I swear the day my son turned 2 (on the 4th) he hit his terrible 2's! Hes hitting in anger, throwing chairs and screaming like hes dying when he doesn't get his own way!! ITS DRIVING ME NUTS! haha i cant help but giggle though cos he gets so annoyed. The corner isn't working. Anyone else have this?
Yes I do and my son isn't even two yet. His sister has just hit puberty to boot. So I have double trouble. Sometimes my son follows his sister's lead and makes it ten times worse. I even get to the point of having their father watch them so I can go for a drive just to lose my temper. I too am treading in unknown waters. If you find anything that works, let me know and I will do the same for you.
My son was the same way. At about 18 months, I've been telling people that that we've already arrived at terrible two's. But when my son turned 2 in early March, it became worst. He seems to know that he's now 2 and making things more challenging than before.
When he gets mad, he throws things. I've always told him that hitting is not allowed, so he has modified it so that he isn't really hitting anybody. So now I told him that whenever he throws things, whatever it is will be taken away. So I've been taking stuff away from him and he doesn't like it. It's been working so far because he rarely does it anymore.
I swear my son went to bed 1 year and 364 days old and woke up with can only be desribed as possesed . He went through this phase for what seemed ages. Bad temper tantrums, hitting and so on. Then it stopped. He is 4 in June and it appears to be starting again. Only today he had an outburst just because he had to get washed. He started hitting the wash basin and grabbing the wash cloth from my hands and was really agressive. I think you can only hang in there and be patient with him (easier said the done ,right!!!!!!!!!!!) but I imagine when they are having a bad tamtrum its worse for them than for us (I know that sounds weird) but imagine if you were to act like that how much of a strain it would be on you and how freaked out you be. I hope it does'nt last much longer for everyones sake because its hard to handle and upsetting. I will say this though if he is having a tantrum because he can not do or have something then please dont give in to keep the peace. They are so clever and relentless. Hang on in there. Kids EHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Take care
ryan is just begining.....his not to bad when we are out, but at home if he doesn't get his way sometimes he gets very frustrated and isn't to sure on what to do....he usually just screams....ryan is 21 months and i use his room as cool down time he won't sit in the naughty corner he doesn't understand.... yea i have to turn away so he doesn't see me laugh......
How true these coments are and so funny, my hubby thinks there should be a boarder kindy as in boarding school but for our little darlings that throw the best tanty's and aren't at school yet lol.
well i have to say it dosn't get any better i reckon terrible 2's is a myth cause i have 8 year old and each year i swear it gets worse everyone keeps telling me that he will grow out of it soon(hope its soon lol) and i also have a 2 year old who is turning 3 in october so i am going through it all again yipee its driving me nuts but i think its a boy thing as my daughter (nearly 5)has been fantastic so far touch wood she never went thru any stage.
sorry to tell you all of that but just be prepared
it comes from their brain being ready for independance but not their body... and yep same thing happened with logan but he is still stuck there from time to time lol... not much you can do short of sending them to a cryo lab for the next year... just try to keep some basic rules in place like no hitting dont stress about the small stuff, and he will grow out of it... good to hear you are still laughing about how silly they can get at that age makes for a far less stressful time... so just keep smiling and before you know it he'll be back to his sweet lil self... and asking why everything is so :)'s4u mate
Hi love i no what you are going throu my darling little angel he is 4 and he still does it, everytime he gets told off he goes to the corner not to his room where he can play we give him time out for 5 minutes but everytime he asks to come out his time starts again i watch something like that on that tv show super nanny but that does not work he is a great sweet boy its the tantrums that have to stop when he doesn't get his own way!! anyway i wish you luck xxx
My 2 year old also throws whopper tantrums and i also put him in his room and shut the door until he calms down, it took him a few times to understand the concept but he did and it works great. I also get him to say sorry when i let him out so that he gets the whole punishment and forgiveness thing and then we have a cuddle so he knows i still love him and all is forgiven. He may only be 2 1/2 but i don't think it's ever too early to teach your children these values and believe me.... he understands.
Miss B threw her first doozy the other day in town......it was mindblowing in it's intensity pmsl.I literally had to drag her back to the car as I could not hold her or carry her ......... I put her in the car and took her straight home and into her room where she screetched and went off for awhile then went to sleep.I find that if she is going into tanty mode I just put her in her room without distractions and she has to stay there till she calms down.......she only stays there usually for 5 minutes tops and calms down.She even put the cat in there the other day and told him to think about it .... roflmfao.Corner doesnt work for her as she cant get the concept of staying there.The room works as I shut the door and walk away so she knows the only way out is to calm down.Works for us goood luck Mel and welcome to the terror 2's lol
haha yes! I always looked at those mums with kids going ape and wondered why they do it cos mine never had... Jaidan was perfect. Hes thrown one major one but when were out her usually so well behaved (terrific 2's for him) and now i know ahaha
i appoligise to all the mums out there who have kids throwing tantrums and I am thinking these horrible things lol
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. He went through this phase for what seemed ages. Bad temper tantrums, hitting and so on. Then it stopped. He is 4 in June and it appears to be starting again. Only today he had an outburst just because he had to get washed. He started hitting the wash basin and grabbing the wash cloth from my hands and was really agressive. I think you can only hang in there and be patient with him (easier said the done ,right!!!!!!!!!!!) but I imagine when they are having a bad tamtrum its worse for them than for us (I know that sounds weird) but imagine if you were to act like that how much of a strain it would be on you and how freaked out you be. I hope it does'nt last much longer for everyones sake because its hard to handle and upsetting. I will say this though if he is having a tantrum because he can not do or have something then please dont give in to keep the peace. They are so clever and relentless. Hang on in there. Kids EHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Take care
