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Anyone who has older kids, can you tell me if the terrible twos actually end at 3? It really did seem like they started for Adam the week he turned 2. But this week its at an all time high...hes like the devil's cousin some days! LOL
Someone told me today that 3 is worse...I don't know how that is possible!
A lot of people have told me 3's are worse, but the majority of those people say they had little or no issues in the 2's. So, I am speculating, but my guess is that if they had some of those behaviors in their 2's they are probably less likely to have them in their 3's.
Like with Nicholas I am noticing a huge difference in how his phases seem milder now. He isn't one to tantrum on a regular basis, instead he has phases where he has tantrums off and on for a few days. And in the past some of them were brutal...it was awful how upset he got. He has had a phase a few weeks ago, and it was much milder, so being the optimist, I am hoping the 3's will be a better age for him. I do know people that say 3's were great for them, so don't give up hope :-)
Paytons seem MUCH milder now too.. I think it may be that we can communicate better now, and I have figured out how to deal with the tantrums to kind of stop them in their tracks..
I noticed if I give her a choice, she feels in control and the tantrum stops or doesn't happen. Like if it is time to leave and she doesn't want to and I sense a tantrum I can say "Do you want to leave and go home and color or play outside" and she'll pick one of the two and be ok with leaving.... not sure if I made sense
It started at 2...... and progressively got worse thru 3.....(and the closer Levi gets to 3the the more defiant and attitude he gets) around 4 baylee started getting better...less outbursts....more control over her emotions and frustrations
I have hope that 3 will be better! For the most part Adam is pretty good, but when hes bad, its really bad. If he has a tantrum it usually ends up in him making himself throw up, which drives me crazy and is very embarrassing if we are around people. It seems like we will go weeks with great behavior, then he will be a monster for weeks.
I think it probably differs from child to child. Alyssa has been pretty good, but she has been giving us a bit of a problem with dinner and brushing her teeth lately, so yeah I think she is going to have a bit of a phase now that she is 3. But also they can do more and speak better, so it can probably go either way. With Hannah she was an angel so I don't have much to say about her terrible stage, I honestly don't remember many times that I had a hard time with her. She is a really good girl
two is terrible since they can't communicate well, three is rough since they can communicate and let you know that they don't really want to do anything on your agenda. Trust me, five is fabulous!
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“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napoleon Hill
“I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway...let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves.”
“Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is...and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.”
Danika was a breeze through 2, 3, it was 4 that almost killed me. With the boys, aside from the first 6mos, I think 3 is shaping up to be a wild time for us
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Jen, mom to Danika 6, and twins Owen & Rhys 3 (how did that happen!?!)
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