terrible twos and then some

I will say something here that is not an attack just a pet peeve of mine because so many do not realize how bad it really is, because our society has made this bad thing an everyday necessity. Ok for one thing you should remove the TV from his room. watching TV will not help him relax and will only stimulate his mind more. It is unneeded and will cause many issues later, in fact the TV shouldn't even be an option for one so little. I am not saying my own do not watch TV but even at 10 my oldest is only allowed to watch (or play video games) for an hour for the whole day. There is no need for more. If he is getting into things it is because he need interaction. I taught this age group for years and you would be surprised how much more attention a child will give to building blocks or paint set then a TV, which is not a baby sitter. Remember at that age they have an attention span of 5-10 minutes so will get into things, many that you will not expect, or worse they want to help..lol My oldest 2 are 23 months apart and one day (hubby fell asleep on couch) while I was in the shower they decided to "help" with lunch. Well I got out and there was bowl in the middle of my kitchen floor with trails of just about everything running all over my kitchen, ketchup, maple syrup, a whole bag of flour..sigh..it was a total mess. There will always be something but if you can occupy their minds there will be less of them. Flashing lights and toys that make noise do not let them use their minds it only fills them with unneeded images. You want them to learn the ABCs get the wooden blocks with them on the side, they will pick up on them. As for discipline the best advise is this. Do what you say when you say it and never give in. Yes it will take a few times for it to register in his brain but if you go wishy washy in any way what you are trying to teach will be ruined. It took me about 6 months of having 13+, two year olds in classroom to realize that, and they feed off of the other kids behaviour.

I know exactly how you feel. Hang in there, it will get better. Takes so much patience to get through those terrible 2's, 3's and sometimes into the 4's. Our kids are all grown now but we had one who liked to get into her diaper and fingerpaint on the crib or wall. It was difficult to stay on top of it but she finally stopped. Also had one who tried to flush about 9 towels and stopped up the toilet. We were in an apartment at the time but still didn't want to ruin the plumbing not to mention the towels were nasty after they had been sitting in the toilet. Didn't catch her right away. I survived three daughters and they are now all very responsible, reliable and career oriented. Was all well worth it.

thank god mine arent the only ones that make me sound and look like an orge,mine are ages 7 and 3 and as others say they are angels without wings.the elder one celebrated her birthday recently,we brought a black forest cake,both of them wanted to have all the cherries,inorder to prevent a major fight,we had to get another cake!

Hello there!! Your son sounds soooo much like mine it isn't even funny!! My son did the same thing with eggs one night, we had already gone to bed and he would wake up in the night and get into the fridge! Well he took the whole dozen eggs and smashed them up against the wall next to his bed!! I never did get it all out of the carpet!! And he did the same thing with chocolate syrup, all over the floor and his bed!! One morning I got up and found an entire container of cheese and bologne on his bedroom floor!!! I have no clue what he was thinking, I guess he was hungry and played with the food after he ate!! But it was always in the middle of the night!! It was a horrible stage he went through and I thought it would never end!! He would also do the diaper thing!! He would go poop then take his diaper off and a few times he played in it!! He would take his little toys cars and run them into the poop!! How disgusting can it get? lol he went through alot of toys because I couldn't even try to clean then, I would just throw them away! He even smeared it on the walls one time!! Gosh I feel like I'm going down memory lane of all the horrible things my son did, because my daughter never did anything near as bad!! My son use to go into the bathroom and play with the toothpaste! He would take it into his room and squeeze it all over the floor!! We had hardwood floors at the time so he had a huge rug on his floor, so inbetween the poop and sparkly blue toothpaste I had to throw the rug out!! lol I hope my son's bad stories made you feel a little better about your little guy!!

I have to say to me his behaviour sounded a little attention seeking rather than terrible twos I dunno but I have two small children both over the age of two and they NEVER did anything like that. But then while we all have things to do I jut never left them alone long enough to get into that sort of mischeif ANY child will misbehave if give long enough oppurtunity personally I never allowd them into the kitchen at that age anyway its like a disaster waiting to happen in the kitchen for a small child. As for the wanting to be naked thats rather normal and id say maybe have a potty close by that you can stick under him if he happens to need the toilet while not wearing a nappy im not saying potty train him just start showing him that if possible we do these things in a potty/toilet and not on the floor lol! That is just my opinion and id never slate another parents parenting we all do things different but I work in childcare and never known a child do something like that unless left alone long enough to do so and that was just never allowed in this house not at such a young age because he might have got hold of something a lot more dangerous than a few eggs and spaghetti xxxxxx

i think all children are just like that, just like mine too, so naughty but not rebellious because every time they make a mistake i would really gets mad at them and tell them the reason why i get mad and tell them also the reason why they should not did it, it works because every tie i get mad, they just sit and rest. telling him no is not just enough, there must be an explanation of everything so that a child could understand why you are angry.

jessi087 just to say that I am elderly but went through raising two children.,now the scientists explain that at age two when the little ones rebel its because right now they are getting more info into their little brains thanthey can easily handle. thus they start to rebel as they do not understand why they feel like they do. they recommend not letting a child get to the point of tantrums as that shows the little person is already overtired. At the first signs of just fussing get the child down for a nap or for bed. it is worth stopping whatever you are doing and putting him down. also start potty training as he has shown he is ready another thing punishing him for being two and having too many bites of info flooding into his little brain accomplishes nothing at all. Try holding a tantruming child in your arms and rocking him as he will surprise you, and actually fall asleep. they are so tired from trying to figure out why they are learning so much all at once and not really understandingit. if we went through that as adults according to the scientists we would have tantrums also.

Terrible two's should be held off until three. My daughter gets worse and worse everyday. At two, she was an angel compared to now. I don't have a story like yours but I do know that it can and will get worse before it gets better. But, it will get better. My daughter throws the worst tantrums ever. She will slam herself on the floor and bang her head. She screams until she is gagging for air. She hits, kicks, throws things, screams and I mean SCREAMS for HOURS on end. If something doesn't go her way she throws a fit instead of asking for help. If she does ask for help and you can't do it right then and there, she throws a fit.

The thing about getting into the fridge was very bad with our son who just turned three last week. He would wait until I was in the bathroom and open the fridge and start emptying it. We had so much wasted food. My husband and I decided to put a lock on it and when the regular child safety lock didn't work, we upgraded to a true lock with a key on our fridge. Not that I am recommending that to you, it was what we had to do, but I don't think it is something every parent has to do. Now, the diaper thing, I wonder if it isn't so much that he is doing it as a sign of rebelliousness as much as a sign of readiness for potty training. Both of my children started doing things like that when they were ready to start potty training. As far as that one goes, watch him for a while and see if he shows any signs of getting ready to use the bathroom in his diaper and you just might be on the fast track to potty training.