How to deal with terrible two's????

@flauee (92)
September 13, 2010 9:38am CST
My son is about to turn 2 years old this October.. tantrums you can see here and there... whew! its like having 2-3 kids with just one that i have.. they say, when there tantrums are turned on, just ignore.. how bout the terrible 2??? help!
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@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 10
Hi, I can fully understand your situation as my son is going through terrible 2 stage and I managed to handle it well and now my son is on stage 3. He is getting more understandable on things and can be more independent. Every kids may have different character and of course, you need different method to handle them. Like for my son, when he reached his terrible 2 , he is more demanding and need alot of my attention. So I always try to spend more times with him. Play and teach him flashcards, listen to nursery rhymes,watch Barney vcds,doing some craftworks and even have nap together. As long as I am giving him enough attention and never ignored him,then it is fine and he is behaving well. Of course, there is also time when he will get crancky and I have to really pay attention to explain to him that he is not doing something right and he should get himself change.At first, he may not catch what I mean, so I will repeat to remind him and slowly he got my meaning and he is really follow my instruction. Whenever I was busy in kitchen and left him alone in living room, I will make a peek and make sure he is doing well there and also called up his Name,just to let him feel secure that I was there for him. Try to be patience to handle your son and never use hard method like beating. It is not the right method to train your child.
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@flauee (92)
13 Sep 10
thank you thank you shai... thanks for giving me ideas on how to deal with the terrible two.. he loves to watch barney, pooh and mickey mouse clubhouse.. my son is really starting to get my attention every time now a days.. again thanks...
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@jimeny (640)
• Israel
13 Sep 10
My brother is two, and he's just adorable! sure, sometimes it can be tough to convince him to let go of something, but all you need to do is distract him and take it away as he is distracted. Also, unlike any of my family, he is very neat! he always put his toys back into place! always! and he speaks too... I just adore him... 2 is an awesome and a cute age in my opinion.
@flauee (92)
13 Sep 10
he puts his toys back??? wow!!! how i wish my son would do that too.... my son speaks a lot too... i had him enter a toddler playgroup for socialization.. he doent have playmates his age at home... hopefully he (my son)would follow the teachers direction in school... ^_^
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• United States
13 Sep 10
Wow a 2 year old that puts his toys back thats amazing. I have a 10 year old that has yet to learn that. I always thought that 2 was a piece of cake its every year after thats a problem. The older they get the more ways they learn to tell you NO. LOL.
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@jimeny (640)
• Israel
13 Sep 10
Yeah, it's awesome! we can't understand how he learned to do it, but he just started doing it on his own. I think he's gonna be the smartest from all of my siblings...