HELP !!!!!!!!
I’m yanking my hair out by the handfuls here folks.
As you may know, our son just turned 2 last week. His new favorite words recently are “NO” and “DON’T WANT”, said over and over, and over, and over, to anything and everything we ask of him.
And then he will proceed to CRY (we have never let him cry for too long, because he usually gets extremely worked up and then gag/choke/vomits after a very short while of crying). For at least 15 minutes — luckily no vomit thus far yet during these (superly annoying) episodes.
After he’s done crying, he will want to eat/do the first thing that we offered, or one of the choices we gave him.
And this happens A LOT, every single damn day. I’m sooooooooooooo sick of it. I feel like I want to spank him, really hard. Or throw him to the wolves. Or jump into a well myself. UGHHHHHH.
How long does this phase typically last?! Please share your advice, suggestions, experiences, or comments. Please!!! Or just make up lies and tell me it will be all better very very soon.
Jennifer Said,
August 3, 2005 @ 12:15 pm
Bummer! My son is only 10 months so I don’t have any tips…although I have heard that that sort of phase usually doesn’t last very long.
Thanks for preparing me for what I’m in for in a few months!
cursingmama Said,
August 3, 2005 @ 12:52 pm
Ummm - how do I put this gently…It never really ends, they just get easier to ground & sometimes you can reason with them. Every age presents a different challenging stage and as soon as you think you’ve got one figured out they switch it all up on you. Children are THAT evil.
So, my advice - offer 2 or 3 choices at one time and leave it at that - he’ll figure it out and move on to the next stage.
Arc Said,
August 5, 2005 @ 4:58 am
We all feel that way at some point I think! I am one of the lucky ones that escaped the NO NO crying phase but I woud have to agree wtih cursingmama’s advice!
M3 (Mary-Mia) Said,
August 5, 2005 @ 11:48 pm
Ooooo, sorry, no advice here, I am a charter member of the CPTB club started by Sparky (another blogger). CPTB stands for Clueless Parents To Be, of course.
So I’m looking to YOU for advice Sweetisu. When you figure out how to avoid the terrifying choke/gag/vomit sequence, please let me know right away. Yeesh.
Kristin Said,
August 8, 2005 @ 1:25 pm
LOL…its a stage. He will move out of it and into a new, different, hair-pulling inducing stage.
Laura Said,
August 9, 2005 @ 9:01 am
LOL. Okay, unfortunately, cursingmama has it right. They never really quit. And she’s also right, only give two or three choices and if they say no, end of discussion. He’ll cry and scream still, but in the end, I think he’ll be less spoiled than if you spend time trying to coax him into saying yes. 2 year olds are starting to realize they can control their environment, and that makes them terrors. Just remember, it has to get better, or the human race wouldn’t have survived as long as it has. We’d have all murdered our own young! You can do it!–>