I'm just curious to know how you would handle situations like this. My husband and I are having a bit of trouble getting on the same page about what to do for certain issues. Today we got a lot of snow and I was shoveling the drive way (I really don't mind it) and DD and DH were playing in the snow. This was the first real snow our daughter has actually played in and she loves it. It was time to go in and she refused. She was talking back and telling us no and refused to come walking up to the house even if we acted like we were going inside. So......take it from here. What would you do? She's 3-1/2 years old.
Same with my ds. He pretty much the same way when outside in the snow, he loves it! Normally if I tell him it's time to go in and get a snack or time to go warm up and we'll come back out later he won't fight going in.
Quoting mommyhonu:I give a 5 minute warning to my boys. "In about 5 minutes we are going back inside." It helps to avoid the melt downs. Then when it's time to go in I tell him that time is up. And then if I have a melt down I pick him up and take him inside.
This.
We prepare them a bit before we switch gears. One of my kids is great and goes with the flow, but the other two older kids need a warning so they know what to expect.
Quoting LoveTragedyFun:I wouldn't have even let it get to that.
I always give my kids time limits. I tell my oldest "you have 'X' more minutes, then we need to do 'X' because '_____'"
Pick her up and carry her inside. We use a points/reward chart and she would have lost points for not listening and for talking back.
I would just pick her up and carry her inside. Then I would just walk away and go about my business until she was done crying and once she was all calmed down we would sit down and talk about the inportance of listening to your parents.
My baby fell out of the crib today:(
- alandou
on Feb. 21, 2013 at 1:54 AM