tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post2596599239050260394..comments2024-03-27T18:56:51.425-05:00Comments on Harry Times...All Jacked Up: The Terrible TwosSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07270389106604867450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-33858505304398687872008-08-07T23:36:00.000-05:002008-08-07T23:36:00.000-05:00therapy. Actually, I like your idea of imagining I...therapy. <BR/><BR/>Actually, I like your idea of imagining I'm being watched, because these days I am mortifying myself with how often I am using my NOT inside voice...maybe I could contain my inner beast if I felt like I was being judged (by someone other than myself LOL)<BR/><BR/>And I agree, Ethan makes me see red and makes my hands itch to spank him, but then he will give me a look and it all just melts away into "OMG, you are the greatest thing that's ever happened to me". So strange.sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387145957769474838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-2241212033135935402008-08-06T20:41:00.000-05:002008-08-06T20:41:00.000-05:00He is so cute! This phase will be over soon and he...He is so cute! This phase will be over soon and he will be wonderful again! And right now he thinks you guys are AWESOME! Don't worry. <BR/>Of course, in 10 years, he will act like this again. But this time he will be bigger than you! And he will think you are STUPID and an embarrassment! At that time, you can worry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-46786773159790063782008-08-06T13:23:00.000-05:002008-08-06T13:23:00.000-05:00"Boom, yucky, yikes" = "No Mommy, Mimi nice cream"..."Boom, yucky, yikes" = "No Mommy, Mimi nice cream" in our home.<BR/><BR/>She spies the Dora yogurt when I open the fridge to get something for dinner prep and insists on eating it. I open the yogurt, put her in her chair, turn back to make dinner. Splat....."No Mommy, Mimi nice cream". <BR/>Ugh. I can deal with giving her a little pre dinner yogurt. Pre dinner "nice cream" is so not happening.<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of imagining someone is observing your interaction. I'm going to have to try that tonight...... after the yogurt hits the hardwood.The Parks Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025835478107085421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-9986650541023436262008-08-06T13:19:00.000-05:002008-08-06T13:19:00.000-05:00GOSH I know exactly what you are talking about!! ...GOSH I know exactly what you are talking about!! First spilled cup gets eye contact and an even toned "Charlie, you need to be careful with your cup." Twenty-fifth spilled cup gets an exasperated "DUDE! WHAT THE HELL?" Maybe I should try that pretending I'm being watched thing. I do my best to remember that most of the time he doesn't know he's doing anything wrong and try not to let the frustration build from incident to incident. Because there are a LOT of incidents these days. And even though he is 21 months old, if you ask him how old he is he says two.<BR/><BR/>I do see some signs of progress though... mostly in the form of him showing remorse after doing something he knows is wrong, like rock throwing, or doing what I have asked him when I start to approach him (with the goal of coercing him to do whatever it was). So maybe he sort of gets that I'm in charge? I wonder whether that's really true many times a day.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156777853779141522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30058350.post-11826856849405145642008-08-06T13:06:00.000-05:002008-08-06T13:06:00.000-05:00We haven't reached toddlerhood yet of course. Bu...We haven't reached toddlerhood yet of course. But I amazed by one of my friends who has 4 kids, and number 5 is due in September. The oldest is 6 1/2! She is amazing - so I am taking notes when I can. Her kids aren't perfect, but I see how she and her husband are training them, and I am amazed! I think the big thing is to set rules and consequences and then stick to them. Make sure the consequences are understood ahead of time and are appropriate, and eventually (hopefully) he will learn what you expect!AJU5's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039236630636069326noreply@blogger.com