My dd who is 19 months is being a little Sugar Honey Iced Tea!!She's been so stroppy and demanding in the last few weeks-surely she's too young for temper tantrums and the terrible twos?Feels like my little girl has been replaced by a miniture raging teenager!So sick of having to tell her'no' seven times 'stop that' Mummy said no etc.When does this phase end?She threw her breakfast and spoon against the wall this morning.She's driving me nuts I'm starting to lose my patience as her fave word at the mo is a v definate 'NO'.Grrrr!!Give me some hope here guys!

doesn't get better when they are older either lol.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Twinkles27:
My dd who is 19 months is being a little Sugar Honey Iced Tea!!

I love it!!!! never heard that before!!!

I remember both my neice and nephew going through it. Things do get better. Is she teething? I remember my neice being a nightmare everytime she cut a tooth.

things will get better I'm sure and I'm positive we were all one Sugar Honey Iced Tea's and some point for our mum's!!!!!

Don't tell me that sweetpea,I might lose the will to live!lol

It's from a film,and I love it too as I try hard not to swear anymore!She has 12 teeth so far,can't see any new yet but she seems unsettled at night too.She norm sleeps straight throu,but I wondered if she was having nightmares as she seems terrified and doesn't want to be left alone.I hope they get better otherwise the future looks a little blah!!

Alex went through this phase and I never did get to the bottom of it. He also had a period of not settling at night and constantly kept getting out of bed and screamed when we put him in bed.Never found out why but perhaps the reason why he was being a little sod was because his sleep was unsettled.
Thankfully it has passed but it was a nightmare and he too pushed me to the edge.
Sorry cant offer help but just thought it may be re-assuring to know you arent alone hope she settles again soon for you.

You asked when it'll end, answer.........when they leave home

No it's not too young for temper tantrums, my middle one started on them about 16/17 months old and I'm still waiting for them to stop.
What kept me sane was the thought that my obnoxious brat was not the worst child I could think of, however bad it got, and it got really bad, I could always think of a child worse than mine.

Things to remember, a child of that age will not deliberately starve themselves, try to use the positive side of things, like close the door quietly instead of don't slam the door. Praise all good behaviour and ignore bad, but obviously not the really bad. If she is still in a cot, put her in it and walk away, or in a safe place where she can't harm herself, if only for 5 minutes to calm down a little.

Get her a bowl that has a suction base to it, won't be able to throw it then.

When mine was that age, I was 9 months pregnant, and my first thought in the moring used to be 'how long till bedtime?' I used to stay up till late at night, purely because if I went to bed then I'd sleep, and then the next sound I'd hear would be the middle one, crying, throwing a tantrum. I needed to silence and just to be alone. My ex was no help, worse than useless, his idea of how to help was give in to her, nothing's changerd there then.

Remember there's always someone here to listen

failing that, throw your own tantrum

Thanks for the reassuring comments,I'm not pregnant but I have to admit when I hear her whinging in the morning when I open my eyes I think oh god here we go again-other day.Then I feel bad as my life is quite good really and I'm lucky that I can have kids unlike some.I think it's the whole 24/7 thing.My dd loves food and prev ate anything but has suddenly got rather fussy for example this morning I had to pick all the white bits out of her cereal Plus she seems to have discovered how to scream (high pitched too!)trying to ignore but I've had a bad head for days now.Does anybody rate supernanny tactics?Do you think she's too little for the naughty spot (ie 1 min)? It is reassuring to know I'm not the only one althou I kinda knew I wasn't-just a bit shocked by the sudden change in behaviour.Witchy-I'm v close to throwing a big wobbly and stamping my foot

My youngest started the Terrible Two's at 18 months, so you're not alone!! She had some terrible tantrums & loved saying no to everything. It drove me loopy, as my eldest had been no bother at all, a really chilled toddler!!

Thankfully she'd stopped it all by 2 1/2, and she's now lovely, and placid like her elder sister!! It was a short phase but a hard one!!

paris still wants things picking out of her food now, at the moment it's the middles of cucumber and she's nearly 8!!

oh dear . poor Elizabeth..... sorry Emz.. cant help .. all mine are grown... and only 1 has left home ....
have these...{{{ hugs }}} not that they will make you feel better .. but the thought is there ...
{{{ hug }}}

Have a rant on here ... we dont mind...lol

Oh I remember it well, my eldest ds was one of those sugar honey.. monsters!
I was soooooo relieved when he started school!
2nd ds was a darling in comparisson.

((hugs)) & count to 10

My DD started her terrible two's about the same age and she will be 4 in a few weeks and she still has them. As far as the food thing goes she gets what she is given and if she doesn't eat it tough! I also refuse to remove things for her if she is that fussed she can do it. The only exception I make is for a couple of things that I know she geniunely does not like (mushrooms and tomoatoes).
I find the less you give in to her the less tantrums you get and it took me a while to get there I gave into her at first but soon found it was the worse thing as the demands grew. I agree with the lady who told you there is always a worse child it does put things into perspective lol.
You can try the naughty spot I use a step for my kids and it works for the boys but my DD will put herself there to punish me! ie if I say something she doesn't like she goes to sit on the step and refuses to get off it roflmao so I leave her to it!
Good luck hun it gets easier to manage as they get older as you get used to it (((HUGS)))

I think I've been in my happy bubble,knowing how she likes things and what she means but without realising it the game's changed and I'm struggling to understand how to play lol.I hope it's just a stroppy phase as I love her but I don't like her at the mo!(now I understand what my mum meant when she said it to me ).
I don't want to pander to her and have a spoilt child-cos I can't stand parents without a backbone who give in constantly,but finding the right balance is hard.I don't want to mess it up

I've got a girl and a boy and the boy is a breeze compared to her

Yer I've heard that boys are easier than girls to handle but she's my 1st so I don't have anything to compare to.How is little Harrison? (adore the name by the way!)

he's fab thanks for asking. He's getting big now and has outgrown his moses basket already!

I don't know if you're comfortable doing this but when DS was around 18 months old, he started going through a 'naughty' stage.

Someone suggested the naughty step. I was really offended because I felt he was too young to understand, but one day, I used it. He had been having a tantrum for about an hour and I couldn't do anything to calm him down. I got so mad that out of frustration, I plonked him on the bottom stair and left him there while I calmed down myself. After a couple of minutes, he started to calm down. I left him a few more minutes until he was completely calm and brought him back into the living room.

Although I don't think he understood what the naughty step was, it calmed him down every time. When he was old enough to understand, we set times for it.

We still use it now that he's 5. It's rarely used as he's very good, but it has to come in use sometimes when my Sister's kids are here, they are REALLY bad!

Even adults get put on the naughty step, to set an example lol.