Description "Terrible Two’s"
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Topic: Description "Terrible Two’s"
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Description "Terrible Two’s"
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 8:37pm
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...I hear people talking about this concept.
Can you describe what it means in your house? How severe is it? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 8:38pm
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Whoops, typos! Don't talk on phone and type at the same time!!! Sorry ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 9:34pm
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Well, I think you know the troubles we're having already.
But for us the 'terrible twos' have mainly meant DD1 is really pushing the boundaries - refusing to listen or complete simple tasks where she had been doing them fine, throwing terrible tantrums over the slightest thing and being rough with her hands. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 9:50pm
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So would lots and lots of tears over everything (inconsolable tears over everything all day long) be part of that? Or should I suspect illness? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 10:27pm
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Hmmmm...depends on the day. She is definitely more upset and inconsolable when she is sick, it's neverending and one of the signs we look for. A 'normal' (ie: what we think is normal but probably good for her at this stage) day will see some tantrums but not all the time, usually when she's getting tired or frustrated, I couldn't put a number on it. If she's tired she will also be very easily upset, but in a different way to when she's sick. Tired tantrums are a lot more about the screaming and anger and sick tantrums are really upset, hard to console and start with little or no reason e.g. sitting on the couch holding her bunny with me right there in the room and she starts crying. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 07 September 2008 at 10:29pm
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LOL Jess - I avoid my neighbours at the moment as their driveway is right outside DD1's room and they hang out there to chat all the time, I'm sure they've heard her doing exactly what Ella does, particularly the screaming and throwing herself at the door!
Fi, I hope Elle is ok. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 6:01am
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Definately had more of the real-tears-sad-inconsolable crying lately. We don't really get angry tantrums though...she will do one or two loud screams and pull a furious face but won't tantrum as such.
She's been miserable BUT she has been awake for hours upon hours again every night. Hence why I am posting at 5.5am   . She's been awake since 1am...just lying there alone in her bed singing, laughing, squealign and carrying on loudly.------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 9:31am
Has her last set of teeth come through? Those big molars right at the back? Quite a few of us have noticed that our two year olds had some weird patches like you have described and then a week or two later a tooth appears. They are big and can take a while to come thought - I imagine that they are very sore and it just aches for a long time  . The kids nurofen works great for the pain though. We have only seen one of Amy's last molars so we have the fun of another 3 - yay!!!-------------   
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 11:58am
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One was half through but then it disappeared :( ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 2:07pm
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yep and that is why they hurt!!
Have you tried the nurofen? I like that it works longer than pamol (about 8 hours). When my wisdom teeth were bad (before I got up the courage to have them removed) nurofen was the only thing that touched the pain. Might be worth a try. I read your other thread about DD after I posted here this morning - sounds tough  Sleep deprivation is NOT fun.-------------
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 6:16pm
We also have found that Alyssa's version of "the terrible two's" have involved more crying over things than she used to. We don't get the temper tantrums here (touch wood), but she certainly does cry more readily when she doesn't get what she wants. We noticed she hadn't cried for a really long time, and suddenly it seemed every day she was in tears over the most minor things. This seemed to start literally as soon as she turned 2, but it has been a little over a month now and it's nowhere near as bad as when it first started... I like to think that she has simply figured out that she doesn't get her way just because she's crying about it. |
FionaS wrote:Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 8:08pm
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It's hard to be consistent when the crying just extends from one thing, to the next, to the next. Sometimes it feels like you are giving in when you are not really! Rascals.
Seems like 2 is a stage of BIG emotions that totally overwhelm them. Must be tough being 2...glad I don't remember  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 09 September 2008 at 8:06am
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Seems like 2 is a stage of BIG emotions that totally overwhelm them. Must be tough being 2...glad I don't remember [/QUOTE]
That is a very good way of describing it. It is also compounded by many 2 year olds not having enough words (or the right words) to expain the problem/what they want or what they are feeling. Some shout and rant and some cry at a moments notice. We can really see some of our personality traits coming out in Amy (and not always the good ones  )-------------
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