I've tried ignoring and it seems to stir him up even more. He follows me and gets right in my face. I've tried ignoring, naughty chair, putting him in his room, using an angry voice, I even tried smacking(then felt bad about it). Maybe AI should try changing his diet, but the prob there is he won't eat fruit/ vegies and hates water, he used to love all of it but won't touch anything now.
Ellie, just a thought, but when you have tried ignoring the behaviour, have you explained to him at the time that's what you are doing? I say to DS something like "Jack, you mustn't do (insert appropriate words). Mummy will pick you up and give you a cuddle when you stop doing (whatever it is)". Then he usually stops pretty quickly and comes up fora cuddle. Then I praise him for stopping the behaviour. It does work for me but then DS isn't quite 2 yet so I think we haven't hit the worst of the terrible twos.
I also find DS is more likely to be naughty when I'm feeding Thomas (nearly 12 weeks) so his new sister could be part of the issue. I just try to spend as much one on one time as I can with Jack while Tom is asleep. Then when Jack wants something while I'm feeding, I say "Jack, you had plenty of Mummy's time while Tom was asleep, now it's Tom turn". Also I often sit next to Jack and read a story to him while I'm feeding. Again, it works really well so far but I'm realistic that it might get worse.
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