I yelled at my two-year-old nephew the other day, because he wasn't paying attention and spilled something, made a huge mess. I've been yelling at him off and on recently since he started living with my family for a short period of time. It's so hard to keep my patience in the moment... But then later on I feel so terrible that I can't be a better human being to him.
I think it's an adjustment you have to work through. Toddlers can really test anyone's patience!
Yeah. I'm trying to handle myself better. It's hard when you're arguing with the child about the same thing, every day, day after day. It feels like running into a wall. You want to teach them, but they don't listen, or they don't show improvement. And obviously it's because he's two and he's just going to naturally take time to develop. But in the meantime, I struggle to not overreact.
It's really hard, especially being thrown into an environment with a two year old and not having them for a consistent basis from when they were younger up until now.