As well as experiencing the terrible two’s with Burton for several months now, over the past few weeks he has also started to assert some independence, and attempt to do more things by himself without my help. At times it can be very frustrating for us both!!
Here is what I have learnt so far:
* Getting ready to leave the house takes forever! I now need to allow enough time for Burton to try Daddy’s shoes on, get me my shoes (not always the pair I want to wear but cant say anything for fear of a tantrum!) and then he has to try and put his own shoes on! Eventually he gives in and let’s me help put them on correctly.
* Coming indoors after being outside also takes ages now. Sometimes he will walk int the front door no problem, other times he messes about on the doorstep and then other times he struggles to get over the doorstep but wont let me help him! So once he is in the hall, and once I have struggled to get the buggy in or carry Jenson, plus all the bags you need when taking a baby and toddler out anywhere (not to mention shopping), Burton then proceeds to sit down in the middle of the already narrow hallway and try to take his shoes off! But I cannot rush him else we get tantrum boy!
* He is quite efficient at using cutlery but recently he has reverted back to using his fingers for non finger food! When he does use cutlery, he struggles sometimes to pick up all of his food. Ask him if he wants help, shakes his head. Try to use his cutlery for him either results in a strop or refusal to eat anymore food!
* He can walk up and down the stairs now by himself, although I am there to watch and be near him. However, there are times when he wants to carry things downstairs which is dangerous as he cannot hold on to the bannister. So I offer to carry the things for him, no can’t do that. So I ask him to let me help carry them, no that’s not allowed either. So it gets to the point where I have to intervene and take them off him – well what a commotion that causes!
* Sometimes he awakes from a nap and within minutes he is having a tantrum for no reason really other than he wasn’t ready to come downstairs!
* He asks for a snack from his goody cupboard – you put something in his bowl without him choosing it himself – down on the floor he goes!
* Sometimes when he is doing something he shouldn’t eg. Jumping on the sofa, I tell him to stop and not to do it again and I say to him “so you won’t do that again will you?” and he smiles and nods his head! (Monkey! Plus it’s hard not to laugh sometimes because he is so cheeky when he does it!)
I am sure there are more examples and there are bound to be more as he gets older. I am sure its hard being a toddler, trying to make yourself understood and try to do things that are a struggle to get to grips with, but it is also hard getting it right with them as a parent too isn’t it?
Is any of this familiar? Care to share any toddler tales of your own? I look forward to hearing them and being reassured that I am not the only one who sometimes has a teenage toddler stropping around the place!
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| Burton putting on his ‘angry face’ which in the absence of an actual temper tantrum/frustrated face photo, will have to do! |
Thank you xx
Haha aw his angry face is very cute! My niece is going through this at the moment. Everything is “Noooooooo!” and then in an instant she can be fine again and pure sweetness. The worst is when she throws herself on the floor and tries to kick the floor repeatedly. I hope its a very short phase!
Bless him, his little angry face is too cute – no surprise you can’t be mad at him. I know already that Amy will have this effect on me. Not good LOL xxx
Commiserations. Some days we get caught in a vicious shoe circle and never manage to even leave the house. That is to say, I put Ali’s shoes on, then she takes them off while I’m putting mine on, so I put hers back on again and turn to get Ana’s shoes, and off go Ali’s shoes once more, followed by Ana lighting something on fire, etc…
Lol it’s never ending some days isn’t it? 🙂 thanks for your comment x
Some of that sounds very familiar. We had a hissy fit today because I gave him the wrong colour Opal Fruit. Yesterday I lifted him out of his car seat and he decided he wanted to get out himself, so I had to let him climb back in and back out again.
(We also have that Toy Story tent, btw. Does yours end up on its side and on the other side of the room within minutes? Or is that just my wild kids?)
Oh we had the carseat saga last week!! Getter!
Yes that play tent ends up in all manner of positions now so its not just your wild kids 🙂
He is just adorable even with his grumpy face!!! Keeping ahead of the game helped me..but it dosen’t stop! My girls are 10 & 13 and owe the teenage fun is really just beginning!! Another whole new ball game Jenny. Nice to meet another Devon blogger!
Hello fellow Devon blogger 🙂
Yes teenage years I am also dreading although maybe girls have the edge on boys there!
Thanks for commenting and I look forward to tweeting with you x