Angry and frustrated 2 year old

Anon Imperfect Mum

Angry and frustrated 2 year old

Hi there!

I have two beautiful children aged 3 1/2 years and 2 years old.. My 2 year old little boy has always been a fantastic little sleeper, as a new born we would barley hear from him as he would feed and sleep all the time. People used to comment on how lucky we got with him even if he was awake he was just so placid and calm. Then he turned 2 and he has all of the sudden turned into a very angry and frustrated little boy, he's constantly throwing himself around screaming and smashing his head against things to the point he's bruising, if anyone goes near him or tries to help him with anything he loses his temper and only wants mummy, he used to eat all his dinner now I can barely get him to have 2 mouth fulls. He's still sleeping for atleast an hour and a half to two hours through the day and sleeps through from 7:30pm-7am waking once every few nights but only wants me to go in the room and no one else but when he's awake I feel like he's constantly crying/screaming if he doesn't get his own way or if something doesn't work the first time and I feel like it's more then 'the terrible twos' he's hitting and gets angry if his sister even looks at him. When he's in a good mood hes a beautiful little boy but I feel that's hardly ever now and we can't even take him to the shops without him having a melt down about something and I can feel people staring at me... Has anyone else had these issues with their little one and what did you do to help?

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Anon Imperfect Mum

Ahhh yes my little guy used to do this to a certain extent...I found that he was simply frustrated at not being able to communicate to the extent that he wanted. Sounds silly but he had all these emotions that he didn't know how to control so it was my job to put a name to it and explain to him how to deal with it...for example he would throw a puzzle if he couldn't get the pieces to fit, I sat with him and told him these words...mummy knows how frustrating it is when they don't fit but if you ask for me to help you I can show you how to jiggle it..
Now he sings out to me..A little help please mummy! Just be persistent and consistent with what ever way you choose to deal with it and you will reap the rewards. Hang in there

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Anon Imperfect Mum

Start with your GP to get a referral to a paediatrician. It could be a bunch of things, it could be nothing but your GP is the person to get things started.

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