Hey PL!
I think Maddox sounds like a perfectly normal boddler!
Skye is a very energetic, active and often quite loud toddler!

There were times when she was a few months old that I used to dread going out and about. Her reflux was so extreme that I had to take towels with me for fear of a river of sick issuing out of her mouth :roll: And the crying and fighting the bottle used to make life when out of the house quite a challenge to say the least. I used to prefer to go out with my sister who had plenty of baby experience and would be a great help to me, and woudl provide fab reassurance in such situations. I even struggled to meet other new mums as I was worried they would wonder what on earth was the matter with my baby and what I was doing wrong? :\(
So although Skye can be handful at times I find things much more managable now than back then. Yes she can scream for England if she wants to, and sometimes it is a bit embarrassing (i.e. the Starbucks episode we had the other week I mentioned on another thread). She doesn't take well to being restrained in her buggy if she has been let out and you try to get her back in! I admit I have to bribe her with food at times!!
Now she can walk things are a little easier in that at least she doesn't crawl in pubs/restaurants/parks and nearly get trampled on, and I don't worry so much about where she's putting her hands i.e. doggie doodle!
I can sometimes be the mother chasing after the child in public places asking them not to touch this/swing off that etc, but it's all so exciting for Skye at the moment, and she can only learn what's right from wrong by trying to occasionally push the boundaries. i know she will learn in time and in a few months she will be a reasonable well rounded toddler, with just the occasional bout of willfullness to tame! Hopefully...!:lol:
You are definitely not alone PL!! x