I've always been the type of person to swear to myself and my family that I'd never have children and allow them to become evil, annoying, little hell-ions. Over the past month it has become very apparent to me that Toddles is sinking into an attitude of "I want it now and I will have it and I will do whatever I want to do" type phase. I know it's just the beginning of her "terrible two's" toddler years but frankly it frustrates me.
I had the daycare worker report to me that Toddles has been spending more and more time in the 'time out' corner. The other day she was kicking, throwing, slapping, hitting other little kids. They would be minding their own business and Toddles would come up to them and smack their pacifier right out of their mouth. Not something any parent wants to hear. I can tell you that a lot of this is instigated by other little toddlers. They love mimicking each other.
I was just informed yesterday that Toddles has a partner in crime, Abby. Apparently Abby loves to fill her mouth full of milk and then spit it out everywhere. Toddles sees this as a very amusing trick and joins in on the fun, I'm sure spitting all over the poor daycare workers. When I pick Toddles up she is cheery, wide eyed and ready to go; you'd think she was an angel all day. Not so. So it's very frustrating to hear all these things she has done and I was not there to handle it. I wont allow my daughter to continue her terrible two's until she is well into her teens! Hopefully that will not happen. But it appears Toddles is now one of the lead instigators of the toddler group. It seems to fit her since she is the eldest in her class.
You'd think after hearing all this, this would be all I'd have to say. Let me further your knowledge of how a almost 2-year old acts around Mommy & Daddy. After picking up cuddle-butts from daycare, we head home. Almost immediately Toddles will start to whine and grunt. I'd ask her what's wrong. She'd whine more and her pitch would get higher. I know she's hungry, so after giving her food, she eats about half of it and throws the rest on the floor. Last night was penne pasta spaghetti with green beans. Then add her sippie cup she throws on the floor about 3 times. Lets not get into detail of what my kitchen floor looks like. After playing with her food, I ask her if she is done. She looks at me and starts to cry. I pick her up and set her down on the floor. She starts to bawl. I put her back in her high chair, she cries harder and then starts to kick. I set her down back on the floor and the melt down begins. Kicking, screaming, sobbing. I run into the living room to maybe block out the noise. It doesn't work. All I can do is let her cry it out until she is ready to calm down. 10 min. pass and she finally starts to settle down. And I have a huge tension headache. Here lately I can't clean the kitchen up. Toddles comes to my side and jesters for me to pick her up and hold her. If I try ignoring her for 5 min. she'll start her melt down again. I asked her to go find Da Da. But it turned out that she didnt want her Daddy only her Mommy. She's been a super clingy, whiny toddler. I guess I should feel lucky someone loves me and wants my attention so much. I know I do keep telling myself that this is just a phase that toddlers go through and it wont last forever or does it?
