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Getting your child to listen and follow the rules can be a challenge. It is easy for your child to follow directions, but you must set rules and establish consequences for misbehaving. Explain your rules quickly and precisely. All rules should be clear and specific. If you tell your child not to jump on your bed, make sure he knows that he can not jump on any of the beds. The rules you set need to be consistent and should be followed by everyone else in the house. Be an example for your child to follow. If your child can not walk in the house with shoes on, neither should you. When setting rules, consider your child's age and abilities. Some rules are not feasible for a two year old to live by. You can not expect your two year old to put his toys away each time without being reminded to do so. Do not make too many rules-children will forget what is acceptable and what is not. Repeat the rules often. Because toddlers have a short attention span and tend to forget things easily, you need to remind him of the rules often.

You might notice that your child seems shy all of a sudden. Most two and three year olds are shy around other children and even some adults. Some children are more shy around adults than other children. Rather than looking for a cure for her shyness, help your child feel comfortable around other people. Do not label your child as `shy` when talking to her or when talking with other people. Calling her shy will make her accept it as a fact and she will not want to socialize with other people. Encourage your child to participate in activities that involve other children and adults. Do not push her if she does not want to. Invite one or two children over to your house, where she is comfortable, and have a play date for a couple of hours. When people talk to your child and she does respond, simply speak for your toddler. This may set the stage for your child and she might participate in the conversation.

Children tend to be bossy at this age. Your child sees himself as the most important person in the world and thinks that things are supposed to revolve around what he wants at all times. You can discourage this normal behavior by treating him as you want him to treat others. Try not to sound bossy towards him and give him adequate attention. Do not respond when your child is rude. Make him say please and thank you and do not give in to direct commands from your child. Give your child responsibilities and some control over less important things throughout the day. This should in turn make your child feel good about himself and lessen the need for so much control over others.

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soon2be3 - Monday, 13 Feb
Aussie, has he gone outside. I know it sounds barbaric, but maybe going outside in the yard...standing up...he can make that connection. Also, have you tried making him go naked for a few hours a day? Our last little guy really caught on when I refused to let him wear underwear or diapers until he went potty in the morning.

monkeymamma - Monday, 13 Feb
Ahhhhh......my son is almost 4! It's sad, crazy and cool all at the same time.

monkeymamma - Monday, 13 Feb
aussie...I can't help specifically but just keep at it. It will become a routine for him. I'm trying to stop diapers (nappies) at night now and it's not going too well (my son is almost 4)

monkeymamma - Monday, 13 Feb
Tonight David and I are going on a 'date'. And we're going to see The Vow! He's not too thrilled but I told him it's time we seen a movie I want to see. It won't hurt him to watch a love story for a change.

aussiekim - Saturday, 11 Feb
Anybody have any suggestions for stubborn toilet training problems. DS is 2 years and 10 months and refuses to go the toilet. I know he can do it but he just wont. I am using a reward chart but doesnt seem to be working very well. I am trying to put him in underpants for awake time and reserve nappies for sleep time but he fights me on that. Wants to wear a nappy all the time. Frustrating!!!

soon2be3 - Friday, 10 Feb
Mommy, he will come back...I promise. My son did something very similiar when his little brother was born. We went off track with the potty training thing for about six months, but it got better. He is trying to figure out his role and how he fits in. He is also trying to get your attention. Remember...negative attention is still attention. Try to focus on the good things he does and give him positive praise (easier said than done when he is pee'ing through his clothes...I Know!!!). Also try to block out time in the day when it is just one-on-one. Maybe put sister in her stroller and go for a walk around nap time so she can sleep and you can help him investigate. Cuddle time is realy important at this age, so when you can take him to his room and lay down with him and whisper to each other. I know it sounds super corny, but all my kids love when they get me all to themselves and we have our secret talks. Hang in their momma...it's such a rough road at times!

Mommy0811 - Friday, 10 Feb
I am so glad I looked into this group I have a 3 yr old ds ( 12-15-08) and a dd 11 wks( 11-20-11) and every since my daughter was born my sweet little boy turned into a problem child lol granted he has been potty trained since September he has total stopped listening to me I think the new baby and me being a sahm has had a little to do with it. But he's told me doesn't like me, he does this random screaming fits and he will act like he can't pull his pants down when I'm bf his sister he has even went as far as to stand at the potty and pee on himself if I didn't put her down and come in there as soon as he told me too... he has become so controlling and bossy I hope I get my sweet little boy back soon...

monkeymamma - Wednesday, 8 Feb
Not having a phone sucks!!! Verizon is sending me a new one but I won't get it until Fri.

