@Kimberley it’s when we tell her no mostly.
A lot of experts say that sometimes we tell no too often and it feel like a power play all the time where we adults are always saying what kids have to do, when and how... and kids want to feel independent and make their own decisions. What they suggest was to try to rethink or 'no's, how many of them are really necessary, and is there another way to explain what we need without saying 'no' so often. To Let kids have a bit more choice in their everyday life. "Terrible twos" are not called like that in German, we called it the phase of autonomy. They just want to be their own little person and are learning what big feelings are and it, of course, might not help when we are bossing them around all day. That's just what I've read. You can do this. You are already probably the best mama she could ask for.
Here in solidarity, my three year old is currently screaming cause he woke up and wanted chocolate money and I said me to.
What worked with my toddler is to try not say the word no too much. Ice cream for dinner? That’s not available on the menu, you can have what mummy has made for dinner or a banana Toy in shop? That’s not available but we can add it to your Xmas/birthday list I’ll take a picture Jumping on sofa? I am not going to let you jump on the sofa, if you want to jump you can do it on trampoline or the ground we can do some dancing etc Focus on what things they can do in the situation, it honestly works sometimes you might have to sit through a tantrum but if you keep your cool and keep the boundaries of the options given then they start to follow or choose options given Like if they don’t want to get dressed let them choose their outfit or between two outfits you have made so on so forth xx
Very normal at that age! Lots of new big feelings and testing boundaries The best advice I can give is to keep calm, get to her level If she tries to hit and bite say you are not going to let her do that “ I’m not going to let you hit me. “ narrate the situation Any specific triggers ? Xx