Ever since T turned 22 months he has been more defiant, less cooperative, and kind of mean (telling me to go away all the time, swatting at me). Everything takes forever to do with him and he is only content when he has his way. What happened to my sweet boy? It coincided with when we went away without him for a few days. But we have been back for 2 weeks and it's only gotten worse.

Don't get me wrong we have had rough patches before (15-18 months....) but this seems worse since he is asserting more independence.

Anyone else? Terrible 2s starting early?