Terrible 2s at 1?!

My baby is 14 months old and has always been vocal and emotional but we have hit a new level recently. He constantly screams if he doesn’t get his way, chucks food/toys he’s no longer interested in, bursts into fits of tears and rage when we move him to a different room or away from something he can’t touch. I feel like I’m losing my mind. He’s at home with me for a couple of days a week and it’s just feeling too much at the moment. He’s the most amazing boy and very clever but these tantrums and screams are just doing my head in! Anyone else in a similar situation?

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Haha yes, it started at 12 months for my daughter but it ramped up massively at 24 months! It’s definitely different at 2 years vs 1 year 😬

Same here, 14 months too, it's a girl so I guess there's no escape 🤣

Yes!!! I felt like it was just me who was experiencing this so selfishly I’m glad that it’s not 😅 it’s so hard when we go out cos he’s clung to me or he screams and throws himself, but I feel like because of the clingyness too he doesn’t want to do half as much as he did 🥴

I’ve just wrote a post about this and then seen yours, im loosing my mind with it today with our girl, it’s got so hard with the constant tantrums and not getting her own way, I don’t know how to manage it! Definitley not alone 😂🩷

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