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Anyone else's toddlers losing their marbles?

amom2fouramom2four member
in September 2014 Moms
Oh my word! Over the last two or so weeks my 3 year old is becoming a lunatic. She cannot leave the baby alone. Will not let him sleep and is constantly picking fights with my older kids.

Anyone else seeing totally crazy behavior in their toddlers since baby has born?
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  • kateroniumkateronium member
    Oh god I thought it was just me.. She's been a total basket case for weeks! Getting into everything, constantly messing with lo, oh and my personal favorite.. Screaming at the top of her lungs every time I tell her no or take something from her that she isn't supposed to have.. I'm going nuts!
    Plus for no reason whatsoever she's gotten insanely picky about food and suddenly won't eat half the food that she used to like. She's eaten grilled cheese for lunch like every day this week.. I feel horrible but I've tried like everything else in my house and she doesn't want it. Help!
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  • jaime52005jaime52005 member
    My 19 mo old is crazzzzzy !! Makes me want to pull my hair out
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  • amom2fouramom2four member
    As bad as it sounds, I feel better. Dh didn't believe me and he actually saw this weekend what my days have been lately with both of the little kids and now it's going to be worse because we have ds1 in wrestling and dd1 starting basketball soon.

    I think ds2 is going through a growth spurt so I sit in one spot bfing all day and then he cries when I put him down which is out of his norm. Plus he's tired because dd2 won't stay out of his face. Thank goodness I dealt with our second car before this shitstorm started and I don't have to get the toddler up at 8am anymore. Let the littles sleep!!
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  • str13str13 member
    I'm so glad you started this thread!! My 16 month old has gone crazy. She's being sweet to LO. But keeps trying to pick LO up and stuff. Which is terrifying!!
    @kateronium I didn't even think about her crazy eating having anything to do with all this. She's decided she likes rice cakes?? Weird. And that she doesn't like any meat.
    My personal favorite? If I have to take something from her or tell her no she collapses onto her back and hits her head and the floor, or just collapses forward. Collapsing forward seems more dramatic to me personally.
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  • ashaw512 ashaw512 member
    @kateronium‌ did you sneak into my house or do we have the same kid? DD has actually calmed down the past week a little bit but not much. She still won't eat and throws herself to the floor, but her constant into everything has calmed. She will actually focus on her toys a little more and sometimes I have to put tinkerbell on so I stay sane. I can't take her in public anymore unless it's just me and her bc she's acts crazy, running all over the place, screaming, taking things, and ppl give me horrible looks like I don't know how to control my kid and it's embarrassing bc I'm doing everything I can. If I get onto her she gets 10x louder. Pedi says its a regression stage, I hope this stage doesn't stay long.
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  • kateroniumkateronium member
    @str13 the dramafests annoy me to death.. Same thing.. Throws herself on the floor screaming..
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  • biokitty42biokitty42 member
    edited November 2014
    Add me to the club.  We signed up with Verizon this weekend, and DH was worried DD would be hard to entertain at the store while we waited.  I blew him off because she is usually pretty well-behaved.  Nope, she was a total squirrel.  Pulling on our hands, collapsing, the works.  Everyday seems like a long day.

    Edited to make sense.
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  • portentosaportentosa member
    edited November 2014
    I just assumed my 22 month old was entering his terrible twos. He definitely loses his shit easier these days. It's only 8am and he's already gotten pissed off because...
    *he only wanted milk for breakfast, no eggs or apples (normally his favorite),
    *he wanted the front door open and I didn't get to it fast enough,
    *a truck drove by and I had the nerve to nurse DD instead of put his shoes on and take him outside to pursue it,
    *he wanted more milk,
    *his toy car got hung up on legos, slowing DS down.

