Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Terrible 2's, who knew?!

I'm sure everyone gets those people that you talk to about your kid and they are like "oh..just wait for (insert obnoxious story)." Lord knows I got plenty of those when I praised about Jaliyah being such a good baby. Fast forward a year and half later and boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I have turned in to one of those "Oh just wait" people.

When Jaliyah turned 2, it was like a light in her brain switched on and told her "Oh shit, you're 2 years old - raise hell!" So, that's exactly what she did - raise hell. Even though her tantrums have escalated and happen more frequently, I have been able to handle them. I usually address the issue with her, explain to her what is happening, and then ignore the rest of the nonesense and let her work through it on her own - this usually results in her realizing that she is not getting attention and she stops. Then the other day we were leaving my grandmothers and she absolutely insisted she sit in the front seat. Obviously - that is a no-no. So I put her in the carseat and all craziness broke through. She started thrashing around like a fish out of water, trying to scratch me, and I swear she was foaming at the mouth. She even managed to get through her carseat straps and try jumping out of the window. Whos child is this?! Then after I finally got her strapped in, she got that deep groggly devil-ish voice going on. I was appauled. It was like a whole new kid came out - so far that kid hasn't come out again but if your kid hasn't reached the 2's...just wait.

4 comments:

Serrah said...

Do you mind if I re-post this on my blog?

Baybee Luv said...

Sure! As long as you link back to my blog - go ahead!

The Pepperrific Life said...

I can vividly remember when my daughter was at that stage...

Oh, I wouldn't know what to do if my daughter acted up in the car the way yours did. You handled the situation well.

Gina said...

Coming to you from Hop Along Friday... in regards to 2 year olds... I have one. His tantrums are getting worse and I keep waiting. As my friend put it, a little devil came out in her child- but that child is really sweet now. We will just have to wait and see!

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