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2 years ago ::
Mar 13, 2011 - 8:34PM
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Olivia has been REALLY testing me the last couple of days. I feel that she is too young to really do any form of discipline, but she is old enough to know what she is doing, so I am stuck in a hard place. For example, she kept putting her crayons in her mouth tonight, and I kept saying "Eeeewwwwwy! Not in your mouth!" and she would take it out, look me in the eyes, and do it again. After a couple times of doing that, I told her, "if you put them in your mouth again, you are going to be all done." Sure enough, she did it again. I took the crayons from her and she threw a tantrum. Then at dinner she was throwing her spaghetti on the floor. I told her "no, when you throw it on the floor, that tells me that you are all done" and she did it again so I took her bowl. I feel like maybe she's too young to reallly understand what I'm telling her, but I dont know what to do. She obviously knows what she's doing. How do you all handle this kind of situation?
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2 years ago ::
Mar 13, 2011 - 11:20PM
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Megan--That is why I have a pack-n-play in the living room. It is Ember's time-out. When she is beign naughty by climbing on the coffee table, or the stairs and I have redirected her too many times, she gets a firm "no-no" and into 'the box' she goes. If she throws food, she gets taken out of her chair and dinner is over. She throws a fit, she goes in the box. Never for very long, but as long as she is screaming.
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2 years ago ::
Mar 14, 2011 - 8:23AM
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Megan, we usually redirect as well, or when he keeps doing the same thing, like throwing something on the floor that we've given him or trying to mess with something he is not supposed to, we either remove the item or remove him from the situation. We don't have a pack and play here to use as a time out and from what I've read they don't really understand time outs until a bit later anyway, so I didn't see the point in trying to make him stay in one. The thing we struggle with is when Jackson gets on a roll with ignoring us saying no and where he thinks it's funny. Dh really struggles with not yelling at him or smacking his hand when he keeps reaching for say the power cord or whatever. I know it's incredibly frustrating, but it doesn't do any good and most of the time Jackson still thinks that's funny. Ugh, it's so hard to figure out what to do with them at this age. I think they understand some, but not all of what they're doing.
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2 years ago ::
Mar 14, 2011 - 11:15AM
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I think you're doing the right thing, Megan. Our little ones are testing their limits right now and trying to learn what is acceptable. If Sophie starts giving her food to the dogs, dinner is over. She actually listens to me very well. She will try to grab the video cord on the front of the tv and I tell her no. She'll look at me and try again. I'll say no. Then she'll reach for it, look at me, and shake her head and say no and pull her hand back. It's so cute to see her learning. And we've done that enough now that she knows she's not suppose to grab it. I don't think punishment works at this age. We just try to reinforce the behavior or redirect if she keeps being naughty.
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