Your Toddler - Does What They're Asked Or Need Explanations?

[kungfubecca]

he he, I have a why kid.

we have to explain. re falling ours is you will have to go to hospital if you fall, he doesn't like hospitals, he's already been in on 2 short occasions.

carseat, the policeman will lock mum & dad up. he doesn't understand the concept of flying through the windscreen.

DS has an elephants memory and will repeat almost anything, even complex things. He showed me a toy cow, with udders yesterday and told me milk coms from cows and pointed to the udders, I didn't teach him that, not sure who did.

to stop the barage of Whys you have to come up with an extreemly complex responce, and they get bored.
eg: why does it rain: - discuss water droplets clouds etc, throwing in as many technical temrs as you can remember, but don't dumb anything down for a why kid, or you get more why's, give my ds a technicall boring answer and he stops asking.

I'm also on occasion not advers to the 'because mummy said so' learnt that from my mum. and counting to 3 to get him to listen, and sto stalling.

I also don't care if I have to drag a toddler kicking and screaming from a shop I'll get him back one day, I'll chuck a tanti when he's older or be embarrasing in front of friends.

[fionas]

it was good to read all these responses especially on a day when it seemed like dd was the only toddler who wouldn't do as she was asked.