@njgriffin having a toddler MEANS saying no all day. Read NO DAVID! Its a book that won a medal. Its a great kid book you can read it to him

@vvrobinson, just makes me feel like a shitty mom when I’m telling him “no” all day or time out all the time and nothing ever works. I feel like he thinks I’m being mean to him all day for no reason

@njgriffin im sorry. I have a 2 year 3 month old daddys girl myself so i know your pain and 3 is worse so im in the same boat. We just have to stay persistent

@vvrobinson, Iv tried time outs before his sister was born. Dosnt work. He’ll literally do whatever he was doing again. It’s so frustrating idk how to get him to stop doing bad things ☹️ he ONLY listens to hubby. He’ll tell him something once and he’ll behave. When it comes to me he just ignores me

@njgriffin time outs are the next thing. Put him in his room for 5 minutes. Every single time. If youre in the store leave and sit in car with him in carseat

@vvrobinson, iv tried all these! ☹️ I give him sticker and treats every time he does something good. But when he does bad things I tell him firmly “NO” and “that’s not nice” but he literally looks me in the face and does it again!!! I seriously don’t know What to do ☹️ he kisses and hugs her but he’s also very mean to her

Hes 2..
There is no discipline. You can do time outs, firmly saying no or taking away favorite toy..but at the end of the day its just going to take you repeatedly saying no and being firm on time outs. Theyre so rambunctious and over emotional that most techniques will hardly make a difference and ive heard by soooo many people 3 is WORSE!!! I dont recommend spanking, it builds resentment and will not make the problem go away. Offer positive reinforcement when he does something good. Ive started using the sticker routine with my daughter. If shes good and doesnt realize it i reinforce it with a sticker. She feels happy that she earned it and i have a tantrum free toddler. Ive even brought a sticker book with me on the go. Great shopping experience leads to 2 stickers of her choice. We also encourage hug time like in trolls the movie. We will get both girls and hug them and when we do athena kisses little cassie. That is then reinforced with cuddles and many kisses for athena. When i take baths with athena we always involve cassie and she helps me bathe her head. Or when its bed time and i put athenas pjs on she will kiss cassie goodnight before i take her away and daddy reads her a bedtime story. We basically involve the little one in some important routines that make athena feel like cassie is one of us. Now every morning when im making breakfast and cassie is in her rocker athena will come up and kiss her and turn her music on. That is then reinforced with a biggg hug for athena. When athena does act rough with cassie we say NO very firmly and BAD and then we walk away from her. Being ignored and cassie crying (which is pretty rare) says to her that she did something wrong. She will then try making up for it by touching cassies hand or trying to hug her by laying her head on cassies. It takes practice but keep trying. Give lots and lots and LOTS of positive reinforcement and involve them in routines together to help them bond

@octavian, I give mine a dirty look and he literally gives it back to me🤦🏼‍♂️

@njgriffin lmao i give mine the dirty look and she makes this im in trouble face😂

@octavian, every time I sweet talk he just takes advantage of me 🙃

@njgriffin an eye for an eye lmao that sweet talkin bs dont work around here

@octavian, I’m definitely trying that next time 😅

@njgriffin he bites lol my kid did that too me once i bit her back😂 she stopped doin it

@modom16, iv tried that already! Just dosnt work! He bites her and runs over her fingers with his car and pushes her to the floor ☹️ he’s so mean to her and other days he can be so nice to her

My oldest want listen no matter what lmao you could beat her sweet talk her lock her up lol she just doesnt understand either way. So i just put the youngest in the pack n play till she chills out

@wafflez, omg iv never thought about eating candy infront of them I would feel bad but it might work LOL!!! 😂

When he does it show a lot of loving attention to your youngest. Hug her and tell him we’re nice to our sister, shes so sweet, etc. Usually they will want to mimic it. I have this problem but it’s the other way around, my youngest is mean to my oldest 🤦‍♀️

Eat candy in front of them 😏 I separate them. I tell the one your being mean it's not nice until you can play nice you will have to stay away from your sister an then I make them move away from the sibling until said time

Iv tried time out and spanking and none seem to work 🙂