Hitting terrible twos or spoiled/naughty

Kthorson16

 Anyone else out there hitting the terrible twos?  The last two nights have been very rough at dinner time after picking up from daycare.  Have had two major melt downs where I have ended up having to take my son out of his chair and do a time out until he calms down.  I know he is testing the boundaries and I am more calm and laid back when it comes to his melt downs but it is starting to really get to my husband.  Last night my husband got so mad at my son during his melt down that he left the dinner table and didn?t eat at all with us.  My husband thinks our son is spoiled and naughty when he has a meltdown and I think it is just his age.  Can one tell the difference at this age of being spoiled/naughty or is it just terrible twos?

preggersin2011

Sounds like how my kid acts at the end of the day if she doesn't get a snack in the car or immediatly upon arrving at home. She is too busy and knows that as soon as  PM snack is over she gets to go play- so she only has 'enough'. When LO has a melt down at the dinner table she goes right to bed, and not because of discipline but because she needs it.

dairygirl19

LalaMama81:

Your child sounds tired. He's not spoiled or naughty. Having a meltdown or tantrum is how he is communicating that he's exhausted and done. Maybe he's too hungry by then? I'd try giving him a snack of fruit, yogurt or cheese ASAP and see if that helps get him through dinner. Is he still napping at daycare?

Your husband seems to be the spoiled and naughty one. 

 

This.

My kid will be 2 tomorrow and we have a lot of that going on.

Mainly because she's decided this week, naps are not for her. She however, is too little to not have a nap, so by 4:30 she' s a hot mess. I'm home alone with her today so I'm trying to get back in the groove, before I start screwing with bedtime.

My kid is also testing limits by repeatedly throwing stuff just to see how far she can take it. I do the same thing every time (take it away with a stern "No. We do this instead with said toy"). It took like 3 days but she got it.

You know how babies have "wonder weeks" where they're so wide eyed to the world? I swear toddlers do the same thing about now, which also leaves them overwhelmed and over stimulated. My kid won't nap but she'll sit in her crib and spit out about 4 new words every day that I hadn't heard the day before.

Just be consistent, and don't let it get to you and your H or it'll just make the problem worse.

And yeah, they're 2...it's what they do.