Comments on: Terrible twos – will they NEVER end?

By: JMR

JMR — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:28:43 +0000

Using my INCREDIBLY in depth experience with children, I can say this. You’re kinda lucky. The fact that she doesn’t like when you yell means that A) You don’t do it often and B) She understands the difference. As long as you keep it in the back of your arsenal, I think you two will be OK

Then again, I’m a bachelor living in a giant kids apartment… so what do I know?
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By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:19:40 +0000

Breathe deeply… Mommy and Daddy date night tomorrow!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:32:16 +0000

OK, two things.

1) What the hell is a “swirly?”

2) Sadly, toddler tantrums are totally calculated events. In most cases. I’d say I lose my cool WAY more than Sami does.

Also, the first tantrum you witness may well be hilarious. Even today, sometimes I have to cover my face to stop her knowing how funny she is. But the 4303856939th tantrum is a lot less funny than the first one.

By: xine

xine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:48:39 +0000

Haha – oh Wendy, my mind first went to a swirly too!

Uccellina, the one time my super-chill eldest nephew threw a tantrum while I was babysitting him (he was two at the time, of course), I too had trouble not laughing… it was like, you’re super-calm, this isn’t you, don’t front.

By: Grandma Ann

Grandma Ann — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:35:14 +0000

Don’t ever feel guilty about yelling. You are human and you were mad. You get to share your feelings just as she does. She may not like it but she sure understood it. She is very bright and very curious, two traits you will come to appreciate very soon. Love you both so much.

By: Uccellina

Uccellina — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:06:46 +0000

Robin threw his first big temper tantrum yesterday, and I giggled through the whole thing, which made him EVEN MADDER. Yelling might have been preferable. (But he was so cute with his little red face and the way he flung himself around the bed and tried to throw the pillows . . .)
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By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:40:30 +0000

Did you tell her you don’t like it when she screams and you don’t like it when you yell either?

I don’t know what else you could have done, except maybe get the Dial off by giving her a swirly. Which trauma might have prolonged the potty training…
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By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:34:16 +0000

Nobody calls me “rad” more than you do; for that, I love you.

By: noelle

noelle — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:17:55 +0000

Dreaming, it’s a lovely thing…
You’re rad. The neighbors have likely been there. Or they’re just pushovers.
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