I need discipline help (long)

regenab

1-2-3 Magic. Pick up a copy today at your library or bookstore. It saved my sanity. It is very effective because it takes away the childs ability to push your buttons, which is what he is doing, testing you to see what he can get away with. Since I started 1-2-3 Magic the tantrums stopped, the arguments with me and with each other have gone to a minimum and shopping has become a much easier experience. They know when I count them if they get to 3 they are going to get a consequence. Whether that be they have to sit in the cart or we have a timeout right there in the store. Worse case scenerio we leave the store and go to the car. I have left an entire cart of things at Target at the customer service counter and told them I would be right back once we had some time away in the car. After 10 minutes in the car my girl calmed down and realized she wasn't getting the reaction she wanted from me and we were not going home. When we walked back into the store she was calm and helpful with putting things on the checkout belt.

What he is doing is totatlly normal for a 2 year old, you just need some helpful tips on dealing with how he is acting, that is what I love about 1-2-3 Magic, it helped me to be a better Mommy because I set the rules and stuck to them and they followed my lead.