Terrible Twos!!!

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I'm no expert but modeling deep breaths when they start to get worked up is where I started.

Time out? Or quiet time in bed. Like after you tried the other stuff of breathing or naming emotions kind of stuff

Time out, let him cry and throw a fit then hold him calm him down…2 is a little young but that is when you start discipline…just try and balance it out, but set boundaries that over time he will be able to stick too

Girl, my son is three and it’s gotten to the point to where I had to call his pediatrician to see if he can get evaluated for ADHD or something lol. They sent me a referral for kids 2 to 7 years old to work on their behavior with a specialist, hands-on training and they help you with stuff as a parent…because as a first time mom I don’t know what’s normal or not and I just am doing my best out here at least mom streets lol And what makes it worse is people always have comments to make instead of coming to you with help or a solution they’re always making comments and I’m like OK keep it to yourself. It’s not helpful especially as a mom. It’s just hard feeling like you have to tackle everything by yourself. I wouldn’t say my son is bad but he definitely is a teenager in a three-year-old’s body. the talking back is insane and also now that he’s in preschool with other kids I can’t control the things he’s exposed so he’s picking up a lot of bad habits from those other kids

Walk away or talk them through their emotions. My son hasn’t started it yet but I’m waiting. Lol He gets minor upsets if we leave the house and he wants to bring his shopping cart with us. It takes up a lot of space in the backseat so I rather not bring it lol We compromise and bring a car or sometimes he whines or cries if I say let’s take something smaller. Like tonight for instance, we went to Walmart. He wanted to bring his cart and my husband said a firm “no” He immediately cried. I explained to him that the cart was too big to bring with us and he could choose a different toy. He shook his head and we walked outside. He cried until we got to the car. He settled once he found one of his car toys. I don’t spank my son for having emotions. He’s learning the world for the first time

The walk away method is amazing. Make sure there’s nothing he can use to hurt himself or others… and just walk off when he gets like that. He’s asking for attention and for kids, all attention is good attention. You stop feeding into it, they learn to regulate their own emotions and when he calms down, try the gentle approach. “It’s hurts my feelings when you hit me so I left. Are we done hitting?? How can I help you” and if and when he cooperates, give him a hug and tell him great job. He’ll tire himself out with the tantrum. Probably won’t be able to throw another one for a few hours

@R I used to get put in timeout and it just made me feel ignored because my needs still weren’t met… I was just pushed out of the way so my mom wouldn’t have to deal with me. But that’s my experience

@Marie I would agree but I think it's different than the traditional time out because I bring him his stuffy and give him a hug and kiss. As soon as he stops yelling we both talk about what happened and how to calm down and what he might need. And I never put him in time out for simply having big emotions it's only if he's doing something dangerous I remove him from the situation. For quiet time its differant I give him something special that he likes and he has time to do his own thing and time to process his everyday without me bugging him. I think it builds his confidence that he can be alone sometimes. If he asks for me then I always pay attention to him. I will literally tell him I love having you with me. My parents would never 😆 and they get pissed when they hear me being nice to him like that but I think they're jealous