When Twos Feel Terrible

Overall, the Twos haven’t been too terrible with Declan. Or so we thought. Little dude apparently looked at the calendar, realized his time in the Twos is limited, and figured he should squeeze in all the terrible in a condensed time frame.

As it always feels in the throes of the Twos, the one that you're in is always the worst. Upon reflection, I vaguely remember telling Mike in the throes of Q’s Twos that we only had one more cycle to deal with. Which may mean that the girls’ Twos were not the picnics I seem to remember (ah, the blessings of a mother’s memory).

Declan’s recent turkey-like behavior is probably more apparent than it was with the previous Twos because there is no infant to split our focus. He’s being compared to a couple somewhat shaped in appropriate behavior siblings as opposed to us trying to train a Two while also trying to keep a newly mobile infant from bodily harm or staircase suicide.

I remember Fiona spending a lot of quality time in time-out during the Twos. Once we got into the Threes, it got a bit easier with her. Quinn did better during the Twos and really gave us a run for our money during the Threes. So maybe Dec’s just getting his in en force now and he’ll be back to his delightful self for the Threes. I’m going to go with that plan. We’ll see if he does.