    He doesn't leave DD alone either. If she's in the swing he tries to climb in with her. If she's on the floor he wants to sit on her. He likes to stick his fingers in her mouth and he likes to help with her diaper changes by wiping her face with a wipe. He's not trying to be mean, just helpful, loving, and curious, but he certainly can't be trusted in a room with her and I'm constantly using baby gates to keep them apart long enough for me to pee.
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  • KATILLAC1KATILLAC1 member
    Yes! My dd is 3, and while she has always been strong willed she is in a new stage of awful. She has a nasty attitude, has completely abandoned using good manners and will not go to bed. Last night she was still coming out of her room at 10:30pm. I don't know how much more of this I can take.
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  • amom2fouramom2four member
    Oh my little gem just tried to pick the baby up and when I told her no she shifted her grasp to his feet and said, "oh, I drag him." Uh, really no!

    She is terribly behaved in public when dh is there also. She knows (read: I don't give her the opportunity) that she can act like an asshat and run around the store and stand up in the cart to escape because daddy will chase her around. I hate going places with them. I do better on my own.
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  • kateroniumkateronium member
    WanderingStars23 said:

    kateronium said:

    Oh god I thought it was just me.. She's been a total basket case for weeks! Getting into everything, constantly messing with lo, oh and my personal favorite.. Screaming at the top of her lungs every time I tell her no or take something from her that she isn't supposed to have.. I'm going nuts!
    Plus for no reason whatsoever she's gotten insanely picky about food and suddenly won't eat half the food that she used to like. She's eaten grilled cheese for lunch like every day this week.. I feel horrible but I've tried like everything else in my house and she doesn't want it. Help!

    I could have written this word for word. DD1 just turned to two weeks ago. I am ready to go back to work just so I don't have to be home with her anymore. She can totally survive on chicken nuggets and peanut butter and jelly, right?
    Actually I discovered a trick to get her to eat this morning. Of course I had to sacrifice half my omlete... But I sat with her and fed her. Much better morning with food I. Her system. Not making it a habit but I'm dricing three hours and wanted her mellow
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  • str13str13 member
    @tromboner DD1 keeps trying to pick LOs nose, which is weird because she doesn't even pick her own nose?! And when I go to pee, LO either lays in the RnP on the other side of the baby gate or DD1 just has to come with me.
    DD1 also stripped her diaper off during the night and peed on everything. EVERYTHING. Even her nemo.
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  • suiternsuitern member
    I am glad to see mine isn't the only one...he won't let her sleep, screams in her face to say hi, is overly excited to touch her, and constantly is into ALL the things when I have to do anything with her. It is slowly killing me....I have said don't drill your sister, don't play drums on your sister, and the word gentle I don't know how many times the last 7 weeks!
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  • portentosaportentosa member
    edited November 2014
    @str13‌ OMG, peeing on everything. Please no. DS will rip his diaper off if he's not wearing pants, but he thank goodness hasn't figured out how to undress himself yet.
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  • kaileemariepkaileemariep member
    So relieved I'm not the only mother going crazy all day. My son is 3 and we did have a good day today first in a few. He just doesn't nap anymore and talks my ears off. Lo has not slept today except in my arms which is out of the norm for her. She usually naps at least a 3 hour stretch. It's 1030 and I am just getting her to finally sleep. I'm exhausted! Did I mention I have to be up at 530 to let my daycare 2 year old in. Thank you for letting me rant. I feel much better now!
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  • amom2fouramom2four member
    My lo hasn't slept much during the day until today when I took him to my pp appt. the toddler likes to be in his face screaming "let me see him!!" You're 12 inches away, why do you need to be closer? And he's sleeping!

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  • lbonga1lbonga1 member
    DD1 is generally good with DD2, but for the past week or 2 it's been whiny tantrums all.day.long, saying no about everything. Yesterday when we were leaving to go to Target, I had to take her back inside for a time out before we even made it to the car! She keeps shoving her hands in her mouth making me think it's teething, but she only has her 2-year molars left, and I don't feel them coming in. Maybe it's a regression phase like @ashaw512 mentioned.
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  • ashaw512 ashaw512 member
    @tromboner I had to start DD in pull-ups bc she kept taking her diaper off if she didn't wear pants. Then she figured out how to take her pants off.
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  • amom2fouramom2four member
    @ashaw512 ‌ @tromboner‌ When my kids figured out how to take their diapers off, I put their diapers on backwards. It works. And is cheaper than pull ups. I have never bought pull-ups, dd is doing pretty well at potty training and I still diaper her at night only.
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