So this is Terrible Twos. 🌚
The mornings always start off so easy, we’re all in a good mood, she does her own thing, she listens...then around 1pm rolls around and she gets tired, irritable. Starts pushing buttons, getting into trouble, talking back.
After nap time? That’s when the real chaos begins. 🙃🙃 Crying over EVERYTHING, running around like a crazy person, arguing everything I say, purposely ignoring me.
I want to hide. 🙈🙈 I ATTEMPTED to hide. She found me in the laundry room and tried to stick a crayon up my nose.
I look back at photos of when she was a newborn and wish so much that I’d enjoyed those days more, the days where she didn’t talk back and mimic all of my facial expressions or dump yogurt in the floor just because she can. I have to fight her on EVERYTHING. She acts like she has no common sense. She does things on purpose just to push my buttons and then when I get on to her, she says “Why you so mad, mama?” or “Take a chill pill.”
I’ve resorted to just taking away the things she won’t clean up. I was sick of constantly stepping on toys when I asked her a thousand times to put them away. She gets them back when we have a full day of good behavior. That hasn’t happened yet and I’m running out of room.
She begs me for food and then throws it on the floor. She won’t eat anything except veggie chips, and apparently soap, which I found her licking this morning.
We take our vacation in exactly one month. I’ve never been so ready. 😭😭
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This was Raine is was so freaking bad... idk what changed but I decided to stop yelling so much and try to not get so angry over the little things. I get on her level more often and its started working so much better. Like the yogurt thing for instance, instead of getting super angry I get down and bring her with me and calmly explain that it was bad and I tell her I need her to clean it up and I'll give her a paper towel and she usually will. If she doesnt we do time out. But i have seen the hugest difference since I stopped letting myself get so upset and angry all the time. At that age they just want to make their own decisions but still want your guidance and attention. So it's tough. Stay strong mama ❤
It'll pass. I hate to say it but kids are assholes. I love my boys but truth is truth. They are the masters.
Sorry babe, my daughter just turned 4 and is ornery as ever. I had it when she was 2, and now its worse. Just gotta be calm. Or even ask your hubby or parents to watch them for a few hours so u can relax?
Kids sure are difficult. I wish i could give you better advice, but unfortunately i can’t.
Stay strong mama ❤️
My 1st born missed the terrible 2 phase. Don't get me wrong, there were some trying moments, but she learned early on that mama is boss. I allow her to do what she wants in moderation so that she doesn't lose her independence and I don't lose my patience. She's a child and children just want to be children, but we are here to guide them. Sometimes just asking them why they're doing what they're doing helps. Letting them cry and giving them other options on how to handle their frustrations or anger helps. I help my daughter to communicate with me. I'll ask her why she's upset? Or...who made you upset?...She'll say "mommy made me upset". Then I'll explain to her, that "mommy never wants you to be upset, mommy likes when you're happy, but what you did wasn't nice", the conversation would just pick up from there. As parents it's easy for us to think that children should do what they're told, but as parents we need to understand that just because we say something, it doesn't mean that they catch on right away even if they've done it a few times. If I put her on time out, after a while, I'll call her over and we'll talk about it and I'll give her a hug, because it's not that she's personally done something wrong, but I need her to understand how her actions can get her into trouble, but I never want her to forget that mommy loves you very much and only wants you to grow into the best version of yourself. It's not always easy, but patience and understanding is vital in child rearing. They're people too and will one day grow up to be adults. They'll learn how to communicate effectively based off of what we teach them. At least that's what I think.