Anyone know why our usually happy toddler has become extra clingy, outright defiant, and actually cries more these past few days? Hitting, swinging, "NO!", throwing, running away from putting shoes on and diaper changes (God forbid me to try and put her hair up in one of those cutsie pony-tails, or clip her nails, or ask her to brush her teeth). She even cried at bath time, which she usually loves! She has been waking from her naps with cries, complete with tears, that continues on for a good 30 min even after she's sitting in my lap and I've caved in to giving her the paci. Usually she wakes from naps all happy and singing in her bed. Her morning wake ups have remained happy. Just the naps suck. She even fought naps and bedtime last week, though no issues the past 3-4 days. Hey all you experienced moms, will Motrin cure this or are we in for the Terrible Two's?
She would totally act this way when she was teething as a baby. But now she's a toddler and I think the last round of teeth were probably 4-5 months ago (the molars) so I'm not quite sure what to expect from her at this age. She is, afterall, more of a little person who may express her pain and misery differently now. So is this it, or have the terrible two's hit us at 2 days shy of 19 months old? I have always heard it all starts at 18 months, so I have been bracing myself. We're not seeing any irritation around her canine teeth that are supposed to come it at this time. She has always been right on schedule with her teething. In between the bouts of frustrated tantrums and clinginess, I can see glimpses of happy Anna.
I am so confused! If this is the Terrible Two's, fine! Bring it on! If this is Teething, fine, bring that too! I would just like to know what we're up against, one way or another.
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Maybe 2 year molars are early? Maybe she is just out of sorts with so much change in her schedule over the past month? Maybe she knows which buttons to push with you? Maybe it is a growth spurt? Maybe she learned some cool behavior tricks from her friends at school? Maybe she just needs some different stimulation like P changing up the bath time routine? She was great on our outing Monday. She started to fuss in the car and I turned the music up so loud that MM plugged her ears. Anna just kind of looked at me stunned. When she stopped crying for a minute I praised her saying, "that's better Anna! There is no need to scream." She looked a little befuddled. Then, thankfully, the wheels on the bus song came on and we did great after that. She was fine in the store, had a lollipop at the credit union and just blended in with us for a couple of hours. I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Maybe she is just becoming more aware and thinking up ways to push the boundaries??!!
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