Will my mischievous 1yo always be that way or will she mellow out?

[wendibird22]

DD2 is 14mos old and I swear her middle name is mischief. She's the polar opposite of DD1 and so she's giving us a run for our money. Literally. She climbs, she runs, she bites (not frequently but DD1 never bit anyone), she screams like a pterodactyl when she doesn't get her way. Saturday night DH brought both girls to a lovely fundraising event my college students where having on campus. For the hour they were there DH and I took turns chasing after DD2 who continually made a mad dash for this grand open staircase. Did I mention she's fast. So I eventually grabbed her hands and helped her walk up and down the stairs thinking it would take the novelty off. But, nope. No dice. She needed to climb those stairs again and again and again. At home she stands up on this toddler size upholstered rocking chair and then makes it rock while she's standing. We tell her no. We tell her to sit. We take the chair away for a while. We take her off the chair and redirect. Every day it's the same thing. And when you tell her no or sit she just gets this evil grin from ear to ear or she laughs. OMG! Please tell me this gets better. DH has grand plans for taking the kids on fun trips to the zoo, the children's museum, and the amusement park but honestly, I can only picture DD2 being "that kid" who makes the news for climbing into the bear's den or getting stuck in the "claw" machine at the arcade. Even the director at daycare calls her Trouble. I don't want to be a parent that squashes the spirit of an adventurous and curious child. But at the same time she fills me with equal parts fear and anxiety!

[JBaxter]

Um no... in my experience they just get more creative.

[mom2khj]

You just described my 2nd DD. Polar opposite of my first. I used to joke that if #2 had been #1, there would not have been a #2 (yet we still went and had #3 :rotflmao: )

Anyhow, now at 5 she has still not mellowed and I have just learned that this is her personality! We were watching Beezus & Ramona with DD1 just a few weeks ago and I realized DD2 IS Ramona. :rotflmao:

[hellokitty]

Um no... in my experience they just get more creative.

:yeahthat: DS1 was a very busy toddler, but didn't get into a lot of trouble and now as a 7 yr old, he is pretty mellow. DS2 and DS3 were just into everything, loud, would scream if they didn't get their way, they like to pick on someone else, climbing up everything and loudly screaming when they fell (didn't learn their lesson at all), as well as injuring other siblings. My younger two are by far much more challenging to deal with, not only do they act alike, but they look like clones of one another, it is really eerie. They are always up to something and if it's too quiet, I know that's a bad sign. I honestly am dreading when DS3 gets older (19 mo), he is already the one who has me pulling out my hair all of the time, and I thought that DS2 was bad, but of course DS3 had to top him.

[JBaxter]

I keep a slew of people entertained on facebook with the antics of Jack

[rachelh]

You guys are freaking me out! Same situation with my DDs - DD1 is/was an angel - never climbed, never shrieked for attention, etc. She was so mellow! DD2 middle name is trouble. Shes almost 1 and has started climbing out of her highchair, climbed out of her excersaucer when she was 10 months, and makes a mad sash for steps! DH was just syaing last night how she will be climbing out of her crib within the next few months. I was hoping as she gets older, it will wear off...guess not! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

[hillview]

Um no... in my experience they just get more creative.

DS2 was and is like this. He was a trouble maker at age 12 months and still is. It is his "personality" it is really hard to go from a more mellow sensitive child to the opposite of that IMO.
/hillary

[JTsMom]

Um no... in my experience they just get more creative.
:yeahthat: If it makes you feel any better, both of mine are like this.

Everyone told me that there's no way I'd have a second one as wild as DS1, but DS2 is even crazier!

[crl]

You people are not making me feel better about my 11 month old destructo girl. :shake:

Catherine

[MoJo]

I'm pretty sure I'm holding the nine month old version of the model you describe, except I'm barely able to hang on while I type.

