Terrible twos come early

My boy has just turned 19 months few days back. But it seems that he is at the "terrible twos" stage now.

This lil cute charmer behaves like a terror when he starts his temper tantrums. He will scream, cry,  throw himself onto the floor, swing his fists and kick his legs when he don't get what he want or when we want him to do something eg take a shower. The word "NO" is dominating his vocabulary now.

This "terrible twos" behavior can drive us crazy. It get pretty frustrating and very trying indeed. Most of the times, I will just leave him alone and not give in when he is throwing his tantrums. I do not want him to think that he can get his way by displaying such undesirable behavior. Usually after a while, he will come running to me for assurance and comfort. My heart aches whenever I leave him to cry and scream but I guess discipline has to start early to tackle the "terrible twos".

That's how he throw himself on the floor

Well, not necessarily the floor only

When he was out and having his meltdown

We have never encountered "terrible twos" with our firstborn. At most, she was more whiny and clingy with occasional meltdowns but we attributed that to her sensitivity about my second pregnancy as she wanted my attention.

Hope that we have seen the worse of "terrible twos" and it will only get better.