Michelle - posted on 05/09/2012 ( 3 moms have responded )
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What can I do to stop him? We try and keep things up and put away, he just loves destroying! He breaks his toys on purpose, tears up paper, poors soap all over the bathroom, climbs on things to get stuff, even plays with his diaper if I don't catch him first. We tell him no, why its wrong and put him in timeout, but it doesn't seem to even phase him. Anyone have any better strategies?
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Michelle - posted on 05/10/2012
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try having him clean his messes up he will soon see its not fun when he has to clean it when telling him no put his arms along side his body hold them there have him look at you shake your head no while saying no he will learn after a few some times
Amy - posted on 05/09/2012
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He's exploring his surroundings and it's really a developmental phase that all kids go through. You have to do your best to create a safe environment for him to explore. If a room is off limits shut the door to prevent him access, if he can open it put a lock on it out of his reach. You don't want him playing in the bathroom because that could be very dangerous as I'm sure you're aware.
If he wants to rip paper give him paper to rip and then let him help clean it up. I know that some people find time outs very effective but at 15 months my daughter just wouldn't of understood. I use natural consequences and redirection. If you break a toy it gets thrown out, eventually you'll run out of toys or figure out how to play with them properly. Also try to have patience you may have to tell him 100 times not to do something before the novelty wears off and he's into something else.
Amy - posted on 05/09/2012
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he is just a little explorer isnt he, my son did the same just want to play with everything get into everything he started when he started crawling he would go into all the kitchen draws, every were in the house, just have to teach him no and he needs things to do like play with the blocks with him, give him activities, i have a 2 year old and a 6 month old and baby wakes up at least 3 to 4 times a night and i get so tired than its hard to wake up in the morning , but i do get up when my 2 year old son wakes up, most days i stay home but i feel bad!! what is your daily routine if your a stay at home mum
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