18 month old hell

Is anyone else in the same boat? My little boy is 18 months and seems to be in a terrible mood all the time, there’s honestly no pleasing him at this point. He is constantly whining or saying ‘Mama’ to everything, he won’t play with any toys or anything anymore he just wants to be where ever I am doing what I am doing. Or he wants to be doing things he shouldn’t or which could potentially cause him harm. But don’t get me started if you say no to him, the tantrums are awful. He will also throw absolutely everything. He is a very clever boy and understands a lot of what we are saying to him. He is also beginning to put two words together and enjoys playing outside, it’s just a bit much when he seems to only be happy for a brief moment of the day. He seems to have had a complete personality switch. Is anyone else in the same boat? Have I just entered toddlerhood?

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Our son is exactly the same, has been for about a month now. I’m hoping it’s a phase that will pass soon 🤞

For about two weeks now we’ve had absolute tantrum hell 😵‍💫 literally seems to have happened over night! My LG has always been clingy but she’s taken it to the extreme, I literally cannot even attempt to put her down at the moment without her having a meltdown! She won’t even have a cuddle with her dad, she just has to be with me atm… which, is actually starting to take its toll as I literally don’t get a break. Work is my “break”. Her moods have dramatically changed, if I say no to her then she will literally throw herself on the floor/scream/cry. Taking her out is a challenge currently, she’s always been such a happy and content little girl up until now and has always been easy to calm… I have no idea what is going on at the moment but I’m pulling my hair out! 😅 nappy changes are awful! Getting her dressed is awful! Hehe… it’s hard work! I’m merely putting it down yo some sort of developmental phase… early terrible twos?! She’s not unwell or teething 🤷🏻‍♀️

I could have written this myself about my girl. She has hit full blown terrible twos. Tantrums, high pitch screaming, completely attached to me all the time

I’m finding that I have to walk away from him a lot at the moment, and give him a minute to calm down because he’s just getting so up all the time and it’s so over stimulating. Especially when he cries and whinges for something and then you give him the thing that he wants but then he tantrums still. I’ve tried giving him more independence, like choices and then asking him to show me. I’ve also been naming the emotions that he’s feeling and we always have a big cuddle after he’s had some big feelings. The funny thing is I went out on Thursday and left him with his dad for a few hours and apparently he never did it once for him, it’s just a thing he does for me apparently 😂

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