"How to deal with terrible twos"

You know your toddler better than anybody. One of the simplest ways to deal with a terrible twos meltdown is to schedule your daily activities around your toddlers basic needs. If your toddler does well in the early morning then do your shopping then. Avoid letting your daily activities get into your child's nap time.

I like to leave right after breakfast because my daughter is full and she is rested from the night before. When you witness a terrible twos tantrum in public it's usually pretty obvious that the toddler is just plain tired or hungry or BOTH.

We let our daughter know before we leave home what we expect out of her and I after going over the details I get down to her level and make sure she understands exactly what I'm telling her. If we are going to be out for a long time I will give her a small reward for good behavior and punish her if she gets out of line.

If your forced to punish your toddler then be prepared to back up whatever punishment guidelines you have set up. In other words if you say your going to time out when we get home make sure you follow through with it. If you get lazy and don't follow through with your threat then how can your child take you seriously in the future.

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One of the coolest things that my better half and I figured on our internet quest on how deal with the terrible twos was that toddlers love power and authority just as much as grown ups do. I'll give you a personal example with our little girl. She loves to play in the backyard. I think she would stay out there all day if we let her.

Well, getting her to come back indoors is a totally different story altogether. The second we would say it's time to go inside now she would immediately go cripple from the waist down. Rolling around on the ground kicking and screaming! I know she is only two but this just sucked and we figured that's just the way it is and their ain't nothing you can do about it except force your will on them.

Who would have ever thought that giving this little monster a couple of choices could make such a big difference. Now picture us back outside and I'm pushing her in her swing. I stop the the swing look deep into her eyes and say in a soft tone, "pookie (pet name) I'll let you swing for a little bit longer and then it will be time to eat lunch. You can have chicken bites or a peanut butter & jelly sandwich." After a few seconds she said I want chicken bites.

Amazing! After a few minutes I said lets go have some chicken bites and she followed right along side of me into the house and we ate with no fuss and no screaming. You have to be kidding me! Tell me, how does your toddler feel about bed time? For us it was often a terrible twos tantrum just waiting to happen. I'm going to ask you to use your imagination just one more time and picture me sitting down next to my little girl as she is watching an Elmo DVD. I pause the DVD look her straight in the face and say "Pookie I sure could use your help with something. After Elmo is over could you help me pick out a pair of pajama's for you to change into for bedtime?" She nods yes! Oh my...I can't believe it worked!

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This was one that my wife and I had to work hard to improve on. We are not neat by nature and this lead to some terrible two year old moments in our house. Toddlers are learning about there new world and they are naturally curious. They see your cell phone sitting on the end table so they want to play with it.

Don't leave unnecessary items lying around for toddlers to play with. Keep them out of reach and out of sight and you can avoid these tantrums all together. Toddlers have a short memory span and if your forced to take something away from them that they shouldn't have try to focus their attention on another activity. These are some of the tips we picked up on how to deal with the terrible twos. The following website had some of the most informative information on this subject. Check it out at the following link

How to Deal with the Terrible Twos