ALMOST TERRIBLE 2'S

United States
October 1, 2006 4:10pm CST
My son is in a phase I have named almost terrible 2's. Got any helpful hints on how to deal with an unruly toddler?
2 responses
@tater03 (1765)
• United States
1 Oct 06
Now is the age where you need to set some bounderies and stick to them. If he is doing wrong you could maybe try some timeouts and see if that would work. I used to have to sit in the corner with my son otherwise he would just get up or start playing. They say with timeouts you should go by their age. So he's two so he would have a timeout of no more than two minutes. You could try this and see if it will help. Two year olds are very stubborn.
@1alyssa (758)
• United States
1 Oct 06
the best thing i can tell you is if you make rules then stick with then you have to be strong and keep saying no over and over you can't give into something even once because they think they can get away with everything and you will just give in and the rule i live by is don't start something with a child that you wouldn't be able to live with everyday if you let them do it once they will want to do it all the time it works for me good luck