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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is 2.5. We are really struggling right now. She’s having wild tantrums and is very hard to put to bed at night and is generally defiant. Just a month ago, though, things were pretty easy, so I know this is just a stage. But even beyond the stuff with her age, DH and I have some health stuff and some financial stuff and job uncertainties that just make things stressful. I keep thinking “if we can get past these tantrums, things will get easier” but then folks say 3 is even harder than 2. All of this is DEFINITELY easier than the first 6 months were for us (reflux, colic, no sleep), so we seem to be on the right trajectory. Is there an age when things get noticeably easier? 4? Kindergarten? Or never really?[/quote]

Mom of a 19 year old here.  Other than this past year when DS was away at college, I would say that 4 was the easiest year by far.  No diapers, no nap, predictable feeding time and could eat whatever was available.  Plenty of words to express himself, and understand my point of view which meant fewer tantrums.  Plus  he was still in full day daycare so no finding summer camps, no homework, no juggling before care/after care, no exhaustion from a full day of school, no after school activities.  4 really was heaven.  [/quote]

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