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Toddlers: 24 Months+
jc&cat
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anyone have a fire breathing 3 year old??
jc&cat
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omg, lately he is BRUTAL! tantrums, yelling, screaming....but oddly enough only at home for 99% of it. Sweet as pie outside of this house except for his very first incident at preschool where he pushed a little girl this week and got a timeout.
He has a little sister that he adores so i don't know if there is any jealousy issue there for attention since he really is very sweet to her. I am returning to work in 3 weeks and it's going be another transitional time with maternity leave over. If it's bad now with screaming matches and confiscation of toys, I can't imagine what it's going to be then! He is a sweet boy, very kind and goes out of his way to be affectionate to us and his little sis. Is this 3????
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Re: anyone have a fire breathing 3 year old??
Children are always more of a terror to their own parents than in public places. (For the most part) We can handle it (even though we think we can't). DD1 is 2 yrs 2 months and she throws some major tantrums. She gets time out, we taught her how to "take a break" and deep breathe. We also allow her to "rest" in her room with the door open if she needs to. She comes out after about 5 minutes with a smile on her face. We ask her if she's better and she says yes. Most of the time it works. If it still doesn't we just remove her from whatever situation is occuring.
Remind me of these words when DD1 is three : )
Good luck!
LOL- I opened this hoping to get insight on their nasty morning breath.
DD#1 was a saint up until 3ish. THen she had about 5 months of freaky tantrums, OCD like I've never seen. Tantrums erupting from giggle fits.
At school she remained soft spoken and polite. She smiled and remained helpful and gentle.
At home she through hour long fits and slapped me in the face. At school she held the teacher's hand and drew pics of an eye, a heart and a U like I painted on the basement wall and hugged her teacher and said I love you!
I finally started to think she was developing a personality disorder or something, and ran out and bought every book I could find on toddler and three year old behavior. and like the book promised, by the time 6 months from the beginning of the head spinning, my angel returned. Thankfully. Moral of the novel- for us, it came, and finally went!
For the last year I've been hearing "Just wait, 3 is even worse..." and I had a hard time believing it. But as we inch closer and closer to turning 3....yeah I totally see it coming. Tantrums are getting worse. She's getting sneakier and smarter and more openly defiant. Sometimes she's just blatantly mean. DH is convinced she has a personality disorder because her moods can flip as easily as a light switch.
DS has been a nightmare lately!! He is almost 3 and like many of you, my DH also thinks he has a disorder. Thank goodness we are not alone. He is super sweet to DD and LOVES her to pieces, but can be so defiant towards us. He is also very sweet and mild mannered at school, which I am thankful for.
Wishing luck to all of us ladies!!