Sometimes I wonder if Mackenzie is part monkey. OK, not really, but recently she has taken to climbing. Most of her friends started climbing a long time ago...maybe even a year ago, but not Mackenzie. Within the past 2 months she has begun to climb EVERYTHING. She now gets up and stands on all of our kitchen chairs, bar stools, her rocker, the sofa and anything else she wants. So all day long I am taking her down to which she responds by throwing a 45 minute tantrum then goes right back and does it again. Ugg.
Not only that, but she REFUSES to walk anywhere. She must be carried. Even to go to the potty. Well, guess what? Mommy is pregnant and only getting bigger, so carrying around a 36-pound 2-year old is out of the question. What does that mean for potty training? Cloth diapers all day long and tricking her into sitting on the potty when we happen to be near the bathroom.
Also, if it is not hers she wants it. She has broken so many things lately. I think I am going to have to take everything off the walls in her room because she is so tall that she gets up on her rocker and takes them down herself; then breaks them.
Oh, and get this. If she is done eating all the food and drink get THROWN onto the floor. Not even Mommy reflexes are fast enough to catch that mess in thin air. And, if some of the food or drink is in her mouth...you guessed it...she spits it out wherever she stands; usually waiting until she is standing on our carpet.
No, I'm really not trying to complain, but this is what you have to look forward to if you haven't had a 2-year old yet. What really amazes me is how much you can still love and cherish someone or something that is acting like they don't like you most of the time. No, it is not all bad, and somehow I am pretty patient through it all and just try to love and talk her through what is going on. When she wants to be sweet she is really sweet and gives out tons of kisses and hugs. The thing is she wants to do what she wants to do, when she wants to do it, and no one else is going to tell her otherwise. I will be happy when this stage is over and we can go out in public again.
So, any tips you have for the Terrible Two's just let me hear them. I will try just about anything (that's not harmful) at this point. Any good tips on how to start a time out routine? We may be trying that next.
Showing posts with label Terrible Two's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrible Two's. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The World Is My Playground
Recently Mackenzie has discovered that the world is her playground. Sometimes this is a wonderful thing as she explores her surroundings and learns new things, but other times...this is not so good.
Neither Wayne nor I (not even both of us together) can take Mackenzie out if we need to get something accomplished. Something as simple as grocery shopping turns into a 3-ring-circus. When we get to the store we try to put her in the shopping cart, to which she thrashes, screams, kicks and bites causing a real scene until we get her down (that is if we were able to get her into the cart in the first place).
If we do let her walk she insists on pushing the cart and we are not allowed to touch the cart. SERIOUSLY? Yes. If we touch the cart then she throws herself on the floor kicking and screaming this really high pitched scream. So why not just let her scream and get it out of her system? Because she will continue to do so for about 30-45 minutes, no matter what we do.
OK, so just let her push the cart herself. Sure, and run into every person and display in the vicinity and what should have been a 30 minute trip to the store is now a 2.5 hour trip to the store. Complete with customers and employees asking if she is alright.
The last 5 times we attempted to go anywhere, HEB grocery shopping, Walmart for a quick exchange, Kohls for a quick purchase, Target for diapers have all ended in either myself of Wayne carrying her out of the store kicking and screaming with no end in site. Oh, and have you ever seen a 6-month pregnant woman carrying a 36 pound screaming 2-year old? Not a pretty site.
So where we use to be able to go to the mall to walk around (another nightmare these days), or go to Hobby Lobby or Target to just get out of the house...nope, not any more. So we are stuck inside almost all day because it is too hot for the park or a walk around the block or it is raining. The only safe place is La Centerra in the evenings, or somewhere we have to pay for that is kid friendly. We don't spend extra money, so the kid friendly thing is out. What are we suppose to do all day, every day? I sure hope this phase ends soon!
Neither Wayne nor I (not even both of us together) can take Mackenzie out if we need to get something accomplished. Something as simple as grocery shopping turns into a 3-ring-circus. When we get to the store we try to put her in the shopping cart, to which she thrashes, screams, kicks and bites causing a real scene until we get her down (that is if we were able to get her into the cart in the first place).
