Help me out here moms..... Parker is 18 months old (19 tomorrow). He was an angel until 13 months when he started walking and he's progressively getting worse (15 months and 18 months have been by far the most difficult). My pediatrician told me everything he does is completely normal for his age BUT that doesn't mean I'm particularly enjoying these "developmental milestones" as he so eloquently put it. It's hard to comprehend that throwing himself in the grass because I turned the cozy coupe away from the street is a developmental milestone but apparently it is. Changing diapers is once again a fight as is putting clothes on, taking them off and washing his hands. Strangers shouldn't even look at him because he flips... much less touch him. We get paged out of church on a weekly basis and he no longer participates in activities at MyGym if they're facilitated by a teacher other than the female (who is a friend of mine). If he doesn't want to go in the car, he arches his back. If I tell him "no, we're not vacuuming right now" (more on that in another post), he throws himself on the floor, beating on the door the coat closet. I believe I'm essentially looking for a non existent way to skip these lovely developmental milestones and go back to hugs and laughs which have been replaced with "NOO WAY's", screams, "mine's," "give me's" and kicks.
He is; however, a polite tantrum thrower. Today he yelled to me "NO maam!" after I told him "no sir" for pulling up the lights around the walkway. The 8 times his hiney landed in the time out chair today he immediately said "sorry" and then got up (at which time he was put BACK in the chair because he wasn't sorry... he just knows he has to say it).
I've got to give him a little credit... he's USUALLY a good kid. Most days we have "bad minutes." Essentially, scattered throughout the day we have some rough patches but the hours of good minutes totally make up for them! I don't know what triggers the toddler tantrum days but when it happens... look out! It's a whole day of battles to accomplish anything!
Help me out here moms.... is this what I have to look forward to for a while? If so, when does it END?!? How do I stop this behavior when it starts? Any idea of what triggers it? Parent's magazine cracks me up. "Just sit there with your child while they throw the tantrum".... "They'll finish this phase around age 4."... "You just have a strong willed, assertive child. You're raising a leader!" AHH... none of that is helpful! I'm officially open for mommy advice! Help me!!!!!
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