Have a terrible 2 year old?

I thought I would start a thread for everyone with a terrible 2 year old.

Mine is very much into throwing everything, even right after I say "don't throw that" or sometimes it goes more like this "don't you throw....." object whistles pass my ear.

He likes hitting, mostly me and for no reason at all. My favourite is when he comes in lips puckered for a kiss and then either headbutts me or slaps me straight in the face. He has a tooth mark in his head from last nights attempt, sadly it seemed to hurt me more than him, I was actually worried my tooth was gonna fall out cos it hurt that much and cos he hit my crown so not exactly the most stable of teeth to start with.

And one last thing is his constant change mindedness. "Please sit down" so I put him on the chair 'please get down" so I get him off the chair, "please sit down" "please get down""please sit down" "please get down""please sit down" "please get down""please sit down" "please get down"
It drives me absolutely cookoo bananas. I suppose I should be happy he says please

Mine throws stuff when something doesn't go his way. I can't believe the change in him since turning 2. It's insane. He throws a major tanty whenever he wants something and gets told no

Enjoy the next few months while they last. Daniel turned from a nice kid into a monster 2 days after he turned 2!!

arrrgh indeed Sally Belly - given that we will both also have newborns to contend with when our cherubs turn 2! Aaaarrrrggggghhhhh!

Lots of people have told me that 3 yr olds are worse!

Oh yes *puts hand up* I have terrible tyrant of a 2 yr old too!
Throwing, kicking, biting, screaming, not listening, pulling a checky grin & running off, tantrums galore- Gah - gotta love the good, tantrum free fun times tho

We had 40mins of sreaming just to get out of the house to go to coffee group today....had to go otherwise I would have happily throttled her!!, and all the problem was.....she wanted me to look at something that I couldn't see so got very frustrated with me! I am not liking 2yr olds imaginations sometimes!

well, I am going to jinx myself and say that in the last month or so Ella's behaviour has actually gotten better instead of worse and the hitting,pushing, tantums are not as frequant as they used to be (her language has also improved out of sight so that may have something to do with it).

Fingers crossed it continues......

Nikki, I'm with you, Bella's '2 year old behaviour' started a few months ago

She is into throwing things when things don't go her way, hitting me, throwing herself on the floor when I say "no", repeatedly saying "naughty" (now I know what I sound like ), sitting in the middle of the carpark at daycare because she doesn't want to leave, arching her back when you carry her (because she physically won't walk sometimes ) and she's made a joke out of the naughty spot by continuously putting all her dolly's on the naughty spot and telling them "naughty!" very crossly . Oh dear, such a lovely age

Mum2Ella wrote: well, I am going to jinx myself and say that in the last month or so Ella's behaviour has actually gotten better instead of worse and the hitting,pushing, tantums are not as frequant as they used to be (her language has also improved out of sight so that may have something to do with it). Fingers crossed it continues......

I have to put my hand up and say that Samantha also has really improved over the past few weeks. She had become a right terror (you know - the kids you look at in shops and hope yours don't become!) in the past 5 or so months. We are now getting comments about how well behaved and sweet she is. I think it is a combination of much more speech coming in, we have cut out all artificial colours and most rubbish food and we are just generally being more strict on her of late. She has really responded to everything and (touch wood) we really seem to be coming out the other end of the real 'terror' behaviour

yeah it definitely the language making a differnce, as now I can often stop her just because she gets worked up and ask her to try and explain what is the problem. Also her attention span is slowly getting longer and longer and she can now spend ages playing with her duplo or her little peoples dollhouse (more imagination play), so I think that is also helping because she doesn't get as bored.

Luckily she still has 2-3 hr sleeps everyday, so doesn't get as tired (when she only sleeps for an hr at daycare, her behaviour defintely gets worse in the early evening).