Indecisive Toddler

kbalb

Tired baby, 21 mo going on 2 yrs, or something else: what do you think?

DD woke up this morning about a 1/2 hour earlier than usual.  She had a major meltdown over everything: She asked to switch between Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins three times, screaming "NO Mickey!" then five minutes later "NO Einsteins!  Mickey, Mickey, please!"

Then we went back and forth between milk and juice (which I couldn't cave on since she needs to have Miralax in the morning and it was already in the cup).  Then she was in tears about wanting toast, not wanting toast, wanting a bagel, not wanting a bagel, wanting a banana, not wanting a banana.  And finally, she was being picky about her clothes: no jacket, yes jacket, no purple pants, yes purple pants.

She was really testing my Monday morning patience, but overall I was able to stay pretty calm and aside from the drink, make accommodations.  (She did also want a cookie for breakfast, so I definitely nixed that one.)  What are your thoughts?

doggylovr

DS has days like that occasionally (yesterday was one)...luckily they are few and far between but watch out when they happen, they remind me of a PMSing teen....

 

hang in there!!!! I have been told its  very age appropriate...DS will be 21 months next week

Hey Jellisy

Normal, at least in our house.  It happens every once in a while like doggylovr said.  DD is 2.5 and we still have bouts of it on a regular basis.  I found limiting option is helpful such as would you prefer the pink or purple pants.  The whole wide world of choices is often too intimidating for DD, but letting her choose between two usually works well.   

QueSrah

We have tears almost every morning over something.  DD has the hardest time with decisions like that when she's tired, hungry or teething, and she's always at least one of the three in the morning. 

vtkgirl77

This sounds like every morning in our house! Actually, not every morning but a lot of mornings. We also have the issue with the Miralax. I warm up the juice which seems to help her drink it down more easily.

I try to have some flexibility with the clothes in letting her choose them but with the food, I'm not as flexible. I try to get her to eat the breakfast I make but if she doesn't, I just let her go to daycare without eating much. Once I make the food, I leave the food out for her to eat. One minute she'll be screaming, "I don't want eggs" and then 5 minutes later I look over and she's happily eating them and says "I like eggs". These toddlers are very fickle.

Sofka

very very normal, unfortunately. DD is 35mo old and the tantrums and fits are NOT getting better for us, sadly

 

kbalb

Thanks!  I'm glad it's nothing more than normal.  Normal is something I can work with

We usually try to only give her two or three options for breakfast (and usually she just agrees to wear what I picked out) so the back and forth about everything was seemingly out of sorts for our usually bubbly mornings.
 

AgrippaRidesAgain

It's definitely the age.  I had to put a foot down and tell DS that he only gets to change his mind once.  It took a few days of battles, but then worked out.

Artslvr

NORMAL.  Aggravating, but normal.  The changing of the mind, back and forth, within seconds, yes/no, gimme/take it, that one/no that one/no that one again, etc.

And on that note:

https://crappypictures.typepad.com/crappy-pictures/2011/07/my-official-re-entry-into-the-terrible-twos.html

And darnit I can't find it, but someone had posted a blog post that was HILARIOUS which was something like "What my two year old thinks in the span of one minute" or something like that. 

tracy042206

Sounds like a day in the life of Molly.  You would have thought I saw it coming after already having one go through the same stage but it still is surprising and frustrating and I have to remind myself to calm down and not give her what she wants when is screaming like a little tyrant.  It gives me anxiety to hear the shrieking and I just want to let her have what she wants but then I calm myself down and she gets over it rather quickly (usually, unless we are in full meltdown mode).  Good luck, it is a rough stage that is making DH even more glad we stopped 2 kids.

kbalb

Artslvr:

NORMAL.  Aggravating, but normal.  The changing of the mind, back and forth, within seconds, yes/no, gimme/take it, that one/no that one/no that one again, etc.

And on that note:

https://crappypictures.typepad.com/crappy-pictures/2011/07/my-official-re-entry-into-the-terrible-twos.html

And darnit I can't find it, but someone had posted a blog post that was HILARIOUS which was something like "What my two year old thinks in the span of one minute" or something like that. 

 

I seriously read that about three weeks ago, when I decided I needed to read the entire blog.  How quickly, I forgot!