On the eve of S's 2nd birthday, Roland mentioned something about heading into the 'terrible two's'. I've never liked that label. I've pretty much blacked out the fact that two is a difficult age and have instead brainwashed myself to embrace the wonder of toddlerhood.

But then it suddenly hit me--what if S is 'terrible'? What if S turns out to be the kid that throws flailing tantrums in the grocery store or the playground sandbox? What if S whines incessantly for something then ends up a sobbing heap on the kitchen floor?

I have to say that we've had our moments. S has his fair share of tantrums but so far they're not much worse than when he was 18 months old. He's always voiced his needs quite strongly so his behaviour isn't anything new. Now that he's older he understands much more when we try to reason with him and he's also better able to express himself. Also I think we're better at reading him and heading him off before a tantrum starts.

We're only 2 months into the two's so we'll see how things go!