Gah. My three year old is soooooooo screechy and just an absolute terror! All my kids were worse at three than at two. I never really understood the whole terrible twos bit because of that!

In the past couple of weeks, she's cut her own hair twice, coloured on herself, her friend and the tv with a sharpie, thrown a multitude of tantrums, ate a whole tin of cookies while hiding under the dining room table... and on and on and on.

GAH!

Someone please tell me I'm not alone, LOL!

The "odd" years were worse with all my kids. 1,3, 5,7. Haven't gotten to 9 yet, but you get the idea. Hang in there and be consistent. She knows what she's doing and she'll push as far as she can.:???:

Ooo, yah, 7 has been rough too. That ATTITUDE! She must get it from her father. :P

I'm right there with you! LOL. You know, I think that three is worse because they have more smarts to manipulate you with. My current struggle is dealing with my 3 year old's never ending desire to dump things out and also her chronic poop accidents. I finally decided that bribery was the only way to go for the toilet training issues.

So all that to say...yeah I know exactly what you're going through! [OK]

Tell me about it , my yongest is turning 2 nxt week and already the tantrums have gone up a gear , so yeah so not looking to 3 lol , i remember with my first thinking once she get's to three she'll calm down , no chance. oh well here's to getting the home colour to cover the grey's lol....

See I found it the opposite. I found 2's to be harder than the 3's. Abby is a really good 3 yr old but was a bit harder when she was 2. Micah is a little rogue at 2 and hoping he calms down a lot when he turns 3 like his sister did.

There's something about those odd years. Yea same thing here. 3 has always been worse than 2. My eldest really had a tough time being 3 but 4 has been better, aside from being able to throw a better tantrum. My youngest is 3 now and definitely worse than 2 but I think with her it's because she has a better understanding than she did at 2.

I was sure you meant three kids was worse than two, which I entirely agree with. As for three year olds being worse than two year olds, I don't know. But only because James was 3 when David was born, so there was so much going on that I can't really remember what he was like. Then David was 3 last year, but I had a one year old and can't remember what that was like, and now Elizabeth is 2, so don't have a three year old on hand. I do remember thinking last year was really terrible. I thought it was because I had three kids, not because I had a three year old. Eureka!!! LOL

Totally didn't realize there were responses when I wrote my reply. I've got a 7 year old too. Hmm, it's not been really bad, but he is a boy, so that might be different. But he's growing up, starting to love body jokes, and I kind of feel like I don't know him as well anymore. But on the whole, he's good.

Sat down and played board games with the boys this afternoon. That was really fun. Last day before school starts back up.

A two year old girl though, never have I heard the screeches we know hear!

why did you ladies have to burst my bubble! I thought It was going to be better here in a few months[crytantrum]

My three-year-old girl has been horrible. WAY worse than the twos. There are days I think she's a thirteen year old hiding in a three's body with the way she has been trying to cop an attitude, demanding things and yeah. Today was the worst in the past few weeks. She opened up the computer room, raided the candy left from trunks for treats, brought out boxes from in there, got out the cameras from the computer bag, threw a fit when she got into trouble for it, got banished to go and sit on my bed until I came for her, came out three times promising she could obey (while disobeying...) won't stay out of her sister's clothes that are all too small for her, had a few tantrums when Beans got close to her, had a fit when I wouldn't stop what I was doing to dress her in her play dress up clothes, and when Beans woke up from her nap not feeling well, she tried climbing into the recliner and burrowing behind me and rocking. She's also asking (and demanding) food every twenty minutes. I'm to the point where I need a break from her, and daddy won't be home for a half hour yet and we had places to go after supper tonight (finally getting Hubbs new shoes and he won't do it unless I help :rollseyes:)

Top that off with the Beans turning two in a little over a month. This is going to be such a fun year. Please read that sarcastically.

The closer to four they get, the easier things seem. It's weird. But I always dreaded the 18 months to two and a half... until I had children... and then... it was as if I had been lied to my whole life. "the terrible twos" are nothing... just simple baby going to toddler-hood. THREE is when life gets REALLY interesting... with little ones trying to be "big girls", going their own way, doing things by themselves. ::sigh:: It's been interesting having TWO in the 3's. Oy. Fortunately... they will turn four in March, and it shows... they are growing more mellow, more obedient and just more easy going in general. Praise the Lord for *4*!