You would think that the tantrum dance should be getting less when she is nearing the age of three. I’ve got NEWS!
NOT! It is getting worse!
Help!
The Toddler goes into a mode where she starts repeating and repeating and repeating (whining and whining and whining) … what she wants!
She does not stop.
She does not get distracted!
She does not respond to threats!
Time-out does not work!
Explaining does not work!
Yelling (I’m sorry to say!) does not work! (Bad bad parents!)
A light tap (I’m sorry to say!) on the nappy does not work! (Bad bad parents!)
The other night as an example: The Toddler was bathed and was ready for bed. She wanted juice, but juice in an open bottle so that she could pour it from into another cup! That is a definite mess waiting to happen… If it had happened earlier, it would have been negotiable! But she had been bathed and dressed for bed already!
She went to bed crying for that juice! She woke again at two in the night, again crying for that juice. In the end Dear Hubby had to go and fetch that juice and she drank it with a straw from the open bottle…
He had to do some negotiation before she was happy not being able to pour it from the bottle!
We now have a joke between us. When she goes into repeat-mode, we say “Push the reset button! Restore to factory settings!”
Then Hubby presses her on the back, and it makes her laugh for one second, before she continues with the whine…
She has not been feeling well the past week (Tuesday catch-up), and I hope that could have been the reason? (Please say it is so!)
The Terrible Two’s turns her into a whining monster!
(Photo by Dad)
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I do like your saying about resetting factory settings :)
ReplyDeleteI think having older siblings makes them more determined at this age.
My youngest cried himself to sleep on a whine that lasted over an hour. Then he carried on in his sleep !
He does sleep talk and sit up in his sleep anyway.
Hang on in there :)
carol
You are describing little Lukie here? Hehe...they are all the same.
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