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 My now 21 month old daughter went from a sweet princess to a evil little devil three days ago! This is the start of what is called 'the terrible twos'...and I am not looking forward to any of this.
The things she has done thus far are the following: 1. likes to bite me and her daddy 2. she has a little table for her to eat in and before she would sit there, now she won't. So I put her in her portable high chair (goes on the chair) and she likes to try to lean backwards and actually this morning, she fell while on the chair! she is okay, don't worry ;) I hope she learned her lesson! 3. she has started to throw foods. 4. she is not a picky eater but all of a sudden she thinks that it is funny not to eat the foods I make her. I have learned to say "if you don't eat this, then you will eat this later. I am not going to make you anything else". 5. timeouts.... they actually don't work with her. We try but for now, she just laughs. She thinks it is funny to put her in timeout and gets out of her chair. We put her back in the chair but after a few moments, we just
quit with it. 6. loves to play on daddy's computer. She almost broke it, which wasn't a bad thing ;0)
so there you have it. A toddler that is starting to take control of things..... and the hardest part? well, as a parent we can't loose control. We have to take control. Here is a list of a few things for a parent NOT to loose control: 1. if you are about to snap at your toddler (and it is easy to do lol), put your toddler in a safe place and walke out of the room, put on some music, or do what I do, blog about it. Seriously writing can calm a person. At least me.
2. you have to take control. IF timeouts are not working, then try another approach. I have a gate up in my daughter's bedroom and sometimes I have put her in there, she hates that and then she learns to listen to me. And I put her in there for at least 1 min. 3. food throwing: if they act up, take them away from the situation. Remove them from the table, (clean them up) and give them timeouts. I don't like to spank but I have had to spank her a couple of times, lightly, and fyi, spaking on my daughter takes NO effect. 4. whatever you do, if your child bites, do NOT bite back. do NOT swat their hand because guess what? They will think it is funny (not then but later) and will start hitting other kids, or family member or you, as the parent.... and also biting more. Solution? timeouts. 5. my husband was watching our daughter the other day. He was being an ass and put her in her playroom while he lay on the floor to try to go to sleep. Boy did that backfire. She has this little laptop for babies and since she was bored she decided to bash him on the head or near his head. He got mad, threw the baby laptop out of the room, bashed it into little pieces and she had no more baby laptop. solution? he had to buy her a new one. best solution? DO NOT IGNORE YOUR CHILD! They need to play and have interaction with their parents! That is how they learn and grow. I can't sand a parent who doesn't play with their child. another one, as a toddler or a child, you as a parent needs to have what I call 'human interaction' i.e. someone who speaks on your level aka adult. I have seen parents talk among theirselves while their kids play. I can't really do that because my child is not even 2 yet...and I don't want her to get hurt. so what do I do? I talk with the adults and stay near my child. I have seen parents who have a toddler or younger and let their child wander off while they talk with adults. I don't know why they can't do both? I can. so yes, I have a princess but she is slowly becoming a devil. Being a parent is not an easy job and there are days that you will loose your cool, just as long you do NOT abuse your child, you will be fine. I have made it to 21 months.... now I have 21+ years to go :0) I think after the terrible two's, her teenage years will be a piece of cake, what do you think? ;)
I know what she will be this Halloween ;)
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