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pickles16
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terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
DD for the most part is a good girl...she is 28 mos right now and the past few weeks it's been my way or the highway, and if she doesn't get her way all hell breaks loose..there are times where her tantrum can be diverted and other times where I literally need to walk away and just let her get it out...
Is this terrible twos or just a spoiled child and if it is the terrible twos when does it end!!! With new DD coming pretty soon there are days that I think what the he!! did I get myself into
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headoverheels
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Tantrums we ignore. No attention, negative or positive, and they end faster.
We've been doing time-outs since 18 months and other than the occasional bad day, they usually work well.
I know you don't want to hear this but as they get more verbal, it gets worse   A few days ago it was "No, mommy YOU stop!" 
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| Posted 4/21/11 7:52 AM |
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pickles16
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by headoverheels
Tantrums we ignore. No attention, negative or positive, and they end faster.
We've been doing time-outs since 18 months and other than the occasional bad day, they usually work well.
I know you don't want to hear this but as they get more verbal, it gets worse A few days ago it was "No, mommy YOU stop!"
OH yah I have that already!!!! I have her saying "No mommy you stay here, I don't want you there" and trying to hold me in place
I do time outs...the problem with tantrums is when I ignore I have DH or MIL or my mom trying to kiss her and make her stop I lose it on them then
We do time outs but on the most part it sends her into more of a tail spin
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| Posted 4/21/11 7:55 AM |
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dandj
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
DS is 26 months and it started right after he turned 2. He is very verbal so while he doesn't really tantrum, we just argue over everything...I swear all I do is negotiate with him all day about everything.
Right now, he has to wear black socks everyday (he thinks he's a 90 year old man  ) and Cookie Monster on his diaper It's exhausting. Also, you try to give him something he wants, he'll cry and say no, but then 2 minutes later ask for it again.
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:02 AM |
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Diana1215
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
It started at 2 and ended at 3.5 
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:03 AM |
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pickles16
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by dandj
Right now, he has to wear black socks everyday (he thinks he's a 90 year old man ) and Cookie Monster on his diaper It's exhausting. Also, you try to give him something he wants, he'll cry and say no, but then 2 minutes later ask for it again.
OMG DD does this too, u want this, NO, two minutes later she cries for it. I swear I say these kids either have multiple personalities or I'm going insane
And negotiating, I feel like middle east peace is easier than this!
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:05 AM |
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clmj2
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
started in the fall about 3 months before she turned 3 and has been getting worse since...ill let you know when it ends
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:35 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
The "terrible two's" end around 3 years old, and that's when you wish they were *only* doing the terrible two stuff.....
4 isn't much easier, either.....
At 5, give or take, they start becoming human again....
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:47 AM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Im guessing it will end when Abby is married and somebody else's problem.
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| Posted 4/21/11 8:49 AM |
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jambalady
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by clmj2
started in the fall about 3 months before she turned 3 and has been getting worse since...ill let you know when it ends
D to the ITTO!!!!
Everything is a battle with DS.
Even rewards have turned into tantrums.
Yesterday morning he earned a lollipop for staying in bed all night.
He picked out a blue one. Opened it and realized the stick was bent.
Freaked out and demanded a yellow one instead.
I said no because he had already licked the blue one.
He said "I"m going to throw the lollipop on the floor and stomp on it"
And that's exactly what he did and the after stomping on his lollipop, threw himself on the ground and went into full on tantrum mode.
Went into time out. what a lovely morning!
It's just too much to handle!
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| Posted 4/21/11 9:27 AM |
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DRMom
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
My kids do that as well, try to make me sit in specific chair, fight each other to be "my baby." This is a game they created where they lay acros my lap like a baby and I hold their sippy cup like a bottle I hve found that the more I give them their way the more they expect it. So I try to determine what are the "big deal" items and the smaller ones. If they want to read a book...yes I do that. If they emand that I sit or stand, I usually don't. Mostly I use distraction
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| Posted 4/21/11 10:06 AM |
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pickles16
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by Goldi0218
Im guessing it will end when Abby is married and somebody else's problem.
this is essentially what my dad told Brian when I married him
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| Posted 4/21/11 10:18 AM |
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Rycois
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Colin is starting them - almost 18 months
Ryan I would say around the same time - 18 months - maybe 2.5-2.75
and then came 3
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| Posted 4/21/11 1:13 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
The funny thing is- my dd is 10 months now and last night I told DH she was in the terrible 2's already.
