Are The Two’s That Terrible

So how terrible are the two’s really?

I’m sure with all parenting journeys everyone has different and varied experiences of this age, but I also think there may be quite a few shared ones.

For us we noticed some changes in Elias around 2-3 months before he turned 2 that have carried on since then. It started with things like throwing repeatedly (we had previously gone through this stage and thought it was over) which is usually because he has not got our attention immediately. His mood changes became so quick that you couldn’t keep up with them! Small things now frustrate him in the most extreme way, for example, not being able to get his toy out of something. Instead of trying to do something again, he will shout for one of us to do it. One of the funnier ones to me is when he is hungry and you are quite literally making his food right in front of him but he will still scream at you that he is hungry.

Even though these behaviours are challenging at times, it is completely understandable given the amount of change he’s constantly going through and the amount of information his brain is taking in at any given time. The fact that he can now communicate with us with speech, but we sometimes don’t understand him must be extremely frustrating for him.

With all the challenges there are always positives, and from what I have experienced so far, the challenges are far outweighed. The sheer amount of growth this age has brought with it is frankly mind-blowing and it would take me a long time to list everything. His speech is excellent, and he has started to add the smaller words into his longer sentences like “the” or “and”. His general understanding when we are talking to him or asking him something is incredible. Mainly it’s amazing how much he has his own personality now and thinks he is very funny. 

It’s truly an incredible age which of course does come with its fair share of challenges, but don’t they all? However, it’s also great as we can watch our little person learn and grow into himself. It really is a beautiful, hair pulling phase of parenting.