My dd is 2.5 years old and has been such a handful lately. Actually for the past 6 months and even more so in the past week. Her behavior is sending me towards a mental breakdown! She will fight me on every. little. thing. From the colour bowl to he cereal in it. To the clothes she wears and the nappy or knickers debate. She tells me she wants Vegemite and then has a total meltdown when I give it. So I get something else and she screams for the Vegemite. She is sooking all day from sun up to sun down and it's driving me nuts. Right now I can hear her throwing her little sand bucket full of water out of the bath. Because she has constantly been told off for this to no avail. She will smack me in the face for no apparent reason. I tell her no, it's not very nice, how would you like it it someone did this to you etc, etc, etc. Nothing works! She is toilet training and she did so well for the first 2 weeks, using the toilet all by herself. Great at daycare using the toilet too. But now she just poohs in her undies, puts her hands in it and says 'look mummy, pooh" while she squishes between her fingers laughing. I know she knows better and she is not just 'exploring' her bodily functions anymore. That ship has already sailed.
Argh, so is this normal terrible two behavior or have I just spawned an evil child from hell?