Help! Three year old keeps taking my sons bottles and cups and drinking what’s in them (we keep some…
Help! Three year old keeps taking my sons bottles and cups and drinking what’s in them (we keep some made up in fridge) and lying about it!
The thing is he lies SO much about everything (I know he’s still young and doesn’t grasp the concepts of “lying” and “stealing” and is probably not an intentional thing) but it’s so frustrating. He never wants to listen, I tell him not to do something and 5 seconds later he’s doing it. I’ve tried every disciplinary technique I can think of and I’m at wits end with nothing working!
Mish·
Get a fridge lock. But put it high so he can’t reach it
Brianna🌸·
Мама сына (1 год)
@mswedes, that solves the problem minorly, but the lying and stealing bother me so much. It’s not just bottles, chips, candy, pop tarts, anything he can get his hands on. He never listens and lies when he gets caught.
Brianna🌸·
Мама сына (1 год)
He’s just so bad! And I get it “he’s three, he’s learning.” But oh my gosh, I mean he’s really bad.
Mish·
I’d maybe start a system with him. When he does something positive he gains positive rewards. Negative, he loses things he likes. 3 yr olds are super sneaky. They push their limits.
Brianna🌸·
Мама сына (1 год)
@mswedes, he’s been through a lot for a three year old. Last year he was the baby then me and his dad had a baby and then his mom had one. So he wasn’t the baby anywhere anymore. Then she kicked them out for 6 months got them back for a few more months switched daycare three times cause she got them kicked out and now she’s given them to us for going on 2 months now. She just dropped them off and he ran after him and she shoved him inside and told him he can’t go with her
Brianna🌸·
Мама сына (1 год)
@mswedes, DHS was involved but they told us they couldn’t do anything it was a custody issue and at least she abandoned them somewhere safe so they couldn’t take them from her.
Mish·
@dalliesmama, Geez. Maybe get a therapist involved. That’s a lot of trauma for such a little person.
Brianna🌸·
Мама сына (1 год)
@mswedes, I feel like that’s a lot of the reason he’s so bad, some people don’t deserve kids.
Chandra Wejs·
Мама троих детей
Not sure if it’s a three year old phase but my daughter is currently doing the same kind of things, will literally be doing whatever it may be that’s she’s not supposed to and will look me in the face and say she’s not. She don’t take food or anything but man who know three was going to be so much worse than one or two