2 year old trouble....

[firstoftwelve]

yup, I have a strong-willed 2 yr old too.... stay firm, stay consistent. Perhaps the hamster can be moved to a different place.

I put my 2 yr old on the stairs. there's nothing there to play with or distract. I also spank him for disobeience to mommy. He won't just lie over though, so I have to literally put him over my knees.
What's your method of spanking? A little pop on the side of the leg really won't be effective. But if you have a specific place you go, with a specific Rod ( I use a wooden spoon handle) then it's an event. You take him to your room, or a bathroom, pull down the pants and/or diaper, explain why you're spanking him and then spank. afterwards, pull up the pants, hold him and hug him, tell him you love him and have a little prayer and move on.
sometimes, you'll have to do it a few times a day for a few days in a row, but I often find it takes about 3 days and they get the message, you'll be consistant and mean what you say.

Hang in there, this will pass eventually, but it's important to set the boundries and expectations now rather than trying to later.

d.

[jadeeyes]

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When my youngest son was 2, his older brother was in baseball. Derrick, the 2 year old, was always and still is very hyper. He had to be deathly ill to not be bouncing off the walls. Anyway, the kids on the teams wore teeshirts with the team name on the front. On the back, they had their last name and below it was their number. So, I had a teeshirt made for Derrick to wear to the games. It was red, just like the team shirts, and had the fire dept. logo across the front. On the back, in place of our last name, I had Terrible and for his number I had 2. It was sooo appropriate. :heh


Carry on.

[antsinmypants]

Can you get baby gates and keep the hamster in a totally blocked off area from him until you can get to the hamster at the same time?

Otherwise, totally great advice above!!

[Amanda's mom]

:offtopic

When my youngest son was 2, his older brother was in baseball. Derrick, the 2 year old, was always and still is very hyper. He had to be deathly ill to not be bouncing off the walls. Anyway, the kids on the teams wore teeshirts with the team name on the front. On the back, they had their last name and below it was their number. So, I had a teeshirt made for Derrick to wear to the games. It was red, just like the team shirts, and had the fire dept. logo across the front. On the back, in place of our last name, I had Terrible and for his number I had 2. It was sooo appropriate. :heh
Carry on.
:pound

[Alikersh]

Amanda's mom. I'm a nursery nurse (the equivalent of a kindergarten teacher I think) and I'm horrified and ashamed that a child carer would even think about abusing a child in any way! I hope you're taking this further. I'm also the mum of a 2 year old and can completely sympathise with you! My daughter has recently discovered that she is supposed to be a terrible 2 and has started biting. So I told her brother to bite her back. Unbelievably it seems to have worked! It maybe that Alexander still needs to understand that there are consequenced to his actions - the hamster 'going away' is a good idea and just reinforcing the idea that the hamster will come back if he can be a big boy. Praying for you. xxx

[Amanda's mom]

Amanda's mom. I'm a nursery nurse (the equivalent of a kindergarten teacher I think) and I'm horrified and ashamed that a child carer would even think about abusing a child in any way! I hope you're taking this further. I'm also the mum of a 2 year old and can completely sympathise with you! My daughter has recently discovered that she is supposed to be a terrible 2 and has started biting. So I told her brother to bite her back. Unbelievably it seems to have worked! It maybe that Alexander still needs to understand that there are consequenced to his actions - the hamster 'going away' is a good idea and just reinforcing the idea that the hamster will come back if he can be a big boy. Praying for you. xxx
Rachel's abuse occurred 13 years ago now. She is working on her behavior and trust issues. Ever since this happened to her, I have worked with her and her care-givers as well as teachers. Her teachers know what happened to her and, especially the elementary school teachers, have been willing to work with me and Rachel. I trust the retribution for what happened to Rachel to God. I know He loves her and that He will call the person to task for what she did to a helpless 15 month old baby.

[cbressler1976]

yup, I have a strong-willed 2 yr old too.... stay firm, stay consistent. Perhaps the hamster can be moved to a different place.

I put my 2 yr old on the stairs. there's nothing there to play with or distract. I also spank him for disobeience to mommy. He won't just lie over though, so I have to literally put him over my knees.
What's your method of spanking? A little pop on the side of the leg really won't be effective. But if you have a specific place you go, with a specific Rod ( I use a wooden spoon handle) then it's an event. You take him to your room, or a bathroom, pull down the pants and/or diaper, explain why you're spanking him and then spank. afterwards, pull up the pants, hold him and hug him, tell him you love him and have a little prayer and move on.
sometimes, you'll have to do it a few times a day for a few days in a row, but I often find it takes about 3 days and they get the message, you'll be consistant and mean what you say.

Hang in there, this will pass eventually, but it's important to set the boundries and expectations now rather than trying to later.

d.

yup, I just pop him on the leg....I have a hard time spanking....I feel so badly, but I guess it would be worse if he were to hurt himself....this is a good idea....It works for my 5 year old....I pop him on the leg and tell him why he is in trouble and he cries...says he's sorry and doesn't do it again...even when he was 2!....Alexander is a whole different story...

[cbressler1976]

:offtopic

When my youngest son was 2, his older brother was in baseball. Derrick, the 2 year old, was always and still is very hyper. He had to be deathly ill to not be bouncing off the walls. Anyway, the kids on the teams wore teeshirts with the team name on the front. On the back, they had their last name and below it was their number. So, I had a teeshirt made for Derrick to wear to the games. It was red, just like the team shirts, and had the fire dept. logo across the front. On the back, in place of our last name, I had Terrible and for his number I had 2. It was sooo appropriate. :heh


Carry on.

lol...:nod Alexander needs that!...

[cbressler1976]

Can you get baby gates and keep the hamster in a totally blocked off area from him until you can get to the hamster at the same time?

Otherwise, totally great advice above!!

Alexander can climb ANYTHING!! He will stack things on top of one another to get where he needs to go!...I have 2 cats too...so I had her in the perfect area, but I think I'm going to have to find a new place...

[cbressler1976]

Amanda's mom. I'm a nursery nurse (the equivalent of a kindergarten teacher I think) and I'm horrified and ashamed that a child carer would even think about abusing a child in any way! I hope you're taking this further. I'm also the mum of a 2 year old and can completely sympathise with you! My daughter has recently discovered that she is supposed to be a terrible 2 and has started biting. So I told her brother to bite her back. Unbelievably it seems to have worked! It maybe that Alexander still needs to understand that there are consequenced to his actions - the hamster 'going away' is a good idea and just reinforcing the idea that the hamster will come back if he can be a big boy. Praying for you. xxx

:nod Alexander bites too....my son will bite him back and I will too because that worked when Austin started biting....but this also doesn't work...he still resorts to biting sometimes....but he will go a long time before he bites someone again...one time he bit my husband on the place that it would hurt the most (I don't know how else to describe it in a very clean way) and he hasn't ever bit my husband again! I wish that I had that kind of effect on him...I'm just not scary enough...