Epic three year old tantrums

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Three-year-olds are crazy sometime. They are smarter and are forming their own opinions and that can be a great thing...or not. It is like the terrible twos but they are bigger so the flailing is more extreme and more dedicated so the tantrums last Forrrrrrrrreeeevvvvver when they happen. My kids haven't ever had many tantrums, thank goodness, but when they did they could be pretty intense. I was always pleased when the tantrums happened at home so I wouldn't have to deal with it in public or listen to the whining the whole drive home.

[thebreakfastclub]

DS is not yet 3 but had the most epic meltdown of his life the other night over not wanting to take a bath. He had so much snot pouring out of his nose, it was terrible.

Then he calmed down, took his bath, and had the reverse meltdown for not wanting to get out of the bath.

He was almost demon possessed.

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Well you'll be able to drink more freely soon.

So there's that.

[bcarp30]

So this is why my 2.75 year old has suddenly turned into a hormonal teenager? When does it stop?? and AWESOME farmvillelover. #2 is due 2 months after DD turns 3.

[t]

Oh yes. Had one tonight. At daycare which is always awesome. I love when other parents see me struggle with the stubborn beast. /sarcasm

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Threenager is real. It's hard. Sometimes when DD tantrums I think she's just emotionally overloaded so snuggling helps. Other times she's just a raging lunatic and I have to leave her alone.

DC called me this morning asking if DD was sick this weekend or out of routine, because she was just so freaking emotional. If you looked at her she cried. I think she was just tired, she turned it around after nap time.

[pizzanight]

Three year olds are either amazingly fun or TOTAL ASSHOLES. There seems to be no in-between.

This post brought to you by my 3.5 year old nearly shutting her 11 month old brother in a door because she wouldn't fucking listen.

[teatimefor2]

My just turned three year old has all of a sudden turned into an emotional mess. One minute he's so much fun and happy, the next he's having a meltdown and won't tell me why. And he's started throwing. Two was awesome. I loved two... Three is already rough and I'm two weeks in!

[jr009j]

Three is the WORST. We had an hour of hyperventilating tantrum over I am really not sure what this afternoon.

[Saudade]

Oh god. 3 sucks. Plain and simple. I just said tonight to DH that I love 3 and hate 3 all at the same time.

The emotions, the not listening, the sass.

We had one the other night due to the dog looking at him wrong.

[daisybuchannan]

This is why I want my next child to be born when my baby is two, if she's already three I might send a new baby back, lol.

So far there has been much more challenging than two. I'm like 2 weeks into three as well.

[Deleted]

That sounds exactly like my DS's tantrums. Please god don't let 3 be worse for us than 2 because I don't know if I can't take it. At least I'll be able to drink then?

[gibbinator]

I'm afraid of when my unicorn baby turns into a normal tantruming toddler. Ds1 is such a calm and rational 3yr old who just happens to occasionally get very sad a couple times a week if we misunderstand him. Ds2 is his opposite in every way so that's going to be fun.

[Brie]

I swear he turned three and an asshole switch flipped.

I am currently on hour two of bedtime tantrums. Ugggh

[AllieHound]

DS is nearly 3.5 and he's either the most heartbreakingly sweet and funny kid in the world...or I'm wondering WTF I did in a past life to deserve to be tormented by such a demon.

And then 5 minutes after the demon child rears it's ugly head, he's back to being adorable.

It's a very confusing time in our house right now.

[cinco]

3 has been hard on me this time around. I think I got used to being able to reason with my older kids, so getting thrown back into crazy town threw me for a loop.

[Brie]

Sept 28, 2015 20:25:16 GMT -5 Brie said:

I swear he turned three and an asshole switch flipped.

I am currently on hour two of bedtime tantrums. Ugggh

Entering hour three.

[Willis Jackson]

I remember when DS1 was in preschool and we went to the meet-the-teacher thing. One of his teachers introduced herself and was all, "I love 3 year olds! I have 7 children and I loved when they were three and I love when my grandchildren are three and I love that I get to be with three year olds every day!"

