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This thread is great, thanks everyone for there stories and idea's. I would be interested in the thoughts and early prevention for my little 18 month old devil.
My little one will listen and follow directions with a smile on her face; happily dancing as she goes.....some days.....other days it’s a struggle to do anything. Whether it be eat dinner, get dressed; change the bum, anything involving daily routine. She has been lately very deviant, we have a set routine that she follows, since I am the stay at home parent at this time I set her on schedule that works for the both of us. This helps with getting ready for dinner, or bed or leaving the house to go shopping. But for example, I have a home theater room in my basement, sometimes I'll take her down there if I need to do some laundry in the next room or whatever. The HT has allot of things that her curious hands what to touch, twist and turn on and off.
She normally understands that there are certain things that she is not to touch, but now she will go straight to it touch it and keep touching it until I come over and remove her hand from it. Normally I could calmly say, please don't touch (insert reason here) and she would stop before she even reached the item.
Now as soon as I start to say it, she will go even farther like she's trying to start up the shuttle, flicking every switch she can reach. Normally not an issue as the entire house is kid friendly; rarely is she down in this room. When she is tired/hungry/over stimulated she can get this way which is fine, but lately it has been more and more during times when she should be okay. My instincts tell me it’s just her testing her limits (and mine).
And to top it off she stated to get very clingy to mommy. My wife works a varied shift, and it’s never been an issue in the past, but now my daughter will be in constant "mommy mommy..." mode when she gets home. Now when my wife is gone to work all day, she will ask where mommy is occasionally no issues, and even when my wife leaves for work she does not fuss after she has left. Only when she is home. Separation anxiety or something. Kind of makes me feel like poo, here I am slaving away all day to make her day special, and I get cast aside like a used Kleenex the minute mom comes home. Odd though since it just started to happen. No biggie all just phases, but does anyone have any discipline advice that would apply to a young child. I tried leg shackles but she just squirms free......
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