How to Tell if You Have a 'Spirited' Child

1) If your child likes to flop around on the floor like a fish out of water and scream for about 5 minutes when you disrupt him from having his way, you might have a 'spirited' child (note of caution, if you then proceed to laugh because in some strange way you actually find this funny, child will only extend the flopping and screaming).

2) If your child, who is not yet 2, likes to say things like "No talking Mama!", "Quiet Mama!", "Stop it Mama!", "No touch my carseat Mama!", you might have a 'spirited' child.

3) If your child purposefully seeks to do the very things you told him not to do, and only because you told him not to, you might have a 'spirited' child.

4) If your child wants to see *just how far* he can go with what you're asking him not to do (ie...asking him not to put his feet on the table while eating, and he slowly inches his feet toward the edge of the table, getting that tiny corner of his toenail on the edge, but not going any further), you might have a spirited child.

In summary, our son has hit the ground running with this whole 'terrible twos' thing
is such a spirited child! :)