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@ Terrible twos at three and a half?
For about a month now, Quint has been unbearable. He isn't sick (I took him to the doctor who looked at me like I had three heads and said, "it's just the age!"). He refuses to do anything on his own and he's always been very independent. We have a bathroom on the first floor but he refuses to use it and he refuses to go to the second floor bathroom on his own. We have to walk upstairs with him, take him to the bathroom, and walk him back downstairs. If we are already upstairs, we have to walk downstairs and then back upstairs before going to the bathroom.
The other thing he's doing is saying something and if we don't repeat it, he will freak out. ie we're in the car and he sees a school bus, he will holler SCHOOL BUS MAMA SCHOOL BUS then I say, School bus, Quint, School bus - he will freak out if I don't do it or don't say Quint. Or if i do say Quint, he'll get pissed and say, NO MAMA PIGGY (piggy is his nickname).
These are just two examples of his recent absurdities. There are others. But if we don't give in, he will throw temper tantrums for hours. We have tried bribing, talking, and ignoring.
Re: @ Terrible twos at three and a half?
We do a lot of 'ONE, TWO, THREE, okay, TIME OUT! NOW!'. I think I say that more than anything in the day. Well, along with 'Finn, get your finger out of your nose' and 'Finn, get off your sister'. It's fun.
It always makes me feel so much better to talk to/hear from other Mom's who are dealing with the "m*ther fing 3's", because that's exactly what they are! Life is such a struggle, all. the. time. it seems. I think it is even harder when they can be "normal" and rational and cooperative one minute and the next minute a screaming fit-throwing lunatic, and back again. There are mornings where Selah hasn't even been up for 10 minutes and is already throwing a fit in time-out. Hopefully this "phase" is just that (I have fears it may just last until she's 18)! Thank goodness for wine and early bedtimes!
All day, every day, since he turned 3 and especially since E was born. I wish I could say that when he turned four last Thursday it magically stopped but not so much. I actually had to keep him home from preschool on Monday because he was so atrocious and rude in the morning before school. FUN! I hear it gets better around 4.5, though, like a LOT better. I'm counting down the days.
Glad to hear it, but still stinks for you. Tell Mr. to get his act together or you'll send him here and I'll just talk to him in Spanish