Sunday, March 15
Rachel and the terrible two's
This is the fight I get every time I ask Rachel to eat something she doesn't want. Any suggestions on how to combat tantrums? She has definitely come into the typical "terrible two's". She also screamed bloody murder tonight during bath time when I tried to was her hair. I know this a "normal" phase but I worry that it won't go away. I don't want to be one of those moms who has spoiled bratty kids that you see always throwing fits in the grocery store, you know. Maybe I worry too much?
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My advice is to just stick with it, and to pick your battles. Once you say something or set a "rule" you have to inforce it. You can't let the child win. We have gone through the same thing with all of our children. I can't think of anything that really worked to get them to eat except for perseverance. I'm sure she will grow out of it just fine as long as you make it clear that you are the boss, not her.
(boy, I'm not looking forward to going through the "twos" again.)
That video is so funny! We loved it. So Fun!
Obviously- just because this is not our kid. Ours do this same stuff. (Try two doing it!). We totally agree with Gwen. Stick with it.
It is so fun to see how big she is getting though.
i just watched the vieo of rachel, sry but i laughed the entire time, i hope things get better soon though i know its cant be fun, i babysat allot of 2 years olds and they do grow out of it.
remember, even the scriptures say endure...lol
it will be better soon
shannon
I also thought it was funny because it's not our child. Kelsey doesn't scream and cry, but we've fought for seven years to get her to eat so I don't know if we can offer much advice. With Khai and Emily (especially Emily right now) we do the 1-2-3 count thing, and then, if she doesn't eat, we put her on the sofa and make her fold her arms for a couple minutes, then take her back to the table to try again. We don't cuddle or hug her when she does this, and between the stern voice and the 'timeout' she usually will eat. But, DEFINATELY, perseverance is key.
Dang, that's gotta be hard, because even screaming Rachel is still so cute!! Of course, if I was there in person and it was over 56 seconds, then I wouldn't be saying that, but, ya know... :D
Love you Mel! And good luck!!
This went on for 30 Minutes! I finally gave up and said " Fine, no more food the rest of the night" Perhaps that was rash but I guess she really wasn't hungry because she didn't ask for food after that. I even tried threatening her with time out and bed time but she didn't care. I also offered ice cream or cookies if she ate but that didn't work either. I guess I am just stumped as to why one day she is a perfect little angel who always listens and the next she says no and screams about every little thing. Too bad there's no instruction manual!
We had Tommy throwing fits too. What we did is we didnt ask him what he wanted to do, we told him what he was going to do. Remember she is 2 and you are the parent, you know what is best. I would say watch her and figure out what the early signs of a tantrum are and stop it before it escalades into this. For example if she starts out by turning around in her chair then say "no" and turn her back around and tell her to take a bite. If she doesnt take a bite give her a time out right in the chair. Fold her arms until shes ready to take a bite. you might go a few nights of it taking an hour to eat but eventually she will get used to doing as shes told, when shes told. Just make sure you are the one in charge and dont let her take control. Sorry this is so long, i could keep going. This is what we did with tommy (actually we spanked a few times, but i dont know how comforable you are with that so time outs should work, as long as you dont take her out of the chair, because then she would be getting what she wants .. out of the chair). Just whatever you do, be consistant and try it for at least a week. Read some books about it too and figure out what would work best for you.
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