Terrible twos? Or something more

Same girl, same lol My 2 year old bouncing off the walls and I know he can hear cause he’s passed the hearing test but he don’t listen AT ALL!

My daughter was like this for a while, I just had another mom give me advice- so we don’t do screen time now and when she doesn’t listen to what I say I put her in time out. Usually for just a minute and then I just tell her why she was put in time out. It’s worked well, no tantrums and she listens better now!

I echo Erin. Consistent boundaries. I tell my son the consequences for not listening, answering me, or stopping when I tell him to, so when I give him a time out or make him do the thing, he's not surprised. There are still tantrums, but they are getting fewer and shorter. He's starting to figure it out that I mean business. They are programmed to push boundaries, it's part of their brain development. They want to know what'll happen. Big Little Feelings suggests giving them small choices to make them feel like they are a part of the process and not being dictated to all the time. I have a 60-70% success rate with that and have to pull out the "Mommy will choose for you" consequence 😂

They are only the terrible twos if you let them be. My mom calls them the "tremendous twos!" There may be some hard times for this age, but there are so many amazing things too! Remember that changing your perspective can change your experience ♥️

Consider yourself lucky he’s only just learning the word no now! My daughter has been like this since a little before she turned 2. It’s impossible to brush her teeth, brush her hair, get her dressed. She loves saying no and mine! I have to bribe her with stickers to get her ready in the morning. This has been going on maybe 5 months. It’s definitely just a normal phase of development and you got lucky your kid stayed sweet for longer.

@Erin tried this and it's completely useless 😑 except for we don't have screens in the house

Listening is not a skill they automatically do they have to learn it and it takes time and consistency. The part of their brain that tackles this is not fully formed at this age so they actually can’t fully listen yet it’s not because they don’t want to always. Lots of redirecting and being consistent. When you say no and he doesn’t listen right away get up immediately and redirect don’t give them 2-3 chances to do it show or tell them what they CAN do instead

I give my son choices and it seems to work most of the time. He doesn't want to get dressed so I ask him to pick out his socks. All of a sudden he is eager to get dressed so he can wear his socks. He was fighting me to brush his teeth so I instead I started asking him which color toothpick did he want to use today and he picks and I tell him to get started and I'll help him finish. He's fully potty trained and sometimes doesn't want to pee so I'll tell him we either go pee or the toy goes away. And stick to my boundary, if he doesn't listen then the toy does in fact go away. He hits and refuses to apologize, I tell him we are going to sit on the stairs or he can apologize. Firm boundaries while giving him options/choices seems to work really well for him.