Does your 2 yo not listen at all?

sunandsand

I realize most kids "don't listen" but I'm talking about when you say "stop" "don't touch" or "get down" etc, you have to physically remove them from the object.  I have to physically redirect him from whatever it is.  Even the threat of a timeout doesn't work.

I can see this being a lot of fun when I'm trying to nurse/change a newborn. Please tell me its a short phase.  

monlyn9

When you use the "threat" of a time out do you follow through with it? A threat means nothing if you don't follow it up with whatever consequence you are promising. We started using time-outs a few months back and I now know that DS understands what a time out is and why he gets them. He only gets them for certain cases like hitting or blatant disregard for what he has been asked/told. Just yesterday, I threatened for the first time. I told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing and told him that if he did it one more time he would get a time out. He replied with a no in a way that meant he didn't want a time out and he didn't do the behavior again. It's all about consistency and follow through at this age as well as remaining calm. 

GoombaGirl_79

Yep we're having the same issue. We use time outs as well, and do follow through when we use the threat. It's mostly when he's getting over-tired, he turns off the listening. Otherwise a time out threat, followed by a count of 3 (on 3 it's TIME OUT), snaps him out of it and he listens before we have to remove him.  But when he's tired... nothing seems to get his attention and we have to go get a hold of him. He's at the age where he definitely knows what we're asking of him..and the time outs are usually for when he deliberately does something anyway..eg "Don't touch that _______" *DS gives cheeky smile and sloooowly reaches hand over and touches it any way*.  Stinker! :-D

UsedToBeGoldie

just imagine 2yo twins doing that... that's what I have - they have been INSANE lately.

I follow through for sure- i'm very big with that- but they are just at that insane stage... it's driving me batty!

Griffin was SUCH a good 2yo but the twins feed off each other with doing bad things... like one spits milk out by accident- the other laughs- then they both do it and crack up... insane.

lilmama02

I have the same problem...except my son will listen to his father, but doesn't always listen to me. It gets very fusterating when he doesn't listen to me and keeps doing whatever he shouldn't. Or somettime he will tell me no. Another thing I'm having problems with is him hitting or throwing toys. I don't want him doing this when our second child arrives. Any suggestions? pm me.