If we do let her walk she insists on pushing the cart and we are not allowed to touch the cart. SERIOUSLY? Yes. If we touch the cart then she throws herself on the floor kicking and screaming this really high pitched scream. So why not just let her scream and get it out of her system? Because she will continue to do so for about 30-45 minutes, no matter what we do.
OK, so just let her push the cart herself. Sure, and run into every person and display in the vicinity and what should have been a 30 minute trip to the store is now a 2.5 hour trip to the store. Complete with customers and employees asking if she is alright.
The last 5 times we attempted to go anywhere, HEB grocery shopping, Walmart for a quick exchange, Kohls for a quick purchase, Target for diapers have all ended in either myself of Wayne carrying her out of the store kicking and screaming with no end in site. Oh, and have you ever seen a 6-month pregnant woman carrying a 36 pound screaming 2-year old? Not a pretty site.
So where we use to be able to go to the mall to walk around (another nightmare these days), or go to Hobby Lobby or Target to just get out of the house...nope, not any more. So we are stuck inside almost all day because it is too hot for the park or a walk around the block or it is raining. The only safe place is La Centerra in the evenings, or somewhere we have to pay for that is kid friendly. We don't spend extra money, so the kid friendly thing is out. What are we suppose to do all day, every day? I sure hope this phase ends soon!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Terrible Two's
Can a child go through the Terrible Two's early?
Seriously!?!??!?
From the time she was born Mackenzie has always been very even tempered and did not get upset easily, but that has changed as dramatically as switching a light switch from OFF to ON in the middle of the night.
Just over a week ago now Mackenzie began throwing tantrums. Not just little, "Umm, I'm upset" things, but full out throwing herself onto the floor, kicking and screaming. And she will not quit, no matter what I do, for anywhere from two minutes to an hour straight. And better yet, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the tantrums. I am not telling her, "NO" or stopping her from doing something. I am not refusing a request or ignoring her. Actually, I spend most of my time just giving her love and care and concern as I always have and in the middle of doing something as simple as walking down the hall she will visibly become mad and throw herself on to the floor. The rest is history. I can talk to her, offer her various things (toys, snacks, drink, hugs, kisses, read book, go potty...), I ask her to tell me or sign what she wants, and NOTHING works. She simply has to get it out of her system. Then, when she is finished, she is happy as a lark; almost as if nothing ever happened. And, this happens 2, 3, 4, 5 and even 6 times a day! Uggg.
I really do hope this IS the Terrible Two's because that means there is an end in sight, and maybe she will be done with this stage of life BEFORE the other kids start their terrible two's, or before she is 18 years of age; whichever comes first.
For now, I just have to love her through it.
Seriously!?!??!?
From the time she was born Mackenzie has always been very even tempered and did not get upset easily, but that has changed as dramatically as switching a light switch from OFF to ON in the middle of the night.
Just over a week ago now Mackenzie began throwing tantrums. Not just little, "Umm, I'm upset" things, but full out throwing herself onto the floor, kicking and screaming. And she will not quit, no matter what I do, for anywhere from two minutes to an hour straight. And better yet, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the tantrums. I am not telling her, "NO" or stopping her from doing something. I am not refusing a request or ignoring her. Actually, I spend most of my time just giving her love and care and concern as I always have and in the middle of doing something as simple as walking down the hall she will visibly become mad and throw herself on to the floor. The rest is history. I can talk to her, offer her various things (toys, snacks, drink, hugs, kisses, read book, go potty...), I ask her to tell me or sign what she wants, and NOTHING works. She simply has to get it out of her system. Then, when she is finished, she is happy as a lark; almost as if nothing ever happened. And, this happens 2, 3, 4, 5 and even 6 times a day! Uggg.
I really do hope this IS the Terrible Two's because that means there is an end in sight, and maybe she will be done with this stage of life BEFORE the other kids start their terrible two's, or before she is 18 years of age; whichever comes first.
For now, I just have to love her through it.
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