I would like to know how other parents discipline their young toddlers?

Blade has been turning the tv on and off ,throwing his arm around when being feed and the food ends up over me or DF, throwing the usual tantrums and more.

How do you discipline children as young as this to make them understand that they cant do these things?
A gentle tap on the hand does nothing and i know that he understands "no".

When he turns the tv on or off i move him away and say "no" but this has made no difference and sometimes he thinks its a game.

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honestly with a 1 yo there isn't anymore you can do. with ryan i think he was 20-22 months or more before I started doing time out with him. before that it was just a no and distraction.

I agree with brazen, there is not much you can do at this age and honestly what Blade is up to sounds very normal developmentally for his age. Georgia is doing very similar things at 15 months but I find that if I give her some attention and go and do another activity with her then she is happy (this works with turning off the TV).
With the feeding, you are lucky Blade still lets you feed him! Georgia has refused to be fed for a few months so it's finger food here now.
I used to get so upset that I would carefully prepare all these foods for her and sit down to feed her and she would carry on and not eat them. Maybe try giving Blade a spoon so he can feed himself. We started with this and now Georgia has a fork and knife and uses them for eating (she doesn't need the knife, her food is cut up but she likes to mimick us by 'cutting' her food).

The main thing to remember is that they are frustrated at this age and going through the progression from baby to toddler and everything that goes along with that. I have worked in a childcare centre nursery and have seen most children go through this stage. There they used time out for hurting (such as biting, hitting etc) but that was mainly for protection of the other children and had no effect on changing the behaviour or thinking of the child- IYKWIM?

Sorry to waffle on, good luck with Blade,

Tamara
DD 15 months
TTC #2 now
*SAHM on 4/11/05 to concentrate on growing another beautiful baby*

When my two started to get annoyed at dinner time it either mean't that they didn't lie what was on offer or they where not hungry. Around this age they are started to become far more independent and I am wondering if its the fact that you and your DF are feeding him, he probably wants to do it himself. They can be messy at the start and have no co ordination but he will get there in the end.

With the tv he probably just wants your attention. Try finding him something fun to do or tape what you are watching and watch it later. I really don't think it matters how many times or how exactly you tell him no as if it is an attention issue then by you telling him no getting up and turning it back on is giving him attention so he is getting exactly what he wants but not in the right way iykwim.

cheers
Alexandra

I thought about him feeding himself but it just seems to end up on the floor and he is still hungry then.
As for the tv Blade is the only one that gets to watch hat he wants lol, but as everyone says, distraction is about the only way.
He is a well behaved child but just wanted know some gentle discipline for now and the future.

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i missed the food thing the first time around but you are definitely lucky to still be able to feed him!!! i would recommend offering plenty of finger food (for emelia even weetbix is finger food ROFL). if your floor is clean before you start i wouldn't hesitate to pick it up once or twice to reoffer to him. (at this age they don't really understand what they're doing when they drop it). we always gave a 3 course meal - sandwich, main and fruit - so between that they would get enough to eat for sure! and if not then you give nutritious snacks between - after all they have no way to learn to feed themselves if you don't give the opportunity...

The only thing I could suggest for the TV is removal and distraction. As for food, I found with Luke if we both had a spoon, he got to feel in control and practice and I still got some food into him.
Good luck!

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I have just started a "naughty spot" which is starting to work but my problem is keeping a straight a face. My DD give's me this look and I can't help but crack up. Any tips on how to keep a straight face whilst trying to discipline?

Luv, Amanda
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