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I need advice for 2 year old toddler Bad habits!! ?
Ok this mostly comes to the fault of my own!!!!! I was working third shift up till about a month or so ago. And I was gone all night and home during the day so exhausted (I stayed up so my husband could work during the day) I really paid any mind to my son. Now I left my job realizing how much it robbed me from my child but he is now SO out of control. He abuses our kittens? Will drink nothing but milk from a bottle and Doesn't want nothing to do with juice or water!!! He has grasped potty training but coming to the actually job Ono.. (im not to stressed on that) Hes MEAN Hits, Kicks throws toys and is just mean to other children. He doesn't stay occupied to long unless its t.v! How do I break the bottle? Get to drink juice and water? BE Nice? And good discipline without hurting him??? I need some toddler 911 help please........ Stressed Out Mom!!!!!!
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Put him in 5 minutes time out unless he does what you say.
- sarahLv 61 decade ago
It'll help if you stop beating yourself up over everything. It's not like you were out drinking vodka all night. I'm sure you weren't working a third shift for the pure joy of it and then working at home during the day. I mean that sure sounds like a lot of fun. If you're stressed he's going to be stressed. What's done is done, so start off afresh from today.
One of the main tips is to pay attention to him when he does some thing well or is playing nicely. A lot of times it is easy to focus on kids if they're causing problems and not notice them when everything is going hunky dory. And since they want your attention.......
Getting him out in the fresh air and running his little legs off him, can help too.
- MaryLv 61 decade ago
Whew, okay. Now when he is mean to the kittens, you grab the kittens from him and pop his hand. Tell him that he can't touch the kittens. When he is out of control, you need to put him in a playpen in a locked room. That way he can't hurt himself and if he screams, he can't see you and you don't have to feel like rushing in there. As for the bottle, wash all of them and put them away. Out of sight, out of mind. Offer a sippy cup instead for a while. Offer only water for the first two days. He will get thirsty enough to drink it. Limit milk to breakfast. That is it. Juice or water for lunch, and water for dinner and snacks. Limit tv to maybe 2 hrs, if that. Give him toys that challenge him a little. When he kicks and stuff, tell him Stop. Time out. Then put him in the playpen for a 5min-10 min timeout. If he screams in time out, go tell him No Screaming in time out, then leave and don't go back in until timeout is up. After timeout, tell him why what he did was bad, and that he got timeout because of it.
