Terrible 2s

How are you mama's getting thru the terrible 2s? My daughter kicks, hits, throws, scratches, and yells. I feel like a terrible mom bc i react. It pisses me off but I know it's her age. We're starting not to be able to take her out in public bc she has bad tantrums and she never used to. She also has an almost 4 month sister. And I know that's adding to it. She literally punks me. At this point I flinch at everything she does and I automatically react and push her. I don't know what to do. We're not these prefect family that's spends the days outside our doing family activities. And honestly that might be a part of it too, but I have no time for anything. I feel like a terrible mom, I just don't know what to do...

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I tell you I’m struggling with my 2 year old daughter ),: she does the same things. Then I react/yell whatever it be and she cries and asks for a hug AFTER either screaming in my face or hitting me. It’s really hard sometimes to remain calm. They say the best thing to do is remain calm because they’re looking for a reaction and at this age they start to test you because they’re starting to realize they’re their own person and not connected to you. Toddlers think “why am I listening to you I’m ME” also unable to regulate emotions play into it.

I don’t know I’m not an expert… I’m due with my second in November but I totally understand where you’re coming from and I feel like a horrible mom often and like it’s never ending. I want to go out and do more things but avoid it sometimes for my sanity but then she gets more angry being home so it’s like what do we do? Everytime I lose my cool once she goes to bed I wanna cry looking at her like my sweet baby 😢

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