Is the terrible 2's feeling like it's just getting worse (like it is for me, I'm losing it) or is it getting better the closer they're getting to 3?

I'm seriously getting super depressed with the turn my soon to be 3 year old's behavior has taken. I don't know what else to do.

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My toddler has some wonderful awesome days where it's like she's the cutest,sweetest toddler I know......then she has threenager days that make me want to curl up in the corner of the closet. Just know, when you're going through the tough or good times, you're never alone 😊😊

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🥹 thank you. I've been feeling like a terrible mom, but it helps to know this is common and others are going through it too.

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My daughter had a month and half of terrible twos. Hated any and everything. Threw absolute crazy fits & at some point wanted nothing to do with me and only wanted her dad. I felt like the worst mom and failure because nothing I could do made things better. Little by little our days were getting better & she would even say sorry to me when she’d get upset. She has DAYS where she’s an absolute angel and DAYS that are incredibly hard. There are starting to be more better days than bad ones.
I hope your better days are coming soon 🫶🏽🫶🏽

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Mine is close to 3 and some days the tantrums are SO intense. But they seem to be becoming fewer, I think every kid is different too. I have a 1 year old as well. Some days are just me praying all day not to lose my sh*t.

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Haha 😄 I like that title the new strong willed child

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Alpha 👶 babies maybe that's why they are called Alphas

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You’re not alone. My 2y old is turning 3 in 2months and there are plenty of days I dreaded and just feel absolutely deflated..The attitude is beyond me sometimes like where did it come from!? He’s little a mini teenager sometimes 😂😭 I found that on the worst days just running him round the park or taking him to do something very energetic and keeping him occupied really helped make the day go by easier 🙈he has his good days and he’s the sweetest little boy. I just think it’s because they r becoming more self aware and have all theses feelings so I do try to understand why he’s throwing a tantrum or get him to talk about why he’s sad or upset which sometimes lead no where or sometimes actually really helps the situation. it’s just a rough road we have to go down right now but it’ll definitely get better hun 🫶🏻 don’t feel guilty your doing amazing!

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My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

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Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

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Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

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Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

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i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔

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