Is this normal 3yo behaviour?

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I'm really floundering with DD at the moment. She's almost 3 and has suddenly started having these extremely emotional outbursts at the tiniest things.

Its usually born out of frustration, for example if she can't get her shoe on first time. This evening I tucked her cuddly toys into bed 'wrong'. It's like an Angry Child switch has been flipped and she will immediately start screaming and kicking her legs or flailing her arms. It's normally fairly easy to soothe her by fixing whatever it is but honestly her reactions are becoming exhausting. I'm feeling really fed up and resentful of being yelled at all the time.

Is this normal 3 year-old behaviour? Is there anything I can do to help her?

Yup that's a three year old. The cure is 18 months I'm afraid!

Yep, completely normal.

With mine I founds lots of talking/infering didn’t help. Just stay out of hitting/kicking range and occasional reassure her that you know she is frustrated and it doesn’t feel nice for her and your ready to give cuddles when she would like them.

We're here! 3.5yo girl and yup so many tantrums. Hubby is literally always wrong all the time. I get it right sometimes, but yeah when I'm wrong, it's really wrong!
Hope it passes soon!!

Just walk away and leave her to it if she starts screaming. Any hitting and thumping - immediate consequences. It will pass.

Totally normal IMO, bedtime is a very structured affair with 20m of correctly ordered kisses for the cuddlies 😃

They’ve just realised they have control over things and they’re testing it. Consider it the teenage stage but swap parties and piercings for sweater choices and vegetables…

I feared as much 🤣

It’s called being a threenager.

She's tired

I’m with you OP. Exhausting. 😩

Totally normal! My youngest DD was the most placid baby and young toddler. Then she turned 3...😂

I found 3-4.5yrs old a tricky age that's full of unpredictability and then they start school and things very swiftly change! I think trying to ignore it a bit works wonders!

Yep, normal, don't worry.

Yup, they slowly start coming out of it, mine was downright hysterical for over a year.

Yes a normal developmental stage

Yes my DS is just like this. It’s definitely worse when he’s tired.