You hear horror stories from other parents or read about the terrible twos. As your child reaches 1 ½ years old, you come to the understanding that you are soon to be a parent experiencing the “terrible twos.” It tends to be that when a child turns two (I have seen my two nephews go through this stage) – what Mommy says doesn’t go. Because it’s his way or the highway! I have witnessed my nephews throw themselves to the ground – ha!
WE all agree no one looks forward to the “terrible twos,” which is a developmental stage that usually begins during in the toddler years. Although many parents don’t expect the terrible twos to start until their toddler is two years old it can begin anytime during your kid’s second year. So what are the terrible twos? How do you know? It is characterized by toddlers being negative about most things and often saying ‘NO,’ or you may find your toddler having everyday mood changes and temper tantrums.
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Terrible Twos? My son is 17-months old and is a perfect angel… NOT! But he’s too cute to give away to the zoo. 🙂
They really getcha with that cute thing….
I’m not sure which is worse, terrible twos or thunderous threes! 😀 I just posted a fun story about this.
Certainly a trying time in parenting. Thanks for this post.
Thundersous Threes! Agreed – they could possibly be blending together. We need a new name for something in the middle….sort of like a Brangelina. I am thinking Terrible Twees? Thoughts?
Our son (18 Months) is so awful right now that I took him to my pediatrician (crying, both of us, I might add) asking her if something was wrong with him! Our daughter had her moments but it was never like this! She made me feel better when she said that difficult babies/toddlers/children make wonderful teenagers. They learn at a young age that there are boundries, unlike children that always get what they want because they do the right thing. She actually compared an 18 month old to a sociopath to some extent because they are totally self absorbed, want attention no matter how negative or positive and mainly care about how everything will affect them. She stressed that consistancy is the key and recommended the fast food rule and I will have to say that it helps. When he wants treat treats and we say no, he shuts down. During the tantrum, if we say treat treats several times, we get his interest back enough to try explainations. It is just a stage but boy am I ready for the next one! I never thought I would want him to grow up faster than he already is but I just want a year, that’s all! 🙂
Kathryn,
I’m so sorry to hear that you are going through trying times with your son. Let’s hope your pediatrician is right and he will be an easy teenager. I guess you get it one way or another. Ah parenthood!
My son is two and a half most of the time he’s good: )but the times he’s a bad boy he makes up for all the times he was good…I without knowing about the fast-food method apply it sometimes and it works…I just have to be firm and mean business for him to get it together: )my sister is taking child development and informed me that he’s in the egocentric stage and that info made it easier for me to understand his stage rightnow: )
In the sense that I know he’s doing it intentionally: )