I have a 2 year old who dont listen to anything I say. I can be very firm in my voice and very serious and she dont listen to anything. Taking things away dont work times outs dont work and talking to her softly dont work. My baby cant sleep mopst of the time because she is so loud she wakes him up and nothing I do id working. I want to pull my hair out. My older 2 kids were never like this and Im at my wits end on not knowing what to do with her. Any advie would help and Ive tried almost everything I dont know what else to do
it sounds like she's acting out for attention. does she get much one-on-one time with you?
oh yes all the time shes home with me all day and we read and play and watch movies and she helps me cook
my dd is one of selective hearing as well. it's just taken time and age. 1-2-3 always worked great with my son. i rarely get past 1 before he complies (he's 6 now) but with her, she was 3 before she even acknowledged that I was speaking (she's 3 1/2 now). some kids are just fiesty like that and require more work and repetition.
I guess she is special lol. I count to her and now she counts with me and I cant help but laugh but my poor baby everytime he goes to sleep shes so loud she wakes him and I try to explain but she dont understand its so rustrating at times.
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:my dd is one of selective hearing as well. it's just taken time and age. 1-2-3 always worked great with my son. i rarely get past 1 before he complies (he's 6 now) but with her, she was 3 before she even acknowledged that I was speaking (she's 3 1/2 now). some kids are just fiesty like that and require more work and repetition.
Ugh, I guess I blocked that memory...my DD would do the count with me thing too. It drove me NUTS but, yes, was funny.
When my DD was a baby, I never made a big issue of my son's noise level. I was worried that if he understood he had some power there, he would intentionally make noise for a reaction. Instead, my DD has always lived in a noise-filled home but also I would try to redirect him to something quieter like a puzzle, coloring or something... It helped that I had them on the same nap schedule from day 1 so when she was having her long afternoon nap, he was napping as well. The morning nap we just dealt with. That was always our special time together though so it was usually pretty mellow mommy/son time to hang out quietly.
Quoting brandhailey:
I guess she is special lol. I count to her and now she counts with me and I cant help but laugh but my poor baby everytime he goes to sleep shes so loud she wakes him and I try to explain but she dont understand its so rustrating at times.
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:
my dd is one of selective hearing as well. it's just taken time and age. 1-2-3 always worked great with my son. i rarely get past 1 before he complies (he's 6 now) but with her, she was 3 before she even acknowledged that I was speaking (she's 3 1/2 now). some kids are just fiesty like that and require more work and repetition.
I so wish I would have had them on the same schedule it would be so much easier. Like now all kids are asleep besides her and she wont go to sleep shes laying i her bed and keeps getting up and ebing loud and no matter how many times i put her back in bed she gets up. SO by the time she falls asleep Im up agian with the baby to feed him adn then she still wakes up like 3 times in teh night
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:Ugh, I guess I blocked that memory...my DD would do the count with me thing too. It drove me NUTS but, yes, was funny.
When my DD was a baby, I never made a big issue of my son's noise level. I was worried that if he understood he had some power there, he would intentionally make noise for a reaction. Instead, my DD has always lived in a noise-filled home but also I would try to redirect him to something quieter like a puzzle, coloring or something... It helped that I had them on the same nap schedule from day 1 so when she was having her long afternoon nap, he was napping as well. The morning nap we just dealt with. That was always our special time together though so it was usually pretty mellow mommy/son time to hang out quietly.
Quoting brandhailey:
I guess she is special lol. I count to her and now she counts with me and I cant help but laugh but my poor baby everytime he goes to sleep shes so loud she wakes him and I try to explain but she dont understand its so rustrating at times.
Quoting Luvmy2babies22:
my dd is one of selective hearing as well. it's just taken time and age. 1-2-3 always worked great with my son. i rarely get past 1 before he complies (he's 6 now) but with her, she was 3 before she even acknowledged that I was speaking (she's 3 1/2 now). some kids are just fiesty like that and require more work and repetition.
Practice whispering. Like, all the time. Even when the baby is awake. Make it a game so she can understand what it even means then at naptime, get out the special game or movie and tell her it's whisper time.
I play with her all teh time but it dont matter gues sits just a phase
I've been trying all of these with my son. he loves playing on my phone so I don't let him play until nap time. It works most the time, but not always. :/
Quoting mypbandj:
Have a special game or toy that she can only play with at nap time.
Practice whispering. Like, all the time. Even when the baby is awake. Make it a game so she can understand what it even means then at naptime, get out the special game or movie and tell her it's whisper time.
When did your LO get their first crush?
- brandhailey
on Feb. 17, 2013 at 11:30 PM