I need help kids.
Hudson totally understands the word no. Except he looks at me-smiles and keeps on doing what I’m telling him not to. After the initial “no!” I will usually give him a little swat on the top of his hand. It usually makes him cry because he knows he did something bad. NOT because it hurts. Anyhow. Today he just decided that the swat is HILARIOUS. I no longer have a device to stop him from getting into stuff. I need some freaking pointers. Parenting is hard!!
February 26th, 2010 - 2:43 PM
How about telling him “NO” and then redirecting his attention to something you would rather he be doing?
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February 26th, 2010 - 2:46 PM
Tried that. He is stubborn. He walks bck to the same thing (in this case the fireplace tools) over and over. I pulled him away with toys and all that probably 5 times. While he giggled.
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February 26th, 2010 - 3:32 PM
Cute blog! Congrats on the upcoming 3 under 2! I’m a mama of 3 under 2, all boys. It’s tough, but fabulous. (I found you on top mommy blogs.)
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February 26th, 2010 - 4:06 PM
What about time outs? My moms trick was to take us out of the room/away from toys until we would listen. I think we even had a time out chair. Anyway, it worked for her but I don’t know – boys can be reallllly stubborn! I’ve heard other moms says their kids laugh @ them when punishment is attempted. That would drive me bananas! Good luck dear!!
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February 27th, 2010 - 8:15 AM
75% of the time when I tell Milo “no” he listens and moves away from what he is doing. Ohhhh but that other 25% of the time he laughs and laughs and then continues doing what I was telling him not to in the first place but , this time he does it even more aggressively than he was to begin with. Then I pick him up and put him in his playpen where he cries for a few minutes and then I take him out and put him on his scooter or give him something new to play with and that usually works. The crying for a few minutes makes him lose track of whatever bad he was doing to begin with.
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February 27th, 2010 - 8:35 AM
Yeah, I wish that was the situation. I try the playpen thing too. But when I let him out- straight back to whatever it was that he wasn’t supposed to do!! He’s gonna be a handfull.
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