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December 2010 Moms
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The boy cries wolf
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A has been saying where his "owies" are so we can hug and kiss it better. Big step for us since even up til a month ago he'd get hurt but we didn't know what body part was hurt.
Well now he says owie whenever he cries, particularly when we make him share with baby J or we've turned off the tv or stopped our wii dance workouts. He gets plenty of notifications and will repeat "last song" or "last show" and understands we will be doing something else and is fine but as soon as we turn it off full meltdown and him saying owie. H had been putting him in timeout over the outbursts after turning off electronics so I don't know if this is in response to that. I told H I rarely use timeout and not typically for tantrums, instead I just tell A he's acting cranky like the baby and he must need a nap and that does the trick usually and meltdown over. But now A has gotten into the habit that whenever he cries he must also say "owie". It's hard growing up....
Well now he says owie whenever he cries, particularly when we make him share with baby J or we've turned off the tv or stopped our wii dance workouts. He gets plenty of notifications and will repeat "last song" or "last show" and understands we will be doing something else and is fine but as soon as we turn it off full meltdown and him saying owie. H had been putting him in timeout over the outbursts after turning off electronics so I don't know if this is in response to that. I told H I rarely use timeout and not typically for tantrums, instead I just tell A he's acting cranky like the baby and he must need a nap and that does the trick usually and meltdown over. But now A has gotten into the habit that whenever he cries he must also say "owie". It's hard growing up....
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Re: The boy cries wolf
2 year olds are fun. Lol
I'm curious what you do give timeouts for. I give timeouts for tantrums when he gets out if control. Like, he's screaming like a crazy person and follows me around hugging my legs. lol I can't really leave the room to ignore him when he does that because he just follows. I also give timeouts for purposefully hurting other people, and doing dangerous things he knows he is not supposed to do.
For me? A gets three warnings, most of his timeouts are listening/obeying related. So if I ask him to help me clean up, share with his brother, sit down at the table for meals, stop doing something that could be potentially dangerous like jumping on the couches. Rarely do I make it to the third warning. He gets an immediate timeout if he hits, pushes, etc on J and it not be accidental and is not remorseful or say he's sorry. He rarely gets these because he's gotten better about staying up high out of J's reach or whining enough that I can usually redirect J and/or A before A lashes out.
Toddlers are weird.... I'm getting a bit scared knowing J is almost turning 1 and then there will 2 of them throwing tantrums. Oh boy.