my DS just turned 3 (smile/snif) ...I say that because while I'm so impressed at how big and smart he is getting, he is also starting to turn into a brat, and I'm not at all used to it and I just want to cry 
... is this just 3 yo behavior and it'll pass and move onto something else?...: he snatches things out of my hands... he turns his head and says NO and I don't WANT to and tells me that a toy or a food that I worked hard to get him that he said he wanted he all of a sudden doesn't want it anymore, take it away,...and sometimes he says that he hates me...I only allow him to watch TIVO'd Bob the Builder, Curious George, and/or Puppy Clifford...but I do know that once in a blue moon he sees Sponge Bob with DH, so maybe he's just picking it up from there? I try my hardest to be RESPONSIVE and not REACTIVE, but with a newborn and no sleep and my feelings hurt, sometimes it's hard to 'ignore some behavior' and 'redirect' or whatever GD idea I can think of with limited brain power. I just want to know if this is normal/typical behavior and what I can do? maybe he just needs an outlet for his curiosity/energy and put him in swim classes or something like that with other kids? I'm new to 3years old! He just turned 3 yesterday 
... is this just 3 yo behavior and it'll pass and move onto something else?...: he snatches things out of my hands... he turns his head and says NO and I don't WANT to and tells me that a toy or a food that I worked hard to get him that he said he wanted he all of a sudden doesn't want it anymore, take it away,...and sometimes he says that he hates me...I only allow him to watch TIVO'd Bob the Builder, Curious George, and/or Puppy Clifford...but I do know that once in a blue moon he sees Sponge Bob with DH, so maybe he's just picking it up from there? I try my hardest to be RESPONSIVE and not REACTIVE, but with a newborn and no sleep and my feelings hurt, sometimes it's hard to 'ignore some behavior' and 'redirect' or whatever GD idea I can think of with limited brain power. I just want to know if this is normal/typical behavior and what I can do? maybe he just needs an outlet for his curiosity/energy and put him in swim classes or something like that with other kids? I'm new to 3years old! He just turned 3 yesterday 
: I'm so upset that came out of her mouth. So...I shut off the TV (permanantly!) so she doesn't pick up any more of that. I picked up a preschool book I've been waiting on ordering for the routine recommendations (it's not academic) and put those in practice right away. It helps, but we still have a major meltdown every day, mostly if she is frustrated or hungry or tired.
to the moms of threes!