She is GOD AWFUL.
I am in TROUBLE when 2 hits!
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| Posted 4/21/11 1:16 PM |
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neener1211
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by pickles16
Posted by Goldi0218
Im guessing it will end when Abby is married and somebody else's problem.
this is essentially what my dad told Brian when I married him
That's what my grandfather told my dad...and added that there was a no return policy.
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| Posted 4/21/11 1:23 PM |
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BethanyLynn
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by NervousNell
The funny thing is- my dd is 10 months now and last night I told DH she was in the terrible 2's already.
She is GOD AWFUL.
I am in TROUBLE when 2 hits!
Same here! DD is 15 months and we are in it now. Full blown screaming, hitting, laying on the floor kicking, want my way now or else! 
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| Posted 4/21/11 1:24 PM |
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MrsRbk
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Jen - Samantha has been beyond awful lately. I can't even begin to describe it. I've been in the midst of a complete mental breakdown this week. My grandmother is here visiting and even she said she has never seen anything like this before. I almost left my 85 year old grandmother with both of the kids yesterday because I couldn't take Samantha anymore.
All I know is that I cannot go on like this much longer ( I know I have no choice). Time outs, while she will sit for them, are a complete joke to her.
I wish I had an answer to stopping them, or how to handle them. Ignorning makes it worse, to the point where she will start smacking her head on the floor (tile floor no less), right now she has a HUGE bruise on her forehead Last night I put her in a time out for the head banging, but the minute it was over and she didn't get what she wanted, she was back on the floor smacking her head against it.
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| Posted 4/21/11 1:44 PM |
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DancinBarefoot
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by Diana1215
It started at 2 and ended at 3.5
This gives me hope that I may only have a few more months of this nonsense.
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eroxgirl
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
They started at 18 months... I think (hope/pray/wish) the end is in sight... she's 3 now.
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| Posted 4/21/11 2:26 PM |
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Momma2Be
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by NervousNell
The funny thing is- my dd is 10 months now and last night I told DH she was in the terrible 2's already.
She is GOD AWFUL.
I am in TROUBLE when 2 hits!
ugh, DS is 13 months old and is the same way! He'll arch his back and start screaming for a variety of reasons....doesn't want his diaper changed, doesn't want to get dressed/undressed, doesn't want to go into the carseat...
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| Posted 4/21/11 3:23 PM |
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ruby
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by Goldi0218
Im guessing it will end when Abby is married and somebody else's problem.
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| Posted 4/21/11 3:23 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Posted by MrsRbk
Jen - Samantha has been beyond awful lately. I can't even begin to describe it. I've been in the midst of a complete mental breakdown this week. My grandmother is here visiting and even she said she has never seen anything like this before. I almost left my 85 year old grandmother with both of the kids yesterday because I couldn't take Samantha anymore.
All I know is that I cannot go on like this much longer ( I know I have no choice). Time outs, while she will sit for them, are a complete joke to her.
I wish I had an answer to stopping them, or how to handle them. Ignorning makes it worse, to the point where she will start smacking her head on the floor (tile floor no less), right now she has a HUGE bruise on her forehead Last night I put her in a time out for the head banging, but the minute it was over and she didn't get what she wanted, she was back on the floor smacking her head against it.
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shapla79
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
It started at 12 months with both kids and I see no end in sight. It's hard to reason with a 3 year old
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| Posted 4/21/11 3:41 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
Girl, it just evolves to bigger and "better" things lol
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| Posted 4/21/11 4:57 PM |
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Ladybug3
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Re: terrible twos!!!!! When did it start and when did it end?!?!!
DS is the same way lately. I thought it was because he was not getting as much attention since the baby was born. He literally cracks up in my face when I give him
A time out. When I threaten him with one he goes into corner by himself where I would normally place him, turns around and says "I'm sorry" then gets up and goes back to doing what he is not supposed to. Good times....no!
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| Posted 4/21/11 9:07 PM |
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