My three year old is driving me CRAZY!!!!
I swear if I hear "You are the worst mommy EVER! I no like you anymore!!" screamed at me one. more. time. today I am going to be certifiable.
In moments like these, I see the future. It is not pretty.
And the tantrums. Oh the tantrums.
A few days ago, when she started this lovely behavior I was immediately transported back in time to when Kelton was three (closing in on 3.5). Oh yes - I remember this. I didn't so much enjoy it then and I sure the heck am not enjoying it now.
What happened to my sweet, sweet girl??
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I feel your pain ... I have been thrust into tantrum-world during our "oh so fun" potty training! I'd say let's go and THEN it would start ... "NO!" (insert screams, crying, sobbing, etc). Oh, yeah! Fun stuff.
So, HOPE for both of us ... it looks like the full moon is this Friday! I think they're both just "ramping" up.
Oh no, everyone keeps saying three is worse than two and it sounds like you agree! I'm not looking forward to that stage.
Hey, I have one of them too:) She was 3 in March, and she is a terror. I swear this time is worse than it was with the other two and I am sure she is never going to out-grow it:) She will be this way FOREVER!
Emily
just remember that it's only temporary. toddlers over compensate for their smallness by throwing fits. she doesn't mean it. what she means is that she's upset that you're setting boundaries but in the long run, she'll thank you for it. unruly children who never have discipline are the worst children ever. :P
It gets better, I think girls are way different from boys (from what i've been told). We are still battling the tantrums although much less and she'll be four the end of October.
Patience, Grasshopper :)
Sounds like she belongs to the same cult as Robbie. It is amazing he can go stiff or limp (all while screaming) when needed. When I try to remove him during a public tantrum, he starts screaming "ouchy, ouchy, stop hurting me Mommy", And I am not hurting him, he just knows how to work it. When he gets home he starts packing to move in with Grandma.
Stinks! She'll be over it soon [hopefully] and will be sweet like Kelton again before you know it!
Well, at least she isn't calling you "Butthead" (yet). I want to scream when I hear that one!
Ohhhh honey wait til the teens!!!!
Everyone talks about the "terrible twos," but I always found three to be much more challenging and emotional! Sadly, I think it is a normal thing. It will pass .... just look ath The Boy. :)
Professionally speaking, this is the age for major separation from the parental figures, especially the mom. She is learning that she is separate from you, can do things without you, and when you remind her that you are still in charge, she will react. And I hate to say it, but you'll have another dose of it at about 12 or 13, when they begin to put space between themselves and the family as a whole. That's what that awful pre-teen nasty attitude is all about, individuation. Sorry for the bad news!!
I am in this boat 100%. A doesn't use those words, but she is screaming at me, telling me NO, making noises at me, it's enough to make me totally insane.
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