They don't call them the terrible twos for nothing

They don't call them the terrible twos for nothing

And she is brilliant, smart, advanced for her age....so she is hitting them a bit early.

I have faith that you will do just fine. My best regards to you and your's.

so she is hitting them a bit early.

And she is a lot worse than your older one was at that age.  I now, I had the same 2 children 20 years ago.  It will get better.

You're a very capable woman, LH. You'll do fine.

Don't psyche yourself out ahead of time.

Kids are wonderful, uh, except when they're not.  heh.

Being a single parent when the husband is gone, sucks.  I don't care how well you do it, or how bad, or how much you love your kids, it still sucks.

My husband has deployed for 6-12 months, so many times I can't even honestly count them anymore without sitting down and making a list. 

If there is anything I can do for you this round, just shoot me an email.  It's on my blog.

 

It will be tough, and your patience will be worn and tried, and everything else in between, but you'll be fine. My daughter is five now, she's highly strung, dramatic and very, very smart. My hubby is here, not in the army or anything, but he cannot handle her. It takes me to handle her. And the times when I feel like doing something really drastic, I walk away and close my bedroom door and this is when she realises that she's gone too far.

My little one knows how to pull our strings, including her big brother's. She torments the heck out of him and it's a constant problem for us. I have no idea why she does it, she just does. And there's nothing wrong with her, she's a normal typical five year old who can be a loveable minx one minute, very helpful by the way around the house, and such a little monster at other times.

Don't feel bad when you get those thoughts that others might find wrong or think you're a bad parent, because there's nothign wrong and that's normal, and they can just go eat cake somewhere!

You know when to stop and when not to do anything about it, that's what makes you a good parent. I hope you'll be able to reach out and talk to someone when you feel really stressed.

I know all tooo well the feeling of wanting to strike, it's so frustrating when a child is just screaming...yet you didn't. I think you'll be ok because you know how you feel, you don't just hit and then feel like a monster.

I used to babysit a family of 5 children, a 5 year old, a 4 year old, 3 year old twins, and a 2 year old. Total opposite nature of what you're experiencing. it was the 5 year old boy that threw temper tantrums and unlike his mom who gave in and got him whatever he wanted, I'd take him ( pick him up physically and carry him) to his room and lay him down on the floor and leave the room.
I'd repeat that until he stayed in there with his screaming....it worked, took 5 days though!

If you need to talk you can also email me, if you want to, at ladykate19@hotmail.com and I'll gladly listen, and talk if you want.

I've been down this road so you're not alone.