Is it me?

[sweet angel]

At that age they're sooo adaptable. Just make it a fun adventure. You get a BRAND NEW ROOM and NEW PLACES TO PUT ALL YOUR TOYS!!

[header]

Yeah after he learns where he's spose to go to the bathroom he's gonna need to learn how to put all his toys away.

[sweet angel]

Boys never learn that. Ha ha. They say use labels containers. Bullshit...that doesn't work.

[header]

I don't pay attention to anything 'they' say. I just figure it out as I go.

We went to the store yesterday to return something. Me my wife and my son in the cart. Balloons everywhere. THis boy loves balloons. He throws a fit because I say he can't have one. THe fit lasts a good 15 minutes. It turns into a fit about wanting to get out of the cart and play. (in a store playing=breaking things). I eventually took him out of the store and let my wife do the returning/buying. Took him to the car and read him the riot act. Mind you this is a two year old so I give it to him in words he can understand.

"Do you want to get a cheeseburger for lunch?"
"yeah!"
"well you can't have one because you were bad."
Cries.
"You can't get everything you want when you want it."

Anyways my wife comes out of the store with a lollipop. I guess it's okay since it's not a balloon. So he has his lollipop 30 minutes later when we are going home he starts rubbing it into the seat. She takes it away and the loudest ear splitting shreaking scream followed. Non stop for 15 minutes until we got home. We took him into his room and basically spent 15 more minutes of screaming and crying explaining to him why he's punished. Not that you can really explain something to a 2 year old but I could tell he understood to some degree that he was in trouble. He eventually calmed down and I read him a book and he fell asleep.

Told this story to my mom and she says you know Dr Phil said that sending a kid to his room doesn't work.

I just rolled my eyes and said Dr. Phil doesn't live in my house.

[Sloats]

Originally posted by header
I don't pay attention to anything 'they' say. I just figure it out as I go.

We went to the store yesterday to return something. Me my wife and my son in the cart. Balloons everywhere. THis boy loves balloons. He throws a fit because I say he can't have one. THe fit lasts a good 15 minutes. It turns into a fit about wanting to get out of the cart and play. (in a store playing=breaking things). I eventually took him out of the store and let my wife do the returning/buying. Took him to the car and read him the riot act. Mind you this is a two year old so I give it to him in words he can understand.

\"Do you want to get a cheeseburger for lunch?\"
\"yeah!\"
\"well you can't have one because you were bad.\"
Cries.
\"You can't get everything you want when you want it.\"

Anyways my wife comes out of the store with a lollipop. I guess it's okay since it's not a balloon. So he has his lollipop 30 minutes later when we are going home he starts rubbing it into the seat. She takes it away and the loudest ear splitting shreaking scream followed. Non stop for 15 minutes until we got home. We took him into his room and basically spent 15 more minutes of screaming and crying explaining to him why he's punished. Not that you can really explain something to a 2 year old but I could tell he understood to some degree that he was in trouble. He eventually calmed down and I read him a book and he fell asleep.

Told this story to my mom and she says you know Dr Phil said that sending a kid to his room doesn't work.

I just rolled my eyes and said Dr. Phil doesn't live in my house.

Sounds like you should do your duty to society, euthanize this child and make sure you do NOT reproduce again.

[header]

Yeah because no other two year old ever had a temper tantrum.

[sweet angel]

I'm sure Sloats' kid will be like something out of Stepford.

Kids are kids. Mostly, they behave the way they do because they can get away with it. As soon as they realize they can't (like with Header, Jr.) , there starts to be a change. Which is NOT to say that they become angels....but they have to realize that there are consequences for their actions.

[header]

When he first started with the hissy fits it was very random and mostly because he was tired so I just wrote it off as eh he's 2. And tried to get him to bed. Now they usually result from when he can't get something he wants so I deal with it differently.

[sweet angel]

It always amazes me that parents will allow their kids to scream, etc. in a public place WITHOUT taking them outside. You did good, Header.

[madmick]

Is it me?

A breath mint every once and a while wouldn't hurt.