Terrible twos
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No advice, just to let you know that you’re not alone. I feel like I’ve been in the terrible 2s for a lifetime now. I can’t take my LO out anywhere with me (unless it’s soft play or something for him) because I get really bad anxiety about it and know he’ll kick off about something. You’re not alone mama!
Also in this (sinking) boat 😂 x
In here with you too, just to say it isn’t your job to stop or control the tantrums; it’s your job to stay calm and regulated within yourself enough to be his safe space to experience them and help him through them. I’d also say our bedtime was/is affected too, so I actually didn’t keep everything the same, I did bath before tea or visa versa, I moved bedtime to a bit later and made sure he had fun before bedtime rather than quiet settling down time. I haven’t nailed it and still sometimes it doesn’t “work”, but you’re not alone
Our little one went through this recently and everything was “no!” or had to be on his terms! 🙈 he also needed to go bed later/have less sleep so we pushed it back so not to fight him. What’s your bed time routine? We changed bed time routine to whatever was most relaxing just to get through it as couldn’t face the stress of dreading bed time every night. He now has cuddles in our bed for an hour with a bottle and watches peppa pig. I give him 10 min warning to bed time. The only thing I am strict about is that when I say it’s bed time it’s bed time x
I'm in the same boat 🚢