Struggling with my 2 year old boy!!
I am soooooo jealous of the moms who have little boys that listen, are chill and calm. I have an active little boy who LOVES to climb, jump off the highest surface, throw balls and just destroy things.
Recently, my 2 year old has started to pull ALL his toys and throw his stuff around when he doesn't get what he wants or we don't pay attention to him for more than 2 minutes. What am I doing wrong? What do I do because today I LOST it, in what I feel is a bad way. I'm at my wits end and hate it. It's like he doesn't listen unless I'm yelling and I don't want to be like this....I grew up in a home like that and it was like walking on eggshells.
Please give me some real constructive advice, I'm out of my element. And please don't suggest getting him tested or how these are signs of some sort of diagnosis...ita not, I know for a fact. He's just a smart, active little boy.
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Take his toys , now he doesn’t have anything to throw .
I basically read books about toddler behavior. Child development books. And I treat my son with respect. I ask him to do things - even tho he doesn’t have an option. I been doing since he was an infant. I say please and thank u.This may sound insane. But not only does he listen. His first words were thank you and please. He says it back. But I came from parents who treated children like they are subhuman. And I totally disagree with leading with aggression or using humiliation tactics to gain respect . My approach may not be the solution in ur house hold but reading and doing your own research on child psychology may help.
First of all, you are not doing anything wrong! You are living your best #boymom life 😉 yes, it is sooooo frustrating, but absolutely normal and every boy mom would agree! Something that helped me, and I know this is weird, but I watched that show Super Nanny (I think was the name) but I used a lot of her methods when it came to addressing unwanted behavior, and as long as you are consistent it does work...
You aren’t doing anything wrong !!! 2 year olds are absolutely wild as they begin understanding & testing any & all boundaries! Consistency is absolutely key at this stage & standing your ground so they understand that your boundaries cannot be pushed ! I worked at a daycare with 2 year olds for 7 years & there’s a book series “how does a dinosaur” & they have one for almost all toddler things & I would read at least one of them a day depending on what i wanted to focus on & amongst many other activities it helped lots! Physical & fine motor activities are the best thing to keep their body & minds busy while learning!! Pinterest is a saving grace if you want some ideas! Currently their brains are only able to follow 2 step instructions otherwise it gets lost in them trying to do what is asked of them, set goals/ask things of him that you know 100% he can do & meet him halfway on the things you know he can’t until he gets them ! You got this !!!
Who has a boy that can listen? Honestly is there a trick to this.....
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