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August Already DYK
| Mon, 08-01-2011 - 6:27am |
Hi friends - love the dialogue happening. Let's keep it up!
| Mon, 08-01-2011 - 6:27am |
Hi friends - love the dialogue happening. Let's keep it up!
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Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
Lily was not very physical as a toddler. She gave us some trouble, but very little overall, considering all the drama of her colic and my postpartum when she was an infant.
Now there is Brady. He has started hitting. He full on slapped me across the face hard today (it actually stung) when I told him he could not go upstairs by himself. He tried to hit my face twice more in the following 10 minutes when "No" came up. He has been hitting some of the other kids during confrontations, but today he stepped it up. So far I have handled it by getting down and looking him in the eye and telling him very firmly "No you may not hit" in a low voice showing my serious face. You have to show the serious face because he stares you down to look for the slightest grin, etc. I have tried to be consistent.
He is too young for a time out, but we need to step up the discipline and I am not sure what to do.
Ideas?
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
You read my mind about the kids' accounts (or lack thereof). I want to contribute to a monthly account for them (i will have to make up Lily's lost time). I had considered a 529 but had not done it and then 2008 happened. I read more articles that said that all the promises of 529's were best case scenarios, so when the market tanked, all the promises were yanked. Now I am not sure what to do. So I think I am going to start building custodial accounts and when I see a financial adviser, I will see what he/she says.
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
Here was the link...hope it helps!
http://www.ivillage.com/hitting-when-your-toddler-hits/6-n-146051
Edited to say, I thought this was the most helpful (and true) part!
Toddlers are fascinated with what they can make happen over and over and they are also curious about how people react in different situations. Hitting people satisfies both of these interests. Furthermore, toddlers see the world only from their own point of view and therefore don’t understand that other people have different ideas and feelings than they do. "If hitting you is fun for me, I expect that it is fun for you, too." They are often very surprised at first when they hit, bite or push someone and that person cries. Sometime they continue to hit, just to see if they will get the same reaction every time and from different people.
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
Lily 07.01.06
Brady 12.05.09
Michelle
Mom to Addison (8) & Gabriel (5)
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