Tell me about your 22 month old

[Adaline'sMama]

DD is 18 months and I am expecting #2 in early Feb. They will be 22 months apart, and Im trying to figure out where DD will be and what kind of struggles we will be having with her when the newbie arrives. She is no longer nursing, transitioning into her own bed, has done some overnights with grandparents, is eating well, sleeping well, and throwing all kinds of fits about everything. She is saying "no" to us a lot, running away if she has something we are asking her to give us or share with us, and dropping her body like deadweight when I ask her to walk somewhere that she doesnt want to walk. Climbs.on.everything.

Does your 22-26 month old:

Walk from the house to the car?
Get in their carseat (not strapping themselves in, but climbing in)?
Stay seated in the grocery cart seat (the strap just will not hold her down)?
Hit you or bite you?
Drop or go limp while you are trying to do something important, like cross the street?


What are things that you could warn me about as potential problems to look into for that age group? She changes so fast, and was a completely different baby 4 months ago, so its hard for me to imagine what things will be like. Im envisioning lots of babywearing and multiple trips when going places (ie, will I have to take her out to the car and strap her in and then come back in the house, get the baby and take him out to strap him in'?)


Just starting to have a minor freak out about two under two.

[Peony]

No to thefirst three many times. He can if he chooses to, choosing to doesn't always happen. And yes to the last two.

DS1 turned 2 in April, but is immature, developmentally he acts like he is much younger then he is. More like a just turned 2y maybe. I have a 2 month old. I have to take those two kids (I've got 4) in and out of the car and house separately most of the time. DS1 just won't come by himself. He has to be strapped into a stroller even for a short walk into someplace most days because I can NOT trust him to hold my hand across a parking lot or street. He will either refuse to walk or bolt. If I don't use a stroller then a large percentage of the time I end up dragging/carrying him across the street under my arm while wearing the baby. I've never used a stroller so much with any other kid, this is my closet pacing. Yep, it's a PIA. I just keep saying, it will pass, it will pass. 

[Anna Phor]

My son is 23 months. We have just started doing short trips (neighborhood grocery store) with him holding my hand rather than being corralled in a stroller. He's about 50/50 at this point on walking by himself vs. having to be carried in arms, which I do if he won't hold my hand, as we live on a busy street.

We don't have a car, but he will get in the stroller himself, sometimes. He'll also climb up to his seat at the table. He sits well in the grocery cart but always has, especially when given important tasks like holding cans of beans. :)

He goes insane if he sees me hold a baby though. Like major clinging for the next 20 minutes.

[penguintattoo]

I have a 22 month old and I am due Saturday, and I remember wondering what it was going to be like(still kind of am!).

Walk from the house to the car? Yes
Get in their carseat (not strapping themselves in, but climbing in)? Yes and she can partially strap herself in
Stay seated in the grocery cart seat (the strap just will not hold her down)? Usually, she went through a really bad phase a few months ago where I didn't even want to bring her anywhere, but she is definitely getting much much better!
Hit you or bite you? Sometimes, but generally no, she has to be in a really bad mood for that to happen.
Drop or go limp while you are trying to do something important, like cross the street? Again rarely, but generally no.