Toddler Struggles

[SoonerTexan]

She wouldn't get out of the shower tonight.

Me: Do you want a timeout

N: Yes

And then she sat quietly and happily in the corner for a few minutes until it was time to get out and immediately started being a toddler jerk again.

What's the point.

[MrsK]

She wouldn't get out of the shower tonight.

Me: Do you want a timeout

N: Yes

And then she sat quietly and happily in the corner for a few minutes until it was time to get out and immediately started being a toddler jerk again.

What's the point.

Yup. That's K2.

[Thirteen]

She wouldn't get out of the shower tonight.

Me: Do you want a timeout

N: Yes

And then she sat quietly and happily in the corner for a few minutes until it was time to get out and immediately started being a toddler jerk again.

What's the point.

Find something that will bother her: a favorite toy in time out, etc.
FWIW, my sister did that to my mother and drive her nuts -- you are not alone!




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[ladymoreta]

Also, I'd recommend skipping the "do you want" part. It gives them power. At the point when they get a consequence, they've lost their right to choose anything. They know they're getting a time out, but if they get to choose "yes", they still feel like they win. If its something worthy of a warning, you can phrase it as "If you don't come (or whatever), you will get a time out. Do you understand? Come now." If it's a rule she already knows, skip the warning and send her straight to time out.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I'm exhausted Physically, mentally, emotionally. Can we put all the toddlers in a room and all go take a nap? I do take some comfort in the fact that our kids are happy, healthy, confident little people. Hugs to everyone in the trenches!


Wife of a PGY-4 Orthopod

[HouseofWool]

I'm exhausted Physically, mentally, emotionally. Can we put all the toddlers in a room and all go take a nap? I do take some comfort in the fact that our kids are happy, healthy, confident little people. Hugs to everyone in the trenches!


Wife of a PGY-4 Orthopod

Oh yes, that sounds delightful!

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I have seriously wished for the commune many times in the last few weeks!


Wife of a PGY-4 Orthopod

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

I have seriously wished for the commune many times in the last few weeks!

Me too!

[HouseofWool]

Me too!

I always wish for the commune... Mostly bc I want DD to put my ex in his place, with the quickness.

That and it would be nice if my friends didn't live in my computer.

[MrsK]

The K Bros have circumvented nearly every childproofing measure we have installed in the new house. Fireplace guard: GONE. Top-of-stairs gate: GONE. Cabinet/Drawer locks: GONE. Doorknob covers: USELESS. Outlet covers: K1 knows how to circumvent them. Doorway gates: K2 knows how to open them. Oven lock: K2 turned on the self-cleaning feature today anyway. The only safety mechanisms that they have not defeated are those that I am struggling to get around. I cannot get the gate at the bottom of our stairs open to save my life so that's driving me nuts too.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Yikes and wow. Have you tried magnetic cabinet locks?


Wife of a PGY-4 Orthopod

[MarissaNicole]

Little Houdinis! Well they sure must be smart and creative!

Minnie has figured out how to open childproof bottles and knows the magnets unlock the cabinets so we have to keep them out of her reach!

When does DrK start the new job? Are you getting any break at all?


Wife to PGY4

[SoonerTexan]

Ummm...wow.
Hugs MrsK

[MrsK]

Yikes and wow. Have you tried magnetic cabinet locks?


Wife of a PGY-4 Orthopod

I'm afraid to! DrK is not good at returning things to where they belong so I'm certain the magnetic opener would vanish. He's likely to leave it on a high shelf or top of the fridge or someplace like that out of my reach and then go to work for 15 hours. Besides, if Minnie can use other magnets to open the cabinets, surely the K Bros will figure that out too.

Little Houdinis! Well they sure must be smart and creative!

Minnie has figured out how to open childproof bottles and knows the magnets unlock the cabinets so we have to keep them out of her reach!

When does DrK start the new job? Are you getting any break at all?


Wife to PGY4

They are Houdinis. They come by it naturally. My father -- a general contractor, inventor, and science fair expert -- was a bona fide McGyver. My maternal relatives were in the hardware business and my maternal grandfather invented the first alarm system for the tanks at the Shed Aquarium. K2 has spooky-mad skills and I've overheard K1 asking him to help take things apart or figure out how different locks work.

DrK starts on Monday; he's been helpful but also underfoot in his own way. I'll be upset once he is gone but hopefully we'll have more of a routine and be more unpacked by then. K2 started school today. Since it was his first day, I stayed in his class with him. (Apparently, it's customary for the parents to all attend with their children on the first day of school which was 6 weeks ago). He seemed to enjoy himself but he was very very very quiet at school and then horrible when we got him home. I'm not especially impressed with his teachers. They are okay but I just don't think they will be as helpful a resource as the teachers were at his past school. They were warmer than his past teachers but didn't seem to encourage independence or achievement of new developmental milestones like his past teachers did. K1 starts school tomorrow. Then K1 will be attending TWRF mornings and K2 will be attending MWF mornings. I'll have Wednesday and Friday mornings to myself though not much time to get anything done. I'm looking into hiring a babysitter in the short term and probably more regular help for when the baby arrives. I'm really worried about managing the K Bros during the 6-8 week recovery from a c-section and adjustment to a newborn period.

[moonlight]

I can't even imagin it MrsK. It sounds so tiring to keep the kids safe and then go looking for things your hubby has tossed up high.