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temperments

agibbyagibby member
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My LO has quite the temper. She is loud and will slap you when she's mad. We have 4 other kids so we get the loud yelling (she has to be louder than her noisy siblings) but I'm not sure where the slapping comes from. She's been doing that for months now. That girl doesn't give up easily. She's our little spitfire lol. If she doesn't like something she'll throw it, then ask for it again, just so she can throw it again!

Anyone else have LOs with sucj strong personalities? My other kids were so laid back, this is new to me! I'm hoping it means she'll get it all out of her system now and be a calm 3 yr old lol.

 

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  • agibbyagibby member

    She just turned a year and has been like this for months.  I'm sure a lot of it is having so many siblings that surround her at all times :)  I tend to laugh at her antics. We do tell her gentle and she will then stroke your face or hair now when you say that.

    Silly girl was at daycare yesterday and was playing alone. Whenever someone would try to come play alongside her, she would yell and slap at them lol. I think it's because her sibs went back to school and she finally COULD play alone :)

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  • singingirl96singingirl96 member
    agibby said:

    I tend to laugh at her antics.

    Herein lies your problem.
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  • MNmama7112MNmama7112 member
    My son is pretty feisty like that too. Not so much with the slapping, but for sure loud and when we say "no" he throws down whatever is in his hand. I think part of it is temperament and won't ever really change, but it may be that they need more consistent/firm correction (i.e. a firm "no" and then saying "gentle hands" and having to repeat that a thousand times a day). I think laughing at it (while I get it could strike you as funny sometimes) is reinforcing it and the slapping really could become a problem, especially with other kids. I'd really try to take that one more seriously and try to be sure you're being consistent in correcting her when she does it.

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  • hopeful78hopeful78 member
    My one year old recently started screaming and slapping food away. He was so mellow and charming before! Didn't think the disciplining would start so early! I definitely have to give him the stern voice and the staredown to get him to settle down and know I'm serious. So hard when they are still so cute!
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    singingirl96 said:
    agibby said:

    I tend to laugh at her antics.

    Herein lies your problem.

    Really? This post was just about temperments of our kids, not meant to be an all out critique of my parenting, and I never asked for advice. Also, pretty sure I never said I laughed when she hit others, just at her antics.

     I have 4 other children, so I know a bit about raising kids lol. I was just seeing how everyone else's kids temperments are :)  Thanks!

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  • jld49jld49 member
    Some folks are quite inappropriate in their comments to posts.... I just wanted to share that my son is an ONLY child and for months now he has been a total spitfire-- there is not a whole lot we can say he's laid back about.... So yes, temperament may just be it. But we love 'em to pieces anyway and just need to be firm, consistent, and give ourselves much needed breaks to breathe deep!
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