The Terrible Twos

So my wife had our second child almost three weeks ago.  His name is Rowan.  He is very calm, sleeps well, eats well, etc.  The exact opposite of our first born, Malena (she is two years old).

Over the past few weeks, Malena has been adjusting to the 'new intruder' in our home.  I talk to some friends about her behavior and they write it off as "oh, she is at the 'terrible twos' stage." 

(I hate speaking, writing and hearing cliches. For that, I've always ignored people when they say things like that.) 

But, I'm convinced, that the phrase, "the terrible twos" has nothing to do with the fact that your two year old child is at a stage of development. 

Instead, the "Terrible Twos" has to do with the fact that you have TWO Kids.

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[paul]

I don't buy the terrible twos at all. It's all about the new baby. My oldest, who was an angel until #2 arrived when he was 2 1/2 suddenly began to run out the door, poke anything into electrical sockets. I feel like he tried to climb out windows to get out attention. That led to wholesale childproofing and that did the trick but that was one full week of hell and then he relented: the baby brother was not going away.