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OMG - i'm losing it. my 15 month old obviously can't be reasoned with and saying no 500 times to stop touching the dishwasher or hitting the blinds is going no where...

we've started 'timeout' which is more like me just sitting him down and holding him there for 10 seconds and telling him to listen to mommy and then we kiss and make up and he goes on to something else. 

i'm just hoping one of these days he'll just magically starting listening to me say "please stop touching the gas stove knobs honey - the gas will leak into the house and either set us all on fire or else suffocate us"

for now i just vent and hope i'm not the only one!  :) 

ETA - OH and....i could use a HUGE glass of wine. damn liquor cabinet full of yummy things taunting me~ 

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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    It does get better but I still have to say no more than I'd like and physically remove my 21 month old, and my 8 year old still needs to be told no more than I'd like but nothing like the phase your in.  Oh yeah and it's easier when you can have that glass of wine!
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member

    It gets better with age, promise!

    For tips on managing that age group, see this website. It is really helpful for me.

    GL!

    https://www.ahaparenting.com/ages-stages/toddlers/discipline-managing-toddler

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  • LollyBug18LollyBug18 member
    TOTALLY know where you're coming from, glass of wine and all! I think it's definitely harder to be patient while pregnant. I just hope the looming sleep deprivation doesn't make it worse!
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  • Mom2Mack1Mom2Mack1 member

    Just be consistant with your disciplining and eventually he'll get it.  I definitely have less patience since being pregnant. 

     

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  • sweetpea2003sweetpea2003 member

    I agree with child proofing.  You really have to set yourself up for success at this age.  Our kitchen is RIDICULOUS - we have child proof knobs and locks and latches on every.single.thing.  But our son is into everything and without those things I would be saying "no" 2389723423 times per day. 

    Once things aren't easy to get into you will find your child will totally lose interest. 

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  • Lacey2shoesLacey2shoes
    I was early pregnant when DS was about 15 months old and I was sooo tired and sick. It was terrible and basically I let him do whatever he wanted as long as it wasn't life-threatening (after baby-proofing, of course). I would just clean up messes after he went to bed, or let DH do it. :) It was rough. However, I just spent a couple of days with a friend who is newly pregnant and has a 2.5 year old. At that stage they really do need boundaries and moments of crisis handled well, and my poor friend just wasn't up to it at all (so her kid ran around like crazy, destructive, having tantrums, hitting, etc). All in all, I'm grateful I went through the worst when DS was smaller (although who knows what's going to go down after LO gets here!!!).
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  • MrsW80MrsW80 member
    I could have written this post word for word. 
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  • MammaBear81MammaBear81 member
    We try to stress the behavior we want rather than the behavior we are trying to avoid.  Rather than "don't touch the stove" we say, "keep your hands to yourself" (this particular saying works for many things) and then we show him what it means to keep your hands to yourself and redirect him.  As he gets older we will have a time out if we have to tell him more than once, but he is not old enough for that yet.  We also don't have the kids in the kitchen very often, and they have a playroom where there really isn't anything they can do that I would have to tell them to stop.
     
    Just an FYI, for a time out to be effective your LO needs to sit on his own, restraining him is most likely causing more of a power struggle than anything else.  If he can't sit on his own, or you aren't committed to put him back in time out until he can sit still, I'd suggest losing another form of discipline. 
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