Comments on: The golden years http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/ Life as a family of expats Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cara http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 Cara Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:52:02 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1782 Thank you, oh-thank-you for this post. I have a little boy who turned 3 in June and I swear that the very first week he was 3, he was a horror (or, as you say, "tough"). He never went through the supposed terrible twos, but the threes-- boy, oh boy. And the more I talk to parents of older kids, they all remark how tough 3 was. And how great 4 is! I'm glad to hear that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Only 10 more months to go! (*praying for patience*) Thank you, oh-thank-you for this post. I have a little boy who turned 3 in June and I swear that the very first week he was 3, he was a horror (or, as you say, “tough”). He never went through the supposed terrible twos, but the threes– boy, oh boy. And the more I talk to parents of older kids, they all remark how tough 3 was. And how great 4 is! I’m glad to hear that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Only 10 more months to go! (*praying for patience*)

]]> By: Aimee http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Aimee Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:49:46 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1657 You have given me hope! Noah won't be four til September, but I think I can hang on.:) You have given me hope! Noah won’t be four til September, but I think I can hang on.:)

]]> By: Adrienne http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Adrienne Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:10:03 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1617 Thank you for this. I stumbled on your Simple Mom blog a few months back and have really enjoyed and gleaned a lot from both blogs. I just got through disciplining our two and a half year old a few minutes before reading this post. Very timely for me! I needed this encouragement. Thank you for this. I stumbled on your Simple Mom blog a few months back and have really enjoyed and gleaned a lot from both blogs. I just got through disciplining our two and a half year old a few minutes before reading this post. Very timely for me! I needed this encouragement.

]]> By: mikki roo http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 mikki roo Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:37:35 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1616 I felt that way too... until Buster turned 5. I think it's been the most hair-raising age so far. It's so much more attitude and sneaky underhandedness... but he never hit the "terrible twos" so maybe this is it, just 3 years late.! I felt that way too… until Buster turned 5. I think it’s been the most hair-raising age so far. It’s so much more attitude and sneaky underhandedness… but he never hit the “terrible twos” so maybe this is it, just 3 years late.!

]]> By: Marti Smith http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Marti Smith Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:57:11 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1615 Thanks so much, Tsh. We are definitely in the battle right now! :) Your post gives me hope that it will, indeed, be a Merry Christmas around here (when Suzy turns 4). Thanks so much, Tsh. We are definitely in the battle right now! :) Your post gives me hope that it will, indeed, be a Merry Christmas around here (when Suzy turns 4).

]]> By: Mandi http://betterthingsahead.com/the-golden-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Mandi Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:31:12 +0000 http://betterthingsahead.com/?p=644#comment-1614 Yes, yes, yes!!! My firstborn is about as strong-willed as they come, and as a first-time mom, all I had heard was about the "terrible twos". I was totally freaked out as we headed toward three and things began to escalate and we began to have such huge issues in pretty much every area of life. Terrible twos? HA! Thankfully, my mom mentioned at one point that one of her mentors had assured her when my sister was three that four was so much better, and she assured me that it really happened, almost with the turn of a switch, at four. About that time, I happened across Dooce's blog (one I don't normally read), and she had posted her "Forty-nine months" letter to her daughter in which she said almost the exact same thing. I held on for dear life through three, and sure enough, at four I felt like everything changed – she and I connected on a deeper level, she no longer felt the need to disobey just for the sake of disobeying. In short, everything was better. Now we've got a new three year old, and it's so much easier to handle having already come out on the other side with her big sister. But I can't believe how few people talk about it!! Yes, yes, yes!!!

My firstborn is about as strong-willed as they come, and as a first-time mom, all I had heard was about the “terrible twos”. I was totally freaked out as we headed toward three and things began to escalate and we began to have such huge issues in pretty much every area of life. Terrible twos? HA!

Thankfully, my mom mentioned at one point that one of her mentors had assured her when my sister was three that four was so much better, and she assured me that it really happened, almost with the turn of a switch, at four. About that time, I happened across Dooce’s blog (one I don’t normally read), and she had posted her “Forty-nine months” letter to her daughter in which she said almost the exact same thing.

I held on for dear life through three, and sure enough, at four I felt like everything changed – she and I connected on a deeper level, she no longer felt the need to disobey just for the sake of disobeying. In short, everything was better. Now we’ve got a new three year old, and it’s so much easier to handle having already come out on the other side with her big sister. But I can’t believe how few people talk about it!!

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