Behavioral Issues..

realisticdreams

Soooo M turned 2 in Feb.  She has always been SUCH a laid back child.  She is such a polar opposite to P.  Recently, over the past month, her behavior has become a little more..hard to control for lack of a better word.  

She gets, SO mad, when she doesn't get her way.  About, ANYTHING . She is easily redirected with time-out most of the time, but without that reset (like if we are out in public-omg) it just doesnt' stop.  She will basically grab whatever is near her and throw it.  Flail her arms, slap, etc . 

The other night we were at the IL's house and I brought dinner for the girls to eat, and she ended up spasing out over nothing, that I could figure out but I took her to the bedroom to calm down and she just wrapped my arms around her, and finally I was just like do you want to go home? And she said home home, and was fine.  

Is this typical 2 year old behavior?  I mean, I know they get mad, etc but it seems SO extreme.  Plus I have nothing typical to compare too.

(Auntie...I know you will have some questions for me, but the behavioral issues are so foregin to me, so I wanted to make this as basic as possible)

I do believe she had an m-chat done at her 2 year well visit and she didn't have any signs of ASD.  She is a late talker, she just started saying some words and repeating them and doing some spontaneous speaking as well.  She NEVER got frustrated over her inability to communicate ever.  She also sleeps through the night, BUT only in her crib.  She won't sleep anywhere else, even if we are there, and she has never wanted to sleep with us. 

 
Thanks for any advice/input.

(ETA-it's really been this last week that it's gotten REALLY bad, and now i'm remembering some articles I read about Miralax and behavior issues, and she's had a lot of tummy troubles lately so she's been on a HUGE dose bc she basically had a blockage and it was try that or have her emptied at the ER, I'm for sure going to try to keep a little behavior log vs when she takes the meds!!!)

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I pretty much agree with everything auntie said minus that time out can't be a time where a parent shows affection. If my son is spiraling out of control, I say "it looks like you need to take some time to cool off. Would you like to be alone or do you

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DS went from totally laid back to out of control right about 2.  It was like the flip of a switch.  He also had GI issues and honestly was probably at his worst when he had gone a couple days without a BM.  He was speaking very well, but wa

st.augbride

This does sound like typical 2 yr old behavior to me. Ds started getting defiant with the "no, no, no" to everything at 18 months, then it went away for a while, and then came back with a vengance, and tantrums, etc... about a month ago. When we have frie

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