Opposite of bragging?

spainy17 · August 2014

Since we have a brag post why not do the opposite too - what does your LO mess up or suck at?

DD is SO dang verbal and yet has not mastered Yes and No. Literally No means Yes in our house. I mean, she says No for No and No for Yes. It perpetuates itself because sometimes I KNOW she means yes so I give her something she said No to so I'm sure I am making it worse.

If you ask DD to jump she is so dang adorable because she is terrible. She kind of does a tippy toe thing and lands on her butt. She isn't great at running much yet either. I blames ears but now we have tubes and she is still kinda wobbly and goofy so not that!

We are not even close to recognizing poopy and pee. She would sit in her own excriment until the cows come home. :P

ambmama · August 2014

Haha so funny, love this post. Taylor is awful at listening! And sharing. And he's not so great with arts and crafts, he just wants to eat the crayons. He's getting better but still needs a lot of work!

ungraceful13 · August 2014

Whiney and bossy.

gagirl2004 · August 2014

Bossy and she isnt very much into arts and crafts just yet, she just got good at running. Jumping is funny she runs gets on her tip toes and says tada. She thinks she jumped but she never comes off the ground.

ConstanceGoodspeed · August 2014

DS does not use a fork or spoon, ever. We've encouraged, demonstrated, reminded, and still nothing. I am getting frustrated and am so done with practically hosing him down after each meal.

jobiann · August 2014

J has NO patience, he screams as I make his meals or get him milk or water.

He is horrible at using his utensils, he tries so hard and then gets frustrated and throws them on the floor so he just reverts back to using his fingers.

And he insists on walking everywhere even in parking lots which I will not allow. So I park right next to cart racks and grab a cart and instantly put him in it. So far, no issues wanting out of the cart....YET!!!

His favorite thing to do is walk all over me, if I'm sitting on the floor he steps on my legs and jumps off, and repeat 40 times. My legs are bruised. And when I get up he whines. Aaaand he thinks head butts are cute.

bennikki · August 2014

DS is so stubborn.

We've started time-outs in our house. For example, if doesn't want to say please or thank you for something, we'll sit him in a dining room chair, get down to his level, frown while pointing to our face, and say something like, "Mommy/Daddy doesn't like it when you don't say please/thank you. You're going to have a time out until you can say please/thank you." Then we walk away for 15-30 seconds, usually just so we're out of DS's line of vision. Then we come back and say, "You were in a time out because you didn't say please/thank you. Can you say please now?" Usually he says it no problem, we hug each other, and get him off of the chair.

This was not the case on Sat. night. We were making supper, and DS loves to open my spice rack cupboard (I have one of those under the counter, slide out racks), stand behind it while looking through the shelves and saying , "I see yooouuu!" He was doing that, and then proceeded to pull my spices off the rack and throw them about the kitchen. DH and I asked him to stop and pick them up, but he kept doing it, so he got a time out. That little stinker sat in that chair for 15 minutes because he refused to say he was sorry. DH and I took turns squatting down to his level and repeating, "You're on time out because you were throwing things. Can you say you're sorry?" For about the first 10 minutes, he just looked the other way when we came to him. The last 5 minutes, he tried to be super sweet boy by asking for hugs and kisses, but no sorry. It was only after we started eating without him that he finally said it.

brachysira · August 2014

My baby gets frustrated easily. She will try a puzzle piece for 1 second and then hand it to me and say "help." She will draw one line and then hand me the marker and ask me to help.

She has long used "up" but now uses it to demand I get up, which is not so easy for a giant pregnant lady. If I do not comply, she tries to lift me, which is actually pretty cute.

She loves mom as a jungle gym and I think she and inside baby already are engaged in combat because he always kicks when she steps on him. She also occasionally tries to steal my glasses, which she knows not to do. It is only because she wants to try them on, but I feel like I am being bullied in 6th grade.

lulamagoo · August 2014

Horrible eater. Meal time is a battle. I long for the days when he would eat whatever we put in front of him. He had two pieces of cheese and some grapes for dinner last night. Sigh.

