very best stage - communication but still so innocent and excitable and baby-ish.

That said, this morning was the most difficult day to date. He screamed for the full hour before nursery and was incredibly cross. This was new and possibly the start of more challenging behaviour.

My youngest is now 3- but I can tell you that 18months- 2.5yrs old both of mine were physically wreck-less- shoved everything in their mouths, ran off- every day was a battle of wills and you couldn’t take your eyes off them for a second. Thankfully things improved when the speech came through- which for my youngest was delayed.

I really love our two year old. I struggled immensely with 0-18 months but since she's nailed meaningful verbal communication it has got so much better. She's so inquisitive and curious, helps us see the smaller detail in life, makes us laugh at silly things and generally have fun. I think we have been lucky so far that we haven't seen much of the tantrums, she will get cross regularly when she can't have/do what she wants but gets over it very quickly with a bit of empathy and distraction. We've only had a handful of full blown meltdowns so far. I also love the physicality of this age, although it is exhausting. Being able to go out and walk holding her hand brings me such joy. It's still exhausting, I'm still desperate for bedtime every day, her eating is a joke in terms of how limited her intake is and the constantly seeking control of EVERY situation can get really tiring. But I love seeing the little person she is becoming and feel so proud to be her mum.

To clarify, my son is still pleasant he just has sulky threenager moments/days now as well including refusing to get out of bed 😂

This morning when he had left for his childminder with daddy he ran back to me at the front door for another cuddle and kiss because 'It's important!' 😍

These are lovely thank you 🥺❤

Great age 😊 so much more personality, his speech came on so much, so cute to hear his little thoughts and questions. So affectionate and cuddly.

We did potty training at 26 months. I read in the potty training book that at 2 they just want to please you. And then at 30 months they want to rebel.. so best to do it before then! That has proved true for my DS.. around 2.5 we started having a few tantrums/ refusal to do what he’s being asked etc. But still a joy and so much more rewarding than when he was younger for me personally.

My DD is 20 months so lovely to read this thread to know what others have experienced that is still ahead of us.

My youngest is two in January and she is hilarious. I'm not actually sure she means to be funny but her facial expressions and stuff she says makes us all laugh. That being said over the past month or so her separation anxiety has been on a different level and we've had a lot of bedtime battles which have been tough. Hoping it's just a phase that doesn't last long!!