Comments on: Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior http://planningwithkids.com/2009/02/10/characteristics-of-two-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/ 2 parents, 5 kids, organised chaos Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stuffs « girl in georgiahttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/02/10/characteristics-of-two-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-97640 Stuffs « girl in georgia Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:12:52 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=1504#comment-97640 [...] with her which I think is pretty typical two-year old behavior.  I found this post quoting “characteristics of two (and a half) year old behavior” and that sounds EXACTLY like her! I know she’ll get through this but in the meantime [...] [...] with her which I think is pretty typical two-year old behavior.  I found this post quoting “characteristics of two (and a half) year old behavior” and that sounds EXACTLY like her! I know she’ll get through this but in the meantime [...]

]]> By: Kristihttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/02/10/characteristics-of-two-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-51704 Kristi Wed, 12 May 2010 05:44:23 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=1504#comment-51704 I feel alot like the mom in previous post, Ariel. My son will listen to his dad but he is constantly challenging me. He gets upset about getting in the car seat, changing his clothes. It's not every time but it's enough that I fear taking him out in public. He has a hard time leaving the park or any place where he is having alot of fun! i even give him a 5 minute warning we are leaving. Dad does have a firmer voice but I have tried to be firm. I count to 3 and if he doesn't do the task I ask I put him in timeout for a minute with the kitchen timer. This worked for awhile but now he isn't phased by it. He sits there fine and will come to me and apologize but then the next day he does it again. I feel like maybe being a working mom he feels like he isn't getting enough attention from me. I just want to be a good mommy! I feel alot like the mom in previous post, Ariel. My son will listen to his dad but he is constantly challenging me. He gets upset about getting in the car seat, changing his clothes. It’s not every time but it’s enough that I fear taking him out in public. He has a hard time leaving the park or any place where he is having alot of fun! i even give him a 5 minute warning we are leaving. Dad does have a firmer voice but I have tried to be firm. I count to 3 and if he doesn’t do the task I ask I put him in timeout for a minute with the kitchen timer. This worked for awhile but now he isn’t phased by it. He sits there fine and will come to me and apologize but then the next day he does it again. I feel like maybe being a working mom he feels like he isn’t getting enough attention from me. I just want to be a good mommy!

]]> By: Anelhttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/02/10/characteristics-of-two-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-44295 Anel Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:41:34 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=1504#comment-44295 Anel We have a lovely 2yr 7 month old boy. But he is also going through stages of hitting, ignoring, being very bossy, "don't want" "don't like". I really at times feel like Kathy. He listens to Dad first time round, but I feel like the failure as the mom. I am much softer than dad, so I think that might be the problem. My son loves me very very much, and he is a bit more advanced than the other children at kindy his age. I just need some advice on how to become firmer and get him to listen to me. He does not do this every time, but most of the time I have struggles and battles. Getting dressed, shouting at me when he gets upset. What I have discovered with him, when he is upset, I approach him with a soft, kind, warm smile and scoop him up with lots of cuddles. I told this to the teachers at kindy, because they would usually scold with frouns and "no mate that's not okay"!! - and this just flares him up even more. They tried my tecnique and it works. Please tell me what am I doing wrong. He is a very intelligent, loving little boy, but very domineering and stubborn. He is also the only (first) child. I need some advice please. I really dont want my son to struggle further in life building relationships and developing good social skills Anel Anel

We have a lovely 2yr 7 month old boy. But he is also going through stages of hitting, ignoring, being very bossy, “don’t want” “don’t like”. I really at times feel like Kathy. He listens to Dad first time round, but I feel like the failure as the mom. I am much softer than dad, so I think that might be the problem. My son loves me very very much, and he is a bit more advanced than the other children at kindy his age. I just need some advice on how to become firmer and get him to listen to me. He does not do this every time, but most of the time I have struggles and battles. Getting dressed, shouting at me when he gets upset. What I have discovered with him, when he is upset, I approach him with a soft, kind, warm smile and scoop him up with lots of cuddles. I told this to the teachers at kindy, because they would usually scold with frouns and “no mate that’s not okay”!! – and this just flares him up even more. They tried my tecnique and it works.

Please tell me what am I doing wrong. He is a very intelligent, loving little boy, but very domineering and stubborn. He is also the only (first) child.

I need some advice please. I really dont want my son to struggle further in life building relationships and developing good social skills

Anel

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