Toddler parenting and discipline

[OrionGrad]

Great advice! I'll second The Secret of Parenting. That has been my favorite parenting book. I also liked the one by the same author about siblings, Mom, Jason's Breathing on Me!

I read the sibling one (probably based on your recommendation) and it was great. Lots of good ideas that I could put into use right away.

[alison]

We just muscle through it, and wait until the light at the end of the tunnel, which was age 3.5 for M. . C (2 years old in a few weeks) is totally cuckoo. She is 10 times worse than her sister, although she hasn't figured out how to take off her pajamas and diaper at bedtime like her sister had by now. She's exhausted by her daytime hijinks that she doesn't think to torture us at night. Again, my advice is to just muscle through it. I.e. I've got nothing up my sleeve as far as advice!

[MsSassyBaskets]

Not exactly a discipline thing, but DD is going through an independent phase right now and is actively rejecting me. At the same time, she's super affectionate to DH and her daycare teacher. I know it's not only because she's asserting some independence, but also because I'm "not the fun one" - I'm the one doing meal times, bed times, errands, etc. and not just hanging out and playing. But ooooh, it burns me when DD rushes to give hugs to Daddy or her daycare teacher and actively rejects my attention. Repeating to myself, "it's a phase, it's a phase..."

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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

It is just a phase but it does hurt. I'm in the same boat a lot. Daddy is the one who does "special breakfast" (yes they call it that) on the weekends, the one who plays with them and takes them on special dates/meals with just him. It's hard to feel like the boring parent especially since we all know who's keeping them alive (he doesn't know their shoe sizes or where their pediatrician is, or when the field trip forms are due).