Q’s about nearly 2’s

Yes I feel like I am not in control at all,..Isla rules the roost!

Yes to numbers 1 and 2 - Isla is exactly like that! Dont know about the other things sorry! I wouldnt expcet Isla to sit still in a acfe for more than about 4 mins max! We only go places (well one place here) that has a play area,..and even then we dont normally last long cos shes trying to ru out the door again and again!
Isla does all the things in numer 2 too! Our biggest challenge is nappy changing and dressing,..the most annoying thing is she will lie herself down to ne chsnged and lie there perfectly calm and still for he aunty or Nana, or at daycare/...but its a horrible experience for us everytime.

You know me...always in search of more info and opinions. Each time Elle reaches a new stage it's new for us and I love to get input and ideas from others :) Hence the questions. It would be great to be a fly on the wall in other homes with toddlers sometimes just to see what goes on.

1. Erin usually only sits still when SHE wants to, ie: when she is hungry, or thirsty, or distracted enough by something directly in front of her. Cafe's aren't usually too bad, but after a few minutes she usually wants to be up and doing for sure.

2. Our chances are about 50/50 I'd say if I want her to stop and do something else when she is busy or exploring, and yes - she often runs away faster as if it's a game! Especially in shops when we have something particular to achieve.

We mostly get the kicking / screaming / fighting related to clothes and getting dressed here too.

Erin knows "how" to say please and thank you etc but this is one of the things I'm not sure she completely understands the context of yet, so I am not too worried. We try to remember to say it as often as possible ourselves in the hope that she will pick up on it that way.

3. Repetition, hmm... I'd probably have to pay a bit more attention to this one to identify exactly what she does often during the day, but I am absolutely sure there are certain things she does multiple times. As for noises, another absolute - she has her own language full of chirps and warbles as well as regular toddler words.

4. Fortunately for us, even if Erin puts up an initial fight, she is usually pretty good at falling asleep within a short-ish timeframe when she is due for bed - unless something is up like teething, illness etc.


Elle sounds like a pretty "normal" toddler to me too (as much as I also dislike that word)... and I can empathise with the amazement at all the new things that come with each stage!

Seb does 1, 2 and 3 - with the exception that he can't say thank-you or please yet.

lizzle wrote: Jake was quite content to sit at times - if he had food, but Taine on the other hand....not at all.

Maya too: a box of crayons and some paper and she'd be happy for hours. The gremlins can't even sit still at McD's, let alone a cafe. They climb on tables, run away and just make a general nuisance of themselves, altho in their case I do wonder how much of it is that there are two of them, coz when I took Sienna out by herself the other day she was waaaay more settled and "well behaved" (in quotations, coz I don't think they are really naughty even when they do run away, they are just inquisitive).

They don't do the repetitive stuff so much thank God, or I'd probably think they inherited my OCD

And yes, they play in their cots at night, sometimes when Willie gets up for work at 4am he can hear them chattering away. Maya always talked herself to sleep when she was younger too.

Ugh yeah, the 'stop' thing here is useless too.  Ella's constantly on the go and I get a lot of comments like "gosh, she's erm, a very busy one, isn't she?!".  Yes, yes she is.  She doesn't sit to do anything really.  Even as a newborn she didn't want to be cuddled, she wanted to be put on the floor for a play (with my attention) and that was that.  The pleases and thankyous?  Ella is yet to do those but we're trying... and trying.  In fact, we're still trying to get her to say 'ta', though I know she can.  The willfulness?  Ooohhh yes - very strong-minded, but hey, these kids won't succumb to peer pressure so easily 'cause they're too freakin stubborn for it, that's what I'm telling myself.  The repetitive stuff sounds like so many toddlers.  Ella likes to blow raspberries until her top is drenched with spit. 

My almost 20th month old is very very strong willed and determined. He is a shocking hitter if he doesn't get his own way (a new thing for me as his 3 yr old brother didn't hit). He won't sit still in a cafe. No way, not ever. (neither of my boys would, I envy parents whose kids do).
If i open our front gate the little sod is off like a rocket out down the drive (even though I growl at him for it).
He often talks and squeals and laughs to himself at bed in the middle of the night. I figure if he's happy then who cares.
He doesn't do the repetition thing.   But then, he has an older brother to mimic and can already say more words at 20mths than his brother could at 2yrs. My big shock with him was how different he was from his brother. And the stubborn will of the kid! It's his way or look out. Worries me about when he gets older!