Over the past two years my sweet little Isabelle has shown moments of defiance, tantrums, independence but nothing compared to now. She is officially in her terrible twos. I have always been against that stage thinking things like: "it's not that bad you just need good parenting skills" or "isabelle won't be like that" or "ok she might have a few tantrums but it won't be that bad".
That is all crap! Parenting a toddler is SUPER hard even if you are a good parent, consistent, firm and loving. All day for the last 3 days we have had constant meltdowns over silly things. Here are some examples:
Isabelle's friend James walks by her as she is playing. Apparently too close because she starts screaming "no Jay!!" and runs into the other room crying.
Isabelle asks me to read a book. I start reading but then start skipping lines and pages she starts screaming and runs to the corner.
Daddy leaves for class Isabelle throws herself on the ground and screams "daddy daddy" For the next 20 minutes anything I say or do is wrong and it is completely my fault that daddy had to go to class. Isabelle lays on the floor and screams while i finishing getting ready. We go to leave and she is still screaming but now she is made because she wants daddy to buckle her in daddy to drive. So since daddy isn't here to do those things she screams the entire car ride.
She asks for a book. I hand her a book. She says no so I put the book on the ground. she screams I give her back the book and she screams no and chucks it and cries for 2 minutes. Meanwhile I am still completely clueless as to why she is even crying.
She asks for a drink. I hand her her cup. She takes a sip and starts screaming apparently she wanted juice not milk.
All of the above instances are just a few from the last 24hours!!
She is a complete emotional grumpy mess. I am trying to stay consistent and encourage her to take a breath and use her words. We have been counting to ten to calm down and then I have her say what she wants in words.
Any tips or advice with how to cope with your toddler learning about frustration and becoming independent?
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