He doesn't stand up for himself. He just lets toys get taken away. (I mean I don't want him to be an ass about it, but damn kiddo, say no and try to get your toy back)

court115 · August 2014

DS doesn't listen. He also just started doing this thing where he pushes me to the fridge when he's hungry. At first it was funny but now .... He also throws his food on the floor when he's finished with it. I have tried everything and I just don't know how to stop him from doing it.

ReeceFamily · August 2014

DD is not a fan of coloring with crayons or chalk for more than like 5 minutes, which is a bummer. She speaks in long sentences...of completely intelligible words

. She has lots of words but doesn't connect them together much. She does the jumping thing alot of you mention...which I think is adorable! She's so enthusiastic about jumping and dancing.

@bennikki - I'm not sure there is an 18-19 month old in existence that says please and thank you on demand? Your LO might be stubborn because you are asking something of him that may be beyond his developmental abilities right now?

spainy17 · August 2014

Thank you @ReeceFamily for mentioning this

@benniki, I thought about you putting your LO in time out for not saying please and thank you all night last night and didn't want to cause trouble on our board since we are usually drama free. I think that at this age toddlers should be taught by example and with gentle direction but not punished for something like that. It puts a negative connotation on basic kindness and they are still so young. My DD says please often but only because she knows that will get her what she wants, not because she is polite. I feel bad judging anyone on our board because I think we are awesome but a fifteen minute timeout because an 18 month old won't apologize for throwing things seems mean.

bennikki · August 2014

@ReeceFamily and @spainy17 : I don't take offense. I must not have been clear. He wasn't on time out because he didn't say please and thank you. We have no problem with that. It seemed like an easy to explain example. I didn't want people to think he's on a timeout for long periods of time, and we arbitrarily give them. He was on time out because he was throwing the spices and breaking them (my spices are in glass containers). We sat him on a dining room chair, so he could still see the mess that was made. Gently and calmly told him he was in timeout because he was throwing things and it was dangerous. Then said, "Mom and Dad love you very much, and we don't want anyone to get hurt or broken, can you say you're sorry?" We've just started implementing timeouts in the past month, and every other time he's said, sorry, we've hugged and kissed, and he's helped to clean up or finish whatever task we were doing before the timeout. The other night, he was just being stubborn. Each time we came to speak with him he'd look the other way and specifically said, "no sorry!" A few times he even swatted at us while saying it.

DS's got the please and thank you's down and doesn't get punished for it. I know he doesn't realize he's being polite, but he knows if he wants something he says please, and if he's given something he says thank you, and he's picked up on you're welcome on his own. When he asked for cake at the dinner table, and threw his cup when we said, "cake, please?" He normally just repeats, "cake please.", and he gets the cake. He got a timeout because he threw the cup. That's when we sat him down and said, "you don't throw things to get what you want, you say please. Mom and dad need you to say please. Can you say please?" He said please, we hugged, timeout was over, and he eating cake in less than 30 seconds. He says sorry and gets told sorry from others at daycare and home if there is a reason for it. He's learning by example, last weekend, it was clearly feeling like a battle of wills.

ETA: Clarity

spainy17 · August 2014

@bennikki - Ok that explains it better. I just felt bad for your little guy! We have issues with battles of will every once and a while and even though I feel like a jerk when it is a safety issue you have to stand your ground!

Teehee, I felt like a goon questioning it since our board is so peaceful but I just had to chime in! (big mouth and all)

bennikki · August 2014

I felt really bad reading your guys' stuff because I was like, OMG, I need to clarify. It's so hard to try and be concise but also get all the facts in, and I obviously failed up in the pp.

ReeceFamily · August 2014

@bennikki - oh, that does make more sense! I feel bad that you felt bad!!! That was not intended at all - we all parent differently and we are all obviously very devoted moms.

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