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Parenting toddlers
Haven't posted here for a while...
It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. It's so hard to keep a straight face and "guide" them. Especially in the morning when you have to get everyone ready and head to the door. Anyone else has toddlers and can commiserate or has words of encouragement back to lurking.. |
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wrote in message ps.com... Haven't posted here for a while... It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. It's so hard to keep a straight face and "guide" them. Especially in the morning when you have to get everyone ready and head to the door. Anyone else has toddlers and can commiserate or has words of encouragement back to lurking.. I've always wondered how those people that believe that one shouldn't ever use the words no, don't, can't ever have raised a toddler. My YS is 2 1/2 and tests me DAILY. After two other children I figured number three would be a breeze, not a chance! I really , really don't enjoy turning into a screaming meemee NTM that most of the time he just giggles at me :-[ Since he is so very active having him sit down for a time out has definitely proven to work the best with us. Of course that is of little help when we are trying to get out the door! So I try my best to appreciate that he is my last as well as that one day I will miss these years terribly. The rest of the time I look forward to being able to communicate with him fully sooner than later. Our favorite mantra is "Thank G*d he's cute!" I am in your camp! Jenn |
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Fer wrote:
wrote Haven't posted here for a while... It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. snip I am in your camp! I hear you too, my son is 2 and it's like dressing a bowl of screaming jelly in the morning, it's all I can do to say bright and cheery and not leave him there with the window cracked and a bowl of food! |
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:57:10 -0500, Boliath
wrote: Fer wrote: wrote Haven't posted here for a while... It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. snip I am in your camp! I hear you too, my son is 2 and it's like dressing a bowl of screaming jelly in the morning, it's all I can do to say bright and cheery and not leave him there with the window cracked and a bowl of food! Hahahahaa!!! I don't need to dress my toddler every morning and you have my sympathy, as dressing her on the days we do need to go out is a definite challenge. But I had to laugh at the bowl of screaming jelly... that's my dd to a 'T'! Nan |
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Fer wrote: I've always wondered how those people that believe that one shouldn't ever use the words no, don't, can't ever have raised a toddler. My YS is 2 1/2 and tests me DAILY. After two other children I figured number three would be a breeze, not a chance! I really , really don't enjoy turning into a screaming meemee NTM that most of the time he just giggles at me :-[ Since he is so very active having him sit down for a time out has definitely proven to work the best with us. Of course that is of little help when we are trying to get out the door! So I try my best to appreciate that he is my last as well as that one day I will miss these years terribly. The rest of the time I look forward to being able to communicate with him fully sooner than later. Our favorite mantra is "Thank G*d he's cute!" I am in your camp! Jenn I'm with you too. My little guy (almost 3) is a clever sort who will figure out a way to do something he isn't supposed to do that is *technically* not doing it the forbidden way. For example, if I tell him, "Keep your hand off the garbage can", he will pick up a toy to touch it with, instead. Little stinker! Sometimes I simply have to walk away for 10 seconds or so and regroup myself. His favorite naughty thing to do is to run and hide under the diningroom table when he knows I want to get him ready to go somewhere. Maddening! -L. |
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Nan wrote:
Boliath wrote: Fer wrote: wrote Haven't posted here for a while... It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. snip I am in your camp! I hear you too, my son is 2 and it's like dressing a bowl of screaming jelly in the morning, it's all I can do to say bright and cheery and not leave him there with the window cracked and a bowl of food! Hahahahaa!!! I don't need to dress my toddler every morning and you have my sympathy, as dressing her on the days we do need to go out is a definite challenge. But I had to laugh at the bowl of screaming jelly... that's my dd to a 'T'! Glad it's not just me! |
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wrote in message ps.com... Haven't posted here for a while... It's just so incredibly hard not to scream at toddlers that are bent upon doing things that they know they shouldn't do. It's so hard to keep a straight face and "guide" them. Especially in the morning when you have to get everyone ready and head to the door. Anyone else has toddlers and can commiserate or has words of encouragement back to lurking.. Oh! I've *definitely* BTDT - oh, wait... Still there, still doing that! DS1 = Dec. 29, 1999 DS2 = Jan. 31, 2001 DD1 = Aug. 4, 2005 DD2 = Oct. 24, 2006 Boys = 13 months apart Girls = 15 months apart Let's not go there. Quite the sensitive subject for me Toddlers are like telemarketers... They are as relentless as can be, and no matter how hard you try, you can never quite get them to understand what 'no' means! |
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