SammySplodger
27-10-2013, 06:10 PM
Advice please... Sorry - long post!
I have a LO of 15 months who is MUCH harder work than the other LOs (others are 15 m, 20 m and 22 m old - so comparable age-wise). It's driving me a bit potty :-0
As follows...
Generally trashes all the toys - tips all baskets out, throws toys around the room and down the stairs (lobbing them over the stair gate), tips puzzles and games out of boxes, rips up books, tears displays off the walls etc. Loads of stuff has been broken or damaged by him. Cannot do any art/craft activities as he just trashes all the bits/equipment before I can start showing him what to do.
He is a 'baby octopus' - when out in the buggy everything within reach is grabbed - plants, bags, other people, stuff off shelves in shops, the other LO next to him. When held he will grab my hair/earrings/clothes and pulls really hard (it HURTS!).
Takes off own shoes and socks and throws them out of the buggy (I have given up putting them back on and now he just goes barefoot).
At snack and lunchtimes he cannot sit still and keeps attempting to tip himself off the chair (in a booster seat), kicks the table and launches himself backwards. Any food given on plate or bowl is immediately tipped onto the floor and plate/bowl then thrown on the floor. So I now give him finger food placed directly onto clean oilcloth tablecloth (attached to table). He eats a few bits and then just chucks the rest... then cries because he's hungry... I give him more... he chucks it.
He is a HUGE boy - very heavy and strong/physical. With the other LOs he's always pushing, shoving, grabbing stuff off them. I'd say two LOs are scared of him :-(
Anyway... I could easily spend my day saying 'NO' and I did start doing this... but it has absolutely no meaning to him. Makes no difference, just ignores me. Even if I say it loud, with eye contact. So instead I just distract him or 'adapt and overcome'. It's just so frustrating, because I find I focus so much on him that the others get less attention.
Would really appreciate advice and ideas about how to deal with him. Ta.
I have a LO of 15 months who is MUCH harder work than the other LOs (others are 15 m, 20 m and 22 m old - so comparable age-wise). It's driving me a bit potty :-0
As follows...
Generally trashes all the toys - tips all baskets out, throws toys around the room and down the stairs (lobbing them over the stair gate), tips puzzles and games out of boxes, rips up books, tears displays off the walls etc. Loads of stuff has been broken or damaged by him. Cannot do any art/craft activities as he just trashes all the bits/equipment before I can start showing him what to do.
He is a 'baby octopus' - when out in the buggy everything within reach is grabbed - plants, bags, other people, stuff off shelves in shops, the other LO next to him. When held he will grab my hair/earrings/clothes and pulls really hard (it HURTS!).
Takes off own shoes and socks and throws them out of the buggy (I have given up putting them back on and now he just goes barefoot).
At snack and lunchtimes he cannot sit still and keeps attempting to tip himself off the chair (in a booster seat), kicks the table and launches himself backwards. Any food given on plate or bowl is immediately tipped onto the floor and plate/bowl then thrown on the floor. So I now give him finger food placed directly onto clean oilcloth tablecloth (attached to table). He eats a few bits and then just chucks the rest... then cries because he's hungry... I give him more... he chucks it.
He is a HUGE boy - very heavy and strong/physical. With the other LOs he's always pushing, shoving, grabbing stuff off them. I'd say two LOs are scared of him :-(
Anyway... I could easily spend my day saying 'NO' and I did start doing this... but it has absolutely no meaning to him. Makes no difference, just ignores me. Even if I say it loud, with eye contact. So instead I just distract him or 'adapt and overcome'. It's just so frustrating, because I find I focus so much on him that the others get less attention.
Would really appreciate advice and ideas about how to deal with him. Ta.