I know by looking at this precious face you would never think anything but perfect sweetness would be the basis of all interactions...and honestly, until this past week, that's what we experienced most of the time. It's as if a switch was flipped this week and the terrible twos hit full force. We were blindsided...I guess we had become to comfortable.
Over the course of this past week she has become super whiny, fussy and oober dramatic. We've experienced moments of blatant defiance and meltdowns. Now her behavior in the past has not been perfect but it was nothing like this. In truth, she's far from being the worst I've seen but it's a major change for us. Until this week I can recall two actual tantrums that lasted about a minute. We've entered new territory.
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We've also experienced our darling ' s sweet little mouth say her first "bad" word. We're very diligent in monitoring what she is exposed to and we were appalled when we heard that ugly word come from her pretty mouth. That's what we get for finishing one sitcom rerun in her presence. I've since determined our course of action to curve this language and prayerfully it works.
Don't get me wrong, I know realistically that these things happen and I am not naive. I just was not expecting it to happen so soon. Not to mention that you throw it onto the type of week we've had...whew. I feel like the behavior is stemming from all of the changes that she is sensing. Her baby brother is due any day now and we're all anticipating his arrival. Today has been a really great day and hopefully this week will hold many more. I will be optimistic.
Any suggestions on surviving the terrible twos?
oh the terrible twos--- to me, I used to say terrific twos and terrible threes until my now two year old has been having some episodes!! Hang in there and be strong--- don't give in!!!!
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