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Bossy McBosserson

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Is it just the age, or is my toddler the only bossy one out there? K has recently gotten super bossy and I don't know why. He is constantly yelling at the dogs and getting on to them for doing anything from sniffing his toys to getting near him while he's at the table eating. When we go to the park, he yells "Uh uh!" and wags his finger at any kids doing anything that he deems inappropriate (climbing on stuff, sitting in a swing the wrong way, etc) or if they get anywhere near something he is playing with. And lately, he has even been giving me the stern "nuh uh!" and finger wag whenever I do something he doesn't want me to. It was funny the first time or 2, but now I'm starting to find it much less amusing.

Anyone else have a bossy toddler? What do you do when he/she gets in "boss mode"? I have been telling Kellen to be nice to the dogs and to "stop being bossy" when it's to kids at the park. When he does it to me, I usually grab his hand mid finger-wag and tell him "we do not say no to mommy" and try to redirect/go on with whatever I was doing. It doesn't seem to make a difference though.

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  • nesenotesnesenotes member
    I have no idea what you are talking about... ;;)


    It's a phase. Em went through it a couple of months ago. She still regulates people and dogs but it's not as often as before. Now she is more focused on playing tag with the other kids. She's gotten a lot better at sharing so I think that's helped. She still gets possessive sometimes but it's a work in progress.
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    nesenotes said:
    I have no idea what you are talking about... ;;) It's a phase. Em went through it a couple of months ago. She still regulates people and dogs but it's not as often as before. Now she is more focused on playing tag with the other kids. She's gotten a lot better at sharing so I think that's helped. She still gets possessive sometimes but it's a work in progress.

    I was hoping you'd chime in on this with some advice as a fellow mom of a feisty kid! :) I am glad to hear it was just a phase for Em! it has only been going on here for maybe 2 weeks or so, but he comes off as the mean kid whenever we go to the park because he is constantly yelling at other kids! He will (usually) share if I ask him too, but his initial reaction is to yell at anyone that comes close to whatever he's got. He started bossing me and MH around over the past week and that's when I realized it was getting to be a real issue. I hope its a phase that passes soon. It's certainly not a fun one.

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  • nesenotesnesenotes member
    It lasted a few months so just a heads up on that. I did have a million talks about sharing and not telling others what to do. It must have sunk in somewhere in there. However if a parent is telling a kid shhhh or whatever she will also tell them shhhh. Lol. Telling kids to SHARE is her favorite bossy thing to do. But it has subsided quite a bit. She used to do it for everything. If a kid looked like they were having fun she would pretty much tell them to stop so she could do it. Now she just copies.
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  • lewispmlewispm member

    Kellen's daycare teacher told me that whenever she gets on to a child, he is right behind her getting on to them as well. He must have picked up on the finger wag at daycare because we don't really do that at home.

    I'm glad to hear several of y'all are in the same boat! @huskiefanuw, He loves pulling and pushing people around too! And he will be playing with someone doing something (like spinning around with me) and then he will try to tell everyone within the vicinity to spin around as well. He will point to them and say "tun" to tell them its their turn and he will get upset if they don't follow suit. LOL. That one's kind of still funny :)

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  • Tink522Tink522 member
    edited March 2014
    Josh definitely has a bossy streak to him. He yells at the dog and his favorite thing to tell everyone is "move" as he tries to pull/push them where he wants them. Kind of funny when he does it to his brothers but not to me or dh.
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    Oh yeah! It has to be a phase they go through. LO loves to push/pull me to what she wants, she loves to say "no" when I ask her a question, she loves to scream "mine" at anything she is even remotely interested in, and she does the opposite of everything I ask.  I am seriously dreading the terrible twos!
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  • zyaszyas member
    Yep Ava is bossy with the dogs and with our pig too. It hasn't gotten out of hand though....yet. If we go into the backyard and the pig is out there with us she runs around calling him and yelling at him the whole time "Norman!!! NORMAN!!!!" constantly. 

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