2.5 year old with majooor attitude ... hellllp!!!

[Gabi]

It can be so frustrating dealing with a behaviour alllll day one day, only to get up and deal with the exact same thing the next day.

One thing which has been helping with my 2yo lately is simply to reflect back to him so that he knows I am listening to him. I can't believe how many tantrums it helps me avoid. It's usually not hard to guess what he is really upset about or what he really wants to do, so instead of letting him lead into 'no no no no no no no no' (his favourite word ) I interrupt him and say 'you don't want to have a bath do you? you want to stay here and play. You want me to go away' etc etc. It's amazing. He starts to look at me, and talk to me calmly and then he hops in the bath

It's got to pass soon.

[danniellabella]

My DD is doing this to at 2 years 5 months. She likes to say "stop it" and "I don't like it" and "go away" and "I don't want to" - all in the right context.

It's hard when for the past 2 years I've just been able to get her to do the things I want her to do. I guess this is all part of growing up. They develop their will and learn how to make their own decisions.