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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
How do you get your LO to stop...
Standing on things and throwing food from the high chair? My DD absolutely knows she isn't supposed to do either one and she looks at me, laughs, and then throws her food on the floor. Or she watches me while she climbs and stands on kitchen chairs, and then laughs or says "hi!" like she is saying, Mommy look at me; I'm doing it anyway!
This is such a challenging time - I feel like if she doesn't know I'm the boss now I'm never going to be in charge!! I have tried time-outs and sometimes they work, and sometimes she laughs and runs away. I don't want to be the mom with a bratty kid!
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Re: How do you get your LO to stop...
We take food away once he starts throwing it on the floor.
Can't help with climbing- if you figure it out let me know!
When DD throws her food it is usually towards the end of eating. So I will take her out and have her pick it up on her own. I make a game and say, "1, 2, 3..." and we count each piece. Otherwise she whines and complains. But with the game she thinks its fun. I try to explain to her that we don't throw food as we do that too-but she usually laughs! Sigh....
DD doesn't climb too much yet thankfully!
This. As soon as one thing hits the floor, meal time is over.
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Like PP, as soon as she starts throwing food on the floor she is done eating. Even if she has only taken a few bites.
We use time outs for climbing on things. Sometimes she gets upset about it, and sometimes she just sits there and plays with her feet for the minute she's in timeout. If she tries to get up, I sit her back down and calmly remind her why she is in timeout. Today in target she was standing in the seat of the cart. I told her to sit back down, she screamed NO at me. I said "Do you want a time out?" She said "Yes", so we found an aisle that no one was in and she had a timeout for not listening and just sat there and played with her shoes. She's testing me, but hopefully if I just be consistent she'll get the point that mommy isn't messing around.
For your sanity realize she probably isn't doing it 'anyway' so much as she's doing it to show you she really can do it :-) Take her down, tell her no, if none of that works make it unpleasant to do, for instance every time you have to take her down sit in the floor and hold her in place for a 1 min time out. Tell her while she's in 'time-in" why she's there and tell her how you know she can climb into the chair but it's not safe and it's not allowed, yada yada... She will either get the idea or you will find a way to deal with it.
Climbing is the same as anything else: state what they are doing that is wrong, state why it is wrong, prompt that if they continue XX will happen, then attempt to redirect. If they continue, implement the consequence. Ie: "Monkey, please don't climb on the cooler - Mommy is afraid you will fall and get hurt. If you keep climbing you will get a time out." Then I try to give him toys, whatever. If he continues, he gets taken to another area and set down, told that we don't climb on things and need to listen to Mommy. He cries, and when he gets up (I don't force him back there, and they last about 30s-1m) I ask him to say sorry - he signs it. Then we hug and go back to playing! Every once and a while I use the crib for time out, if I need him occupied longer so I can get done with something.
Throwing food = we're done with dinner.
Whatever you decide, get everyone on board and be consistent!!
That's a great idea! -the 1, 2, 3 game. I'm going to try it tomorrow.