Two Soon

[billroper]

daisy_knotwise reports that Katie has picked up a new word.

"No." The accompanying shake of the head leaves no doubt, as Gretchen asked her to please put the dirty diaper in the Diaper Genie.

Combined with the temper tantrum at the mall food court on Monday night, I'd say that this suggests that we have arrived at the Terrible Twos somewhat ahead of schedule, given that Katie's not quite 18 months old yet.

Maybe she'll grow out of them sooner too...

Comments

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

It's probably a Gaussian distribution peaking around two.

[carolf.livejournal.com]

I see no reason why it can't be a mixture of the two -- sibling rivalry in the budding and the terrible twos. From what I understand of child psychology (a favorite hobby) it makes a certain amount of sense that they'd come together for an older sibling.

The terrible twos are the period where the child first really grokks that she has an identity that is separate from that of the parents. While it feels like a power play on the parental side of the fence, it's really the first signs of self-actualization. This will all-too-quickly lead to the second epiphany that she is NOT at the center of the universe, and that in fact all those other kids, too, are part of her world but not of herself. (This is why small kids have trouble "getting" the concept that they hurt someone else when they hit or throw things...)

Now, along comes a very tangible proof -- right in her face -- that she is a separate entity, no longer the center of the family, let alone the universe.

Sigh. I SO wanted children.