Terrible Twos? No, the I-just-said-no-stop-doing-that-you-need-to-go-sit-in-time out threes!

The twos were not so bad. E is bright, and we could reason with him very well. IF that didnt work, we might have to send him for a calm down time out or 2. But something about the age of 3... 3 1/2 to be specific. My sweet little toddler who used to look like this:

now more or less resembles this:

only picture the honey badger whining and saying NO NO NO, I SAID NO!! Of course he still has his sweet moments, but they are so overshadowed by his crazy, disobedient, downright defiant moments. My moms group seems to all be in agreement that at age 3, those limits are really being tested. I hope we all make it to 4.