Oh boy. Nothing could have prepared me for the terrible twos! I am challenged on a daily basis with my patience, and parenting abilities. Who knew that there was not a hint of exaggeration involved when people described the hell on earth of having a very stubborn 2 year old.
This morning the fit involved his desire to wear his new Spiderman PJ's to daycare. There was no way we were going to allow that to happen- especially since the said PJ's are covered in dried playdough and other goodies after a weekend of refusing to take them off! (they are currently being laundered-something i had to do the moment he left for daycare!) Of course the fact that he had been up since 5 am due to the time change and was on a sugar high from his Honeycomb cereal didn't help the matter any!
Kudos to my husband for getting the tantrums under control this morning with a much needed "time-out"! This method of making fit throwing boy sit in a corner for 1 -2 minutes to calm down actually works for us! Thank goodness because I was pulling my hair out in sheer frustration at not knowing what to do!
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We started timeouts with little G when she was 2 ... we still do it occasionally, it's the first step on the stairs. Sometimes she knows to go there herself!
ReplyDeleteTantrums are the WORST ... I feel your pain!
Oh, and good luck with NaBLoPoMo this year too!
thanks for visiting Karen!!
ReplyDeleteI was ready to give up yesterday morning but thankfully today he didn't freak out as much when we took off his Spiderman PJ's! It feels like progress :)
Make sure to keep on top of teething. I have always beleived those 4 2nd year molars are a big part of the terrible twos. I know with Zoë, whenever she was especially tantrummy...a tooth popped out a day or two later. She got much better once she finished cutting all those teeth.
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