- You're pushing your cart through WalMart (pre-nap time) and your 18 month old starts screaming for what is in your purse. You pull out a pacifier which he throws to the ground and yells "NO! Dat." Then you pull out a packet of snazzy "L" monogrammed kleenex... thanks Mel. He throws that across the isle, throws his head back, screaming like you punched him in the face. Then... he reaches for your hand and claws it.
- You give your child a bowl of "nak" and he sits nicely on his stool and eats it. From the other room, you hear him saying "uh oh." As you peek around the corner he is stomping his "nak" into the newly swept floor. I have tried to explain that "uh oh" is for accidents, not messes made on purpose.
- You tell him not to stand on the couch (5 times) and show him how to sit down. Then you say, "don't stand on the couch or you are going to get in trouble. Do you understand?" and he says "yes." YOu leave the room and hear a happy squeal and then an "uh oh." You peek around the corner just as he's standing up and squealing again... then he looks the other direction to make sure you aren't peeking around the wall in the direction you left from... AHHHH... what a stinker. I did have to pop his butt for that one. We have concrete floors. I don't need a broken head on my 18 month old.
Let me know what you would do... or what you have to deal with! it's amusing to me.
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I am totally with you. Sam is really testing me these days, and I have no answers. I think it's going to be trial and error, which should be lots of fun.
Henry is a tester as well. He is good in public, thankfully. At home, I stick his little butt in timeout and fuss at him the whole time. It has worked wonders! No more biting, standing up in the high chair, hitting the cat, etc...
And, he is not a kid who will sit in the corner while you walk away and do something else. I stand in front on him forcing him to stay in the corner. I feel like he doesn't "get it" until he is screaming and crying. I might be mean but it works.
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