My son is the most perfect, beautiful little boy I could ever imagine. He’s funny, smart, and up until recently, a complete pleasure to be around. So, what’s happened lately? I can only assume that the terrible twos have arrived, and they are here 100%.
I’ve dealt with the terrible 2s before, when my daughter went through them. But this time is different. I can’t figure out how to discipline him. He’s misbehaving, but it’s with a smile on his face, like he thinks his behavior is funny. He apologizes, hugs and kisses shortly afterward. But he runs away from me in parking lots, and often refuses to hold my hand in public. So, there’s a threat to his well being, and I have to figure out how to stop him. Time outs don’t work, because he refuses to stay in a time out.
Any advice? I want my baby boy to be safe!
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When you figure it out, let me know. I have the same issue with Sabrina, and at 19-months, time-outs mean nothing to her (unless I put her in her crib which I feel is sorta mean). Why are first kids somuch better behaved?
It’s funny, my oldest didn’t really go through the terrible twos…she waited until she was three to become stubborn and willful. My boy didn’t even wait until two. As soon as he was able to walk, the gloves were off. The only advantage I have is my legs are longer and I can move faster than him…well most of the time anyway. He is hotter tempered than his sister and melts down in ways his sister never did. At home, when he pitches a fit, I put him in his crib until he mellows. Away from home…honestly, I just walk away! If he knows I won’t stick around to listen, he stops…eventually. As for the “mad dashing”…I hate to say it, but my friend has two boys and she did the whole “cute backpack that is really a leash” thing. It sounds brutal, but as she said to me…being a mom in the middle of a busy Queens neighborhood…”I’d rather have my kids safe and tolerate the stares and glares I get”. I think eventually I might have to invest in one.
Oh, my goodness, sometimes I think I am alone in this, my two children are eleven months to the day apart and they are both going through the “terrible two’s” they are having complete melt downs, My son is the oldest and he will be three in February and he does the same thing to me about running away or not holding my hand and now his sister is starting to follow in his wake! I really fear for their safety sometimes. He can unlock the doors to the house, dead bolt and all, luckily we have an alarm system that alerts us when a door is opened!!! Sometimes I feel like a terrible mother, like I missed out on the class that taught you how to not melt down yourself when you are dealing with this age!!! I was a daycare director for serveral years, but dealing with my own kids is like night and day…how could I have been so good at handling other peoples children and their tantrums, but I am totally clueless how to handle my own!! Sometimes I really want to say “Calgon take me away” far away…far,far away! Does anyone else feel like me?