My daughter is two. Are the twos as terrible as they're infamously named? In some ways, totally. She, on occasion, wakes up from her naps screaming hysterically, and we don't know how to calm her down. Sometimes this lasts for 15-20 minutes.
She likes to play the "I don't actually know what I want" game. Not familiar with it? It goes something like this:
S: I want ice [in my water]!
Me: Ok. *adds ice in water*
S: No. No. No ice.
Me: 🤦🏻♀️ *Takes away bottle. Dumps out - refills water only. Hands back bottle*
S: Ice! Ice! Ice!
Me: Are you kidding me?! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
She likes to sleep with her door open, but if it's not open enough, she'll scream at you to open it more.
She needs all her stuffed animals lined up in a particular place and way under the blanket and if they move even the slightest bit (even if she moved/kicked them around), she'll start crying for you to come back and fix it.
Are you exhausted yet? That's just the start.
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On the flip hand, she amazes me at how helpful and capable she already is at just two years old. She can help me unload the clean clothes from the dryer into the basket, and sometimes, she'll even drag the basket to the living room for me to fold if she's feeling extra cooperative. She can help me bring bags of light items from the grocery store into the kitchen for me to put away. She can turn on and off light switches when asked to. She can retrieve items for me when requested.
So is she really that terrible as a two year old?
Sometimes. The answer is sometimes.
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It's the year 2020. We've only had a handful of years with two 2s so far: 2020, 2012, 2002, 1922. Unfortunately, many people started the year with high hopes, only to have them be squashed. Some would say it's been a terrible year. It has indeed been a year filled with uncertainty and unrest.
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