Middle child syndrome or is it just a phase?!
Our middle child, Trent, is three and he’s been soooo cranky with the capital C lately or, should I say, since he’s turned three six months ago!! Sometimes, I feel like he’s our Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
It doesn’t matter what time of the day or night, any small thing could set him off and he’d be clingy, hitting, throwing things and crying uncontrollably. To make matter’s worse, he can’t express himself most of the times because he’s still learning to talk.
At one point, our oldest son, Tyler who’s five going on forty said “That’s bad attitude Trent!” during one of Trent’s meltdowns and that would anger Trent more. 
I told my husband that it was all my fault that when he was in utero, I could have sworn that I was carrying a girl. And even when I was getting my ultrasound, the nurse had to repeat herself three times that I was having a boy because I didn’t believe her. So, he must have been angry in utero and now is taking it out on me. 
But my husband assures me that it must be a phase, I hope, or that he’s acting out his “middle child syndrome” and looking for more attention from Mommy and Daddy.
We’ve tried to give all our three children all the attention they need/want as best as we could. Even one-on-one opportunities with Daddy, Mommy’s turn is next. And the taboo thing to do is to compare Trent to his older brother or sister, which we consciously don’t do, only during our pillow talks.
From what I’ve read on the Net, “middle children often grow up to be well-adjusted, easy-going adults.” They are good negotiators, but tend to keep their feelings and thoughts inside and that would be a problem in a marriage.
Are you going through the same thing with your three year old middle child? If so, what did you do when he/she acted out? We’ve tried making him laugh by tickling him, hold him or distract him with something he likes to do, his Legos. It gets difficult when Sophia, our fifteen month old baby, wants attention the same time. It’s a good thing I have two legs and two arms. 
And what would I do if we have the 4th child?! 
At least there won’t be a middle child syndrome in our household, just plain chaos times four!
Our middle child, Trent, is three and he’s been soooo cranky with the capital C lately or, should I say, since he’s turned three six months ago!! Sometimes, I feel like he’s our Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
It doesn’t matter what time of the day or night, any small thing could set him off and he’d be clingy, hitting, throwing things and crying uncontrollably. To make matter’s worse, he can’t express himself most of the times because he’s still learning to talk.
At one point, our oldest son, Tyler who’s five going on forty said “That’s bad attitude Trent!” during one of Trent’s meltdowns and that would anger Trent more.
I told my husband that it was all my fault that when he was in utero, I could have sworn that I was carrying a girl. And even when I was getting my ultrasound, the nurse had to repeat herself three times that I was having a boy because I didn’t believe her. So, he must have been angry in utero and now is taking it out on me.
But my husband assures me that it must be a phase, I hope, or that he’s acting out his “middle child syndrome” and looking for more attention from Mommy and Daddy.
We’ve tried to give all our three children all the attention they need/want as best as we could. Even one-on-one opportunities with Daddy, Mommy’s turn is next. And the taboo thing to do is to compare Trent to his older brother or sister, which we consciously don’t do, only during our pillow talks.
From what I’ve read on the Net, “middle children often grow up to be well-adjusted, easy-going adults.” They are good negotiators, but tend to keep their feelings and thoughts inside and that would be a problem in a marriage.
Are you going through the same thing with your three year old middle child? If so, what did you do when he/she acted out? We’ve tried making him laugh by tickling him, hold him or distract him with something he likes to do, his Legos. It gets difficult when Sophia, our fifteen month old baby, wants attention the same time. It’s a good thing I have two legs and two arms.
And what would I do if we have the 4th child?! At least there won’t be a middle child syndrome in our household, just plain chaos times four!
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