I am the mother of a terrific 17month daughter - and am rapidly being thrown into life with a toddler. I feel like this is too soon for me - what happened to me easy, loving all smiles baby? Now she is saying "no" to everything, never lets me hold her hand or help her with anything, and is getting into trouble every time I turn around! I love it all - but I just am realizing that there is so much for me to learn about mothering a toddler.

We are having sleep troubles... she used to go right down for naps and at bedtime with no fights - but these days it takes 45 minutes of screaming before she gives in. And she is waking up in the middle of the night. She has always woken up in the middle of the night - but usually I can just bring her into bed with us and she is happy to go right back to sleep. Last night it was not until 5am (thank you!) but she refused to go back to sleep - refused the bottle and everything.

Ah... the joys of a toddler!
Looking forward to hearing from other parents of little "monsters"

Timoney