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The terrible two's have struck our home
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education
For the most part I truly love this mothering gig. Sure the pay is dismal and most of my three clients don't appreciate my efforts, but they love me and most days are extremely rewarding. But I have to draw the line at the terrible two's. How is it that i had forgotten just how terribly long the time between 18 months and three years-old can be? Why is it that these beings are so adorable to look at and yet so difficult?My son Devon, now 29 months-old, has hit the two's with a fierceness I don't recall with my other two children. He argues. He refuses to eat. He throws tantrums. Thankfully he attends a wonderful preschool three half days per week. I mention this not because I am relieved of his absence, but rather it gives me a chance to observe his teachers interacting with the children in such a patient manner. These observations motivate me to be more level headed with him and enable me to model these behaviors for my older two children. Most days this way of dealing with the terrible two's works. But for those days when it doesn't, I am grateful that Devon goes to bed at 7 p.m. That is the time when I go to the bathroom, have a good cry and hope for a better tomorrow.
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1-11-2007 @ 11:12AM
Jill said...Well, I hope my son had the Terrible Twos. He turns three in a few weeks and it hasn't been a great year. However, I'm bracing myself because my first son was so, so, so much worse from age 3 to 4, and lots of my friends have mentioned it too. We wondered if the Terrible Twos have somehow changed into the Throes of Threes. If he's about to become a gentler, sweeter kid I will be so grateful. Meanwhile I'm turning gray.
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1-11-2007 @ 12:56PM
kristie said...ok, WHAT??? my daughter is about 22 months, and i was hoping we had already passed through the worst of these "terrible twos" (even though she's not two yet...how could it get worse?). you people are scaring me. even more scared, since i'm pregnant.
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1-11-2007 @ 1:18PM
Amy said...You should be scared!! Just kidding:)No matter how bad it is, it's only for a few years. By the time they go to school they usually act pretty good. Believe it or not, most mothers really miss when their kids were little. Atleast you always know where they are.
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1-11-2007 @ 3:39PM
Maureen said...Oh, the terrible twos are in full effect here!
My daughter seemed to start showing the signs at about 20 months. She'll be 2 on Saturday and every day is so emotional for her. My son didn't really give me a terrible time at this age. He was a challenging infant but a breeze by 2. My daughter was the happiest baby and now she is a force to be reckoned with. If you were to ask anyone who has witnessed one of her tantrums, they would undoubtedly tell you that she is the loudest child they know. The librarian at the children's library even went so far as to say her hearing was injured by my daughters loud shrieks!
Sometimes I have to run to the other room for fear of laughing at her when she gets so worked up. When I'm in public I count to myself so I don't lose it. I can easily deal with the situation if it's just the two of us, but throw my 4 year old son in the mix and I just seem to get caught in her emotional web.
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1-11-2007 @ 8:59PM
Sandy said...Ha, ha, ha!! I just read another blog (www.daniellebean.com) on One of Those Days. It, too, deals with a two year old. It's good to remember how much we love them!!
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