I turned to DH and whispered, "Bitch be crazy."

[water*drop]

Yeah, 3 is rough. Tonight DD threw a tantrum because her ice cream was in the wrong bowl and we wouldn't get her new ice cream in the right bowl. She seriously ended up deciding not to eat her ice cream over this very unjust situation. She cried and cried and cried and then got down from the table, stomped her foot, yelled "then I'm just NOT going to EAT my ICE CREAM!!!1!11!!1!," and stormed off to her room. 3yos are the least rational creatures on the planet.

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I agree threenager is real. DS is a great kid 80% of the time, but that other 20%? Hooooly shit. He does this wracking sob thing during tantrums where he can't catch a breath, it's like he's having a panic attack or something. And it's over the dumbest shit, like today we were driving somewhere and he declared he was thirsty then flipped his shit when I didn't magically instantaneously have water in the car. He also likes to scream "NO I DON'T WANT TO DO IT!" Which really pushes my buttons. Tough shit little man, clean up your toys!!!

@starry I don't think this has anything to do with DD. He's nothing but sweet and gentle with her, never jealous or angry about her, never brings her up when he's tantrumming. He's just...3, KWIM. So it's not always about the new sibling.

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I get a little scared when I hear you guys talk about hour long tantrums. Like he will cry/yell/fuss for the whole hour or on and off?

Ben laid on the floor of the supermarket tonight but he perked up when I got him to help me pick out dinner. Then he whined again when it was time to sit in the cart. Are those two separate tantrums or one prolonged one?

[CloudBee]

* backing myself out of this post *

[turtlegirl]

DS2 is 3 and doesn't seem to have epic long tantrumd, but bursts into tears at the drop of a hat. Every single time he doesn't get his way it's immediate teats and screaming. So at least 5-10 times a day. I want to pull my hair out every time.

[dcn]

Yes Ds will be three in two weeks and just wowsa to some of his meltdowns lately. He can usually calm down after 5-10 min but jeez Louise they are intense and ridiculous. I described him as having BIG emotions recently and that is just him to a t.

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Oh my gosh. We have been having EPIC tantrums too

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Sept 28, 2015 23:02:54 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Sept 28, 2015 21:49:51 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I think this is totally kid specific. Neither of my girls have been tantrumers. I honestly don't remember Lu ever throwing a proper "tantrum" and Ella can very easily be re-directed.

However, Lu can have dramatic sobbing fits (in front of her mirror so she can fully appreciate her own theatrics) complete with IT'S NOT FAIR AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!!!!! that would put a 13 year old to shame. Ella's toddler bullshit is more just being fucking insane and climbing on everything, running away from us, getting into everything, etc. than tantrums. They all have their "stuff."

"THAT HURT MY FEELINGS!" 
What exactly hurt your feelings?  Saying that you can't have ice cream for breakfast? Saying that you have to take a bath? 
Stop with the onion skin kid.  

Ugh yes, this is so annoying. Like he'll hit me, I'll put him in TO and he'll wail "YOU HURT MY FEELINGS!" I'm like, you hurt my actually body little man, that trumps your feelings! Then he says "say sorry to me!" And I'm like no! "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY SORRY IF YOU HURT MY FEELINGS!" Ugh.

[thebreakfastclub]

I can see my boy becoming more emotional as time goes on. At a party about a month ago, someone asked DS about what he wanted to be for Halloween.

He thought one of our friends was laughing at him when he said he wanted to be a princess. He still talks about it and is very insulted. If you say something he doesn't like, he will say you made a bad joke.

[crazygame]

We really, really struggled when our daughter was three. Finally, we just waited and she outgrew a lot of the bad behavior. She's still quick to anger, but we can rationalize with her more. It got better a few months before 4. I had a newborn too and, honestly, I think the fact that I could tell her I had to go deal with the baby was good. It allowed me to have an excuse to just walk away and let her deal with it herself.