"Wildness" in a 2.5 year old girl

[Anonymous]

I don't know how else to describe it, but my DD acts like a wild animal at times. If she wants something, she will not take no for an answer and will throw herself at whatever it is she wants. It can take me a good two minutes to physically try to remove something form her and her eyes get wild when I do. I thought she was just high-spirited but I am beginning to see how different she is from her peers. She is aggressive and will stop unless I hold her down pretty much or physically remove her. She will not stop doing something (like throwing toys rapidly and one right after another out of the toy box) unless I physically stop her and then she just breaks away and runs off. She never acknowledges that she has been corrected.

Her speech is behind her peers too.

What is this?

[Anonymous]

Frustration about not being able communicate properly.

[Anonymous]

Get her hearing tested.

Contact early intervention for an evaluation. They may recommend things like speech or ABA for behavioral issues--she doesn't need to be on the spectrum for this to be helpful.

[Anonymous]

agree with the pp about hearing and pursuing ST with early intervention. Also you can try teaching her signing. My kids watched a show they loved called Signing Time. I bought the DVD set.
Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Also read Happiest Toddler on the Block. He talks about verbalizing emotions for your child, when they don't have the ability to articulate it themselves. Could be helpful with her.

[Anonymous]

Pretty typical for this age.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you so the comments.

The thing is that her behavior is not typical of the children her exact age that she is around. She is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty typical for this age.

No, these are the preschoolers teachers dread. Good for op for recognizing it. I hope you find solutions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you so the comments.

The thing is that her behavior is not typical of the children her exact age that she is around. She is different.

The 2 tear olds that you normally see out in public are the calmer ones. Mommies keep their wilder 2 year olds home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you so the comments.

The thing is that her behavior is not typical of the children her exact age that she is around. She is different.

The 2 tear olds that you normally see out in public are the calmer ones. Mommies keep their wilder 2 year olds home.

That is so not true and borderline offensive!

[Anonymous]

OP you’ve received some good advice. Trust your gut.

I would also make an appointment with a developmental pediatrician, which will be a few months out.

If things settle down you can always cancel it later.

[Anonymous]

Op, you’ve posted before. For the love of, get an evaluation. It could ebbautism or just delays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frustration about not being able communicate properly.

+1 Have you had her evaluated for the speech delays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you so the comments.

The thing is that her behavior is not typical of the children her exact age that she is around. She is different.

Describe who she is around? How old are they? How often do you see them and in what environment? How many kids are you comparing her to?

We have a child in our group who is the wildest in the group. There is always “the wildest” one. It does not mean she needs an evaluation. Nothing you’ve written strikes me as needing an appointment with a neuropsychologist or anything. Talk to ped about hearing.

[Anonymous]

She might be able to hear just right but she has auditory processing deficiencies-very common and Tomatis worked great for my son. ABA might be needed too later or not at all