I almost drove off the side of the road this weekend to make the screaming stop

KathrynMD

I am normally pretty meh about DD tantrums - which is easy b/c she doesn't have them too often and I can jsut walk away if she's drives me too nuts or I start to get frustrated.  This weekend, she screamed at me - in the car - at decibels not normally heard in humans - for literally 20 minutes straight.  It was incredibly frustrating b/c I KNEW she was tired (and had been for awhile, so I drove her around hoping she'd go to sleep) but then I set her off by touching the mail (OMG, terrible Mommy) and she just went ballistic.  It was so, so awful.  I finally caved and twitsted my arm back so she could hold my hand (while driving 70 miles an hour) whihc was what she was screaming/begging for so she would go to sleep.  Then it took about 8 minutes for her to sack out.  It was so awful.  I did a total sobbing ugly cry on DH when I finally got home - and I was so exhausted I went to bed 2 hours early.  This was Saturday and I'm honestly still a little worn out from this.  I am PRAYING this was just an off day and not a preview of the 3s!!

Pesky

Um, yeah, 3s are, uh, interesting.  But hopefully that was just a once in a blue moon kind of over-tired thing! 

kmhunt11

Aw!  I know what you mean that usually it's easy to ignore/walk away but once in awhile it's just a different kind of tantrum.  

karleegirl

Pesky:

Um, yeah, 3s are, uh, interesting.  But hopefully that was just a once in a blue moon kind of over-tired thing! 

when both of my boys were 3 I wanted to give them away. I love 4 by the way!

Mrs.JLC

My DD turned 3 in July. I would say the 3 y/o switch flipped in June. I hope that this is NOT your preview. I love my DD and sometimes she can be so much fun but for the most part I don't like 3.