Toddlers: 24 Months+
jessNdean
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how to get a 2 1/2 year to clean up their room!
jessNdean
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I am so frustrated!!!!
I spent the last 2 hours and 42 mins telling DD to clean up her room. She had every toy out. I must have told her 100 times to clean up her room. And still...I clean the damn room up! I told my H that I was in a bit@chy mood and he said..."me too so maybe i wont come home tonight" REALLY???? Thanks for the make me feel better statement...@sshole!
Okay thanks for letting me vent!
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Re: how to get a 2 1/2 year to clean up their room!
Honestly, at 2.5 I would probably still be helping my LOs clean instead of expecting them to do it themselves. I think at such a young age you can still teach responsibility of cleaning up after themselves while providing encouragement and offering help. I know when I want the LOs to clean up the basement/toy room I go with them, help them, make little goals for them, help them to organize, etc. They are always more willing to do the work if I'm with them (though by no means do I do it all).
Anyway, hope your day picks up!!
I don't think it's realistic to expect a child that age to clean their room by themselves, it needs to be a joint effort with you "helping"..... by which I mean "coaching" and tidying things she may not be able to (folding clothes and putting them away). A statement like "clean your room" is a bit too big for them until they're 4 or 5.
I try to do it by tasks, like, "put the books on the shelf" and "put all the dolls and doll clothes in the basket" and "all the stuffed animals on the bed".
We also try to clean as we go (although I know this is not always possible... at least it certainly doesn't always happen in our house! LOL! Ever house has "disaster days"). We always put away the book we just read if we want to read another. We always tidy together a bit before meals. And by "tidy" I mean, we have big baskets which are her "toy bins" in the living room and nursery, and she and I will throw everything into the baskets. I want it to be easy, not just for her but for me too!
Have a piece of chocolate, grab a glass of wine. Help her clean up and see how fast you two can do it. Make it a fun game and GET IT DONE so you can move on. No need to be stuck in a bi_chy mood if you don't want to be.
Constant battle in this house, but with the playroom. For 2 1/2 I would buy a couple of big plastic bins or plastic tub with handles and have her put all the toys in there at the end of the day instead of on shelves or in a certain place.
Now my girls are 3 1/2 and are capable of understand they need to put toys away and they still fight me on it. So I am now removing toys when they don't clean up. I give them 3 chances, if after the third clean up reminder I pull out a big plastic garbage bag and go into the playroom and start putting toys in it. They toys then got to the garage for a couple of days. I only had to do this 1 or 2 times. Now when I pull out the bag they start running to the playroom and pick up everything as fast as they can before I can get to it.