Terrible two-year-old

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ferret88 Terrible two-year-old 07-30-2007, 12:52 PM

smurfalicious Mine never did that. So I'm... 07-30-2007, 01:16 PM

SteveDallas Welcome to parenthood!... 07-30-2007, 01:16 PM

ferret88 Smurf - That approach of... 07-30-2007, 01:37 PM

monster I like Smurf's approach. ... 07-30-2007, 06:25 PM

ferret88 Steve - Trying to get her... 07-30-2007, 01:44 PM

glatt That's very likely. Try to... 07-30-2007, 02:07 PM

ferret88 Thanks, Glatt. That's kinda... 07-30-2007, 02:15 PM

Guest My son really didn't start to... 07-30-2007, 06:33 PM

jinx I would start with explaining... 07-30-2007, 06:52 PM

Guest Exactly. If that does not... 07-30-2007, 08:14 PM

ferret88 I very much like this idea. ... 07-31-2007, 08:38 AM

Aliantha I would probably tell her the... 07-30-2007, 07:55 PM

ferret88 That's what I'm worried... 07-31-2007, 08:40 AM

BigV Do not fear. 07-31-2007, 11:28 AM

Stormieweather My just-turned-2 yr old has... 07-31-2007, 01:29 PM

DucksNuts All good advice. I have 2... 07-30-2007, 08:24 PM

Guest :redface: Yeah, my biggest... 07-30-2007, 08:27 PM

yesman065 Yes you do, and you helped... 07-30-2007, 11:10 PM

ferret88 Thanks Stormie. 07-31-2007, 02:26 PM

Guest I told my son, at two, that... 07-31-2007, 05:32 PM

ferret88 :rotflol: That is HILARIOUS. ... 08-01-2007, 12:35 PM

theotherguy We tried "Santa is not real."... 08-01-2007, 12:41 PM

Aliantha It's fun for kids to believe... 08-01-2007, 07:47 PM

07-31-2007, 08:38 AM

ferret88

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

I would start with explaining what the problem is, then how to fix it. Two year olds want to please you.

"Uh oh, you made a mess - gotta clean it up"

While you're both cleaning it up...

"We don't throw food on the floor, look at the mess it makes" (keep it light/boring like SD said - don't make a big deal out of it)

Model appropriate behavior...

"I'm all done! Time to put my plate in the sink and wash my hands..."

I very much like this idea. Will take some work on my part NOT to make the drama. I'm not sure I could get her to "help" clean up though.

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