Comments on: How do you handle “Toddler Demands” | Toddler Talk https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html Las Vegas Mom Blogger | Family, Fitness, Product Reviews Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 By: Emily https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26391 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:25:21 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26391 In reply to Vanessa.

LOL He is such a sweet boy, that picture makes me laugh every time!

]]> By: Vanessa https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26370 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:53:39 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26370 cute picture! He looks bad to the bone!

]]> By: Tyler Texan https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26351 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:52:35 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26351 Nanny P here! Gotta love ’em toddler years… The terrible twos. For me, I always make toddlers share. I know it’s easier said than done and How the Heck do you Do that anyways?! Well, if they WONT share, then:
1) Take the toy away.
2) Expect a melt down.
3) Place toddler in a safe place so he/she can continue with melt down.
4) Walk away.
5) IF child continues meltdown or proceeds to hurting them selves or others, intervene immediately.
Get down to child’s level and try explaining that the toy must be share or will be taken away.
Set a timer via egg or phone timer. Something that has a distinct buzzer so the child knows when toy must be passed.
6) If all else fails either
A) bribe… (sorry, I use this one a bit) or
B) distract toddler with new toy, preferably bubbles…

]]> By: Cassie https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26349 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:01:31 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26349 When my girls went through this, really Caelyn still is in it, we first tell her she needs to ask for the item politely. If she takes something from Chloe (or vise versa) we imediately take the toy back then we talk about it. It is like a detective state because it always ends up that one took it from the other but they had it first. So we figure out what was going on and if that doesn’t work, then we just remove the toy to resolve the issue.

As far as it being something they want, that is hard. Caelyn is just starting to understand you need money to buy things so we tell her if she really wants it she needs to save her money. Chloe does understand this well so we have bank for each of them. Now they maybe for a week only put money in the jar then the toy they wanted is forgotten about. But yes it gets better.

]]> By: Emily https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26347 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:17:35 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26347 In reply to Glenda Cates.

Glenda! Yes, 4 is a great age to still link up with us. Each week on Thursday we post Toddler Talk. Feel free to browse past topics. You can link up any time during the week, and there is a link for you to grab the code if you want to share with your readers. If you grab text to share (which is encouraged) we just ask you link back! 🙂 You can email me at familyandlifeinlv(at)gmail.com about a guest post if you would like! 🙂 Looking forward to having you join in!

]]> By: Emily https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26345 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:14:55 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26345 In reply to Adelina Priddis.

We have been working on “May I have it please.” Which he is pretty good at when I remind him that we don’t say “I want it”. But he isn’t very good at hearing no. Even if it has a good reason behind it on my part. Good to hear it gets a bit better with age!

]]> By: Adelina Priddis https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26342 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26342 ah yes, the “mine” and “I want it or I’ll throw the biggest fit you ever saw” stage. The first thing I try to do when my kids act this is way, is make sure there is a reason I said “no”, and that it’s a good reason. If there is no good reason to say “no” I try to say yes as often as I can. BUT I also expect my kids to ask politely. If they can’t ask politely that is grounds for saying no as well. My 5yo completely understands when I tell her we can’t afford something, or she doesn’t get a treat because she was misbehaving. Kids understand a lot more than we sometimes give them credit for.

]]> By: Glenda Cates https://ourknightlife.com/2012/02/how-do-you-handle-toddler-demands-toddler-talk.html#comment-26340 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:47:45 +0000 http://www.familylifeinlv.com/?p=8516#comment-26340 What a fun feature to offer for parents. My son is 4 but sometimes he still does this. I am trying to make my blog more family friendly and so I would Love to share this with my readers if that is OK with you. I am with Mommies Point of View and I also would like to interview you all or offer you a guest spot on my blog.

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