Parenting a 2-year-old....

Parenting a 2-year-old is so hard. I miss the days of her tantruming for a week and then not doing it for weeks and weeks... now I'm lucky if we can make it through one hour without more then one tantrum. It's draining, mind-boggling, and overwhelming. Her screaming, shrieking, wailing, and howling could very well break the windows in the house. One wrong look and you could be in pure hell within 2 seconds.

I also wonder if the concept of a 2-year-old is foreign to some. I have encountered a lot of "Is everything ok's, what's going on's, etc" this week - and all I can reply with is "everything is fine, she's just 2". Some women give me a disgusted look and run in the opposite direction, others give me the pity look, and some grandma's ask her age, tell me their grand-daughters are the same age, and are doing the same thing.

Most of the time I don't know whether to ignore her or just pick her up. I know she is feeling a bit traumatized this week with an earlier incident - and in those situations I always pick her up.. but other times I'd like to give her a popsicle in hopes that she'll stop!

I also love the world "NO". Everything under the sun is NO! No to naps, no to bed, no to putting away toys, no to getting the sheep, and on... and on.... and on.

To think, a month ago I had this parenting thing under control - and now we're just spiraling out of control into the depths of 2-year-old hell.