Friday, October 17, 2008
Advice
My sweet little boy has been starting to play mean! He is hitting other kids, throwing toys, and he even pulled his girlfriend Halle's hair last night! I mean, that can't be good for a relationship! ;) I have put him in time out, given him stern "No no's" and I even tugged at his hair to show him that it hurt. Um YA,...then I felt like the WORLD's WORST MOTHER! Seriously. I need to remember he is only 15 months old. I don't know where he is learning these things! I sure as heck didn't teach him! I need some advice....HELP! :(
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OH little boys....I think that in the case of my boys, it's a phase they just grew out of...try giving him a toy that requires a little roughness, like a ball and bat or something that way he's not doing it on other kids..heehee. whatever you do just use consistency! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYeah, my little boy went through that also, what worked for us was timeouts and telling him that it hurt us, acting like we were crying and such! Good luck, it is not a quick fix! Did you ever get enough people to sign up for the mail craft?
ReplyDeleteHey Shell- Bowen was a little rebel about that age too! I agree consistency is the key!! It's hard to yell at them and you hate to hurt their little feelings, but they do get over it! :) Time out worked best for us.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any advice but i will need some soon! Good luck
ReplyDeleteMust be a phase. Remeber when Elle went through that with Noah and Brad wanted to take drastic measures. I guess it all comes full circle, huh :) I'm sure he'll get over it. In the meantime, if Brad would stop beating up on you, Noah might have a better example to follow!
ReplyDeleteOk This is probably horrible advice but so far it has worked with us. My husband loves to rough house and he gets Alivia riled up a lot. Well the deal is Alivia can hit daddy and daddy only. This allows her to take out anger in a fun way. In fact today I was playing with her and I tapped her on the shoulder and expecting her to push me back for fun and she said "No only daddy". She has also had other kids hit her and she just takes it and I think it cause we have emphasized so much (even when they are playing) that she can only hit daddy. I don't know if this is wrong -- but to this day she hasn't really hit anybody else.
ReplyDeletefunny enough but we let the kids hit daddy too! I thought we were the only ones....when they do hit someone else they get time out. Kyn is the cutest in time out, but it seems to be working!
ReplyDeleteThat is funy because you are the nicest person ever, i'm sure you had a heart attack! Crew does the same think to Will, he will grow out of it, just show him how to play nice.
ReplyDeleteIt is totally a phase. Tyler went through it too. All you have to do is stick to your guns with the time out thing and remind him to be nice. I always give Tyler a hug and kiss and tell him I love him after a time out.
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I have no advice. Sorry, I just know that at some point I too will be asking the same question so remember what people say and let me know what works. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteHiya Shelley,
ReplyDeleteThis is a phase boys AND girls go through. Stick to your guns, be consistant and it all of you will get through it. Of course, they forget everything they have learned at age 5, 10, 14, 14.5, 15, 15.3, 15.6, 15.9, 16, 16.1, 16.2 LOL. Michelle
Having had three go through that age, it is kind of a stage that they grow out of. It's hard to know what you want but not be able to verbalize. And the don't know all of the words yet. It all works out. We let ours know it wasn't ok and finally one day, it clicked.
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