[cuca_]

My DS (who previously posted some gibberish, because I had to get up in the middle of writing a reply - BTW don't know how to edit the title) has always been like this. He is ok in public places, but at home he is a little imp. I am sorry to say that he has not shown great improvement with age, only increased sophistication in the sort of things he does to get in trouble. And like you and others have described he totally smile/laughs at us while we reprimand him. Honestly, I am having a hard time with discipline because the methods I use with my DDs do not work on him. He is not phased by time-outs and could care less about rewards. I have been taking favorite toys away, and he cares a little, but imo not enough. He adores books, but I am not ready to take those away as punishment. He is smart and quite the charmer too, and I think he is going to have a great personality when he is older, but right now he is really trying my patience!

[carolinamama]

Both my kids are pretty much like this, DS2 moreso than DS1. Or maybe he just learned younger since he had an older brother to emulate. I think DH and I are better able to deal with it at this point and laugh at it. Because if we didn't laugh, we would cry - daily. We do outings and do spend lots of time chasing DS2 especially. Last Saturday at DS1's soccer game, he ran onto the soccer field atleast 15 times, giving us that evil grin and laugh since he knew he wasn't supposed to do it. I've gone back to using the stroller in parking lots unless he is in my arms again because he will dart. Walking on counters? No problem. Painting the dog green and orange? Last week. Climbing almost anything? No problem. In fact he was climbing out of his crib at 15 months. Argh. Seriously, just take pictures and laugh. Within reason.

[wendibird22]

Well, glad I have company! I guess I was expecting boys to be this active (my cousin has 2 boys who just climb the walls) but I didn't realize girls would be equally as, well, let's call it creative. I worry most because DD2 is also very smart. I'm thinking brilliant and fearless may be worse than dumb and fearless.

[JBaxter]

Well, glad I have company! I guess I was expecting boys to be this active (my cousin has 2 boys who just climb the walls) but I didn't realize girls would be equally as, well, let's call it creative. I worry most because DD2 is also very smart. I'm thinking brilliant and fearless may be worse than dumb and fearless.

Jack was 2 in Oct and can identify upper and lower case letters , colors , shapes and most numbers. hes starting to recognize some site words. he also fills the toilet with paper and tries to plunge it down before I find him.

[maestramommy]

:hysterical:
Sorry :hug:

Here's my thread on my 19 mo started a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=390229

She shows signs of only getting worse. The rocking on the chair thing, climbing up on tables, insisting on doing it again seconds after falling on the floor and hitting her head. The scream that sounds like a police whistle. It's truly amazing. I really want to take her to CA next year to visit my family, but I'm afraid we'll get thrown off he flight.

[wendibird22]

:hysterical:
Sorry :hug:

Here's my thread on my 19 mo started a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=390229

She shows signs of only getting worse. The rocking on the chair thing, climbing up on tables, insisting on doing it again seconds after falling on the floor and hitting her head. The scream that sounds like a police whistle. It's truly amazing. I really want to take her to CA next year to visit my family, but I'm afraid we'll get thrown off he flight.

Oh my. Just read your thread and I see DD2 in your post. At daycare one day all the other infants in her room were asleep except her, of course, and so the teachers told her "shhh" and put their finger up to their mouth. She now walks around shushing everyone, even the teachers, during nap time. If the teacher has to correct another infant and tell them "no" DD2 joins in and also tells that child "no". One day she rounded up all the spinning top type toys (the ones with the plunger that you push down and the inside contents spin) and placed them in a circle, sat herself inside the circle, and wouldn't let any of the other infants play with those toys.

I'm not cut out for raising this type of kid :)

[blue]

You people are not making me feel better about my 11 month old destructo girl. :shake:
Catherine
:icon_twisted:......;)

Um no... in my experience they just get more creative.
:yeahthat: So far this is my experience with my now 20 month old DS....But you never know wendibird22 your DC could be different :innocent:...One bright side to having a "spirited" DC, it helps keep the days from getting boring :)

[wendibird22]

:icon_twisted:......;)


:yeahthat: So far this is my experience with my now 20 month old DS....But you never know wendibird22 your DC could be different :innocent:...One bright side to having a "spirited" DC, it helps keep the days from getting boring :)

I'm thinking I need to go back and search for all those great threads on dealing with spirited children and bookmark it and start ordering books from Amazon and read up!