{"id":1226,"date":"2011-05-17T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2013-08-30T00:54:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T14:54:58","slug":"the-terrible-threes-and-the-ability-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/05\/the-terrible-threes-and-the-ability-to-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terrible Threes and the Ability to Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"
“The other problem is that the label [terrible twos] seems to give an excuse for some behaviour that I’d rather not encourage. I make no secret of the fact that I expect a lot from my daughter in many ways, and I don’t make any excuses. If she’s having a not-so-great moment, it’s just that – it’s not because she’s two, it isn’t because she doesn’t know any better. It’s just a bad moment.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I read this quote from Megan Blandford’s post on the Terrible Twos<\/a> the other day and it really resonated with me, specially at a time when I have been tearing my hair out at Kalyra’s “Terrible Threes” stage.<\/p>\n
The twos were full of sweetness and newness with Kalyra, but lately it has all turned to fierce foot stomping tantrums and the assertiveness of her firey and wilful spirit. When you name someone a “wild and pleasant place” <\/a><\/strong><\/em>you have to expect these sorts of things.<\/p>\n