monkeymamma - Friday, 3 Feb
Oooo, that's creepy to wake up to her standing next to you! The night before last, I thought the neighbor's howling dog was Quinten moaning and crying in his room. Somehow, in a sleeping stooper, that dog sounds like a crying kid. I started my period this morning. :( I was hoping to just roll right into pregnancy but I guess my body wasn't ready yet. At least I have something to go off of now. I hope you get to feeling better!

soon2be3 - Thursday, 2 Feb
How ya' doing Monkey? I have a cold and a migraine that is still lingering from this past weekend. Grace was up a lot last night coughing, so we were up trying to get her to settle down. Poor thing. Oh and she slept walked again. Scared the poop out of me because I was already in bed and had just fallen asleep and then something made me open my eyes and she was standing by my side of the bed.

monkeymamma - Wednesday, 1 Feb
I have been all about procrastination lately...gotta kick it in gear!

soon2be3 - Tuesday, 31 Jan
Gah! I am trying to work on a new power point presentation, and I am not feeling inspired! I have to present on Friday...tick tock.

monkeymamma - Friday, 27 Jan
It's Friday! Yipeeeeeee!

monkeymamma - Wednesday, 25 Jan
Today is dragging....I wanna go home!

mommyof2soon - Tuesday, 24 Jan
Yes it's very hard if you don't have anyone who can pick them up. I did it just soley for the interaction and learning the 'rules' for school. And preschool here doesn't require you to buy school supplies so that's a plus.

monkeymamma - Tuesday, 24 Jan
I get to watch my niece tonight for a few hours!! My parents and brother/SIL are going to the Chamber banquet so they needed a babysitter.

soon2be3 - Monday, 23 Jan
If your mom loves having him and he is getting the enrichment, there is nothing wrong with keeping him home for another year. I am not anti-preschool at all, but the schedules preschools here keep, make it very prohibitive for two full-time working parents who don't have access to have someone take them and pick them up.

monkeymamma - Monday, 23 Jan
I plan on putting him in soccer as soon as it starts up so he'll get some social interaction there.

monkeymamma - Monday, 23 Jan
It's free here too. My cons are: buying solid polo style shirts for dresscode, whatever he'll pick up from the other kids, Mom having to pick him up since I'll still be at work, another year of buying school supplies. Pros are: the social aspect, learning the school setting/structure. I'm leaning more towards just having Mom continue watching him since she's loves doing it. ,

mommyof2soon - Monday, 23 Jan
I sent Gage and will be sending Greayah only because it's free though our school systems here. If I had to pay to go to one then I wouldn't as my mom watches them and they go to other activities (dance, baseball) where they get interactions.

soon2be3 - Monday, 23 Jan
I think the only real reason I would get him into a pre-school situation is for the social interaction and learning to follow directions and work in group settings. We don't do pre-school either, instead, we focus on finding extra-curricular enrichment...he takes gymnastics, plays on a soccer team, goes to summer reading groups. He will also attend Vacation Bible School for a week this summer. If you are working on letters, numbers, coloring, cutting, and other stuff like this, you should be fine not sending him to pre-school. Both Grace and Jake are thriving at school and neither attended pre-school.

monkeymamma - Monday, 23 Jan
August will be here before we know it so I've started a pro/con list of sending Quinten to pre-school. Since my mom watches him, it's not like he's at a horrible daycare or having to pay for daycare. I just don't know!

mommajess - Friday, 20 Jan
I haven't checked this age group in ages! I don't know if you all even remember me...LOL. Anyway, Hudson is 2 1/2 years old now and he's the most wonderful thing ever! From some of the things I just read that you all have posted, we go through the same things at our house. He is potty trained and actually trained very easily. I was very surprised he trained so easy because I had just had our second baby and I thought he would be defiant, but he took to it like a fishe takes to water. Pretty much taught himself to poo poo in the potty. I was just focusing on the pee peeing and all the sudden he took himself to the potty and pooped in it. He's never looked back. It took a total of maybe 2 weeks. And since September, we have only had 2 accidents and they were nighttime. I just let him run around our house naked for a few days and when he didn't have a mistake after the first couple of days I put him in underwear to run around in and that was that. I'm glad to see that everyone's toddlers are doing so very well. I should really check in here more often.

monkeymamma - Friday, 20 Jan
Happy birthday Jake! I'm sure you'll make it extra fun soon!

soon2be3 - Thursday, 19 Jan
It's been snowing all day. School was cancelled today and will probably be tomorrow. Poor Jake...it's his birthday tomorrow and I took the day off to have lunch with him at school and bring his birthday dessert to share. He is going to be so bummed.

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