Terrible 2s - H

As a first time mom, I realize how ignorant I am about kids. So, I just realized today, after talking to a couple of moms with more kids and more experience than I, just what the "terrible" in the term "terrible 2s" is referring to. It's somewhat reassuring b/c J has been a bit terrible lately about sleeping, and I thought it was a matter of retraining her to sleep. So, I was racking my brain to figure out how I was going to get her to sleep without raising hell about it, and now I know that well, maybe I can't. I just have to deal with it. She's also been negative about everything, and dealing with that has been tiring too. Her response most of the time these days is, "No, I'm not going to ..." in the whiniest voice you can imagine. So, suggesting anything to her is futile b/c whatever it is, her answer is, "No, I'm not going to ..." Again I was trying to figure it out, and now I know that that's what she's supposed to be doing at her age. I probably can do nothing more than to wait it out and be patient, which again is reassuring. It's not me, it's her.

My hope is that this stage will end at 27 months when baby #2 arrives. HA! A girl can wish for anything, can't she?