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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im at my wits end with my 2 year old. I know the terrible twos are supposed to be bad, but this is unbearable. Its just one tantrum or meltdown after another until bedtime. During the week she goes to daycare and I am only with her from when I pick her up at 5 until bedtime at 7:30. It is the most miserable 2.5 hours. She fights me on absolutely everything. Getting in the bath, getting out, brushing teeth, putting on pajamas, starting to read books, stopping reading books. Its never ending. The weekends are exhausting.

I try giving her choices. It makes no difference. She says no to both. She gets plenty of food, plenty of sleep and plenty of one-on-one time. She is our only child. [/quote]

Sounds like a problem with "transitions."  At some point in age, giving a heads up once or twice ahead of time helps, like ok we are going to get in bath in 5 minutes.  3 minutes.  etc.  Trickery works too.  Like instead of saying ok time to get ready for bed, don't say it.  Ask her to sing song.  Slip shirt off, distract, look at the kitty or tv, ok change bottoms, and so forth.  Try to do some transitions on the sly without being obvious.  So there is never any abrupt transition.  [/quote]

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