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Best 2 yir old discipline tip? Also what do you do to keep from losing it??

TriciaChickTriciaChick member
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DS #1 is driving me crazy lately.  If he is not throwing toys he is drawing with sharpie marker all over himself and my carpet (yesterday!  ugg) or throwing one tantrum after another.  I know partly it is because I am spending some of "his" time with the baby.  I hate being a yelling mom and repeating "you are going to a time out if you dont....(fill in the blank)"  What do you do to keep calm and what discipline methods work that a 2 yr old can understand?  thank you so much....sigh.
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Re: Best 2 yir old discipline tip? Also what do you do to keep from losing it??

  • DuffOliverDuffOliver

    This is going to sound crazy, but I remove things that will set DD up to fail (a trick I learned from having a dog - you can't expect them to think of consquences, LOL).

    So I'd take the markers away and get color wonder or only use markers when the baby is sleeping, and together.

    Try to stay calm during tantrums, and walk away. That way, the tantrum doesn't have the desired effect (they won't stop altogether). If he throws a toy, it gets taken away. Stay calm, but show consquences.

    Hard having 2, isn't it?

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  • TriciaChickTriciaChick member
    Thank you Duff!  I am not on very much (just saw there were a ton of other posts about discipline posted today!) or I may not have posted this.  Yes 2 is very difficult.  The funny thing is my 2 year old is 10 times more difficult than the baby!
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  • mikeandmonicamikeandmonica

    I haven't taken the time to read any other responses, but when something like the marker happens I can't get mad at DS - because it is my fault I left the marker there.

    We're big fans of the time out in our house. We used to try counting to three before the timeout, but then DS started waiting until we got to 3 before he did anything. So now if he is throwing blocks (for example), we say "You cannot throw blocks because it might hurt your brother or break something. You need to stop right now or you will go to time out. Do you want to read a book or build a tower instead?" - then it is an immediate thing he has to do, I'm not counting to three. If he doesn't stop, he goes right to timeout. When he is done with timeout, I put him on my lap facing me and ask him why he was in timeout (to make sure he understands that it was a consequence), remind him again how it is dangerous, etc., then we give hugs/kisses and he goes and plays some more.

    I have found with DS that most of the time when he is acting out, he is getting bored and we need to spend some time with him and actually play with him, instead of just expecting him to constantly entertain himself. It's hard and it doesn't always work, but I think that comes with the territory.

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