chris goodyear
24-02-2017, 05:56 PM
I need some ideas please on how to regulate a 2 year old's (boy) behaviour as I'm getting to the point of giving notice. It's difficult though as they are my next door neighbours of 10 years and in 2015 mum and dad split up. He's been here a year now and it's really stressful most days (even though it's only half a day as he goes to playschool in the morning). Mum has a new partner so he spends time here, at playschool, with one nan and dad, the other nan and with mum and partner! Monday to Wednesday when he's here it is really not enjoyable because all that happens is that he winds the other kids up and encourages them to be not behaving well. My daughter is my assistant and she wants us to give notice but it's really awkward they are my neighbours! Things he will do is :-
1. never listens (at all)
2. stands on the toys
3. runs in the house (all the time)
4. throws toys
5. whines like a baby when his big sister comes in from school (she is 10 and gets really fed up with him clinging to her all the time when she's here)
6. uses my sofas as trampolines
He will be 3 in April so I think old enough to be better behaved. Play school say he is fine there so we try always one of us being in the same room as him to keep an eye on him all the time as we thought maybe it was because he thought we couldn't see what he was doing but it didn't seem to make much difference. We alternate the toys so they don't get bored with the same things and whether there's one other child here for him to play with or five he's still the same. It is so wearing and is really getting us down. Mum is on the same page as us but I know the nans and dad are more into letting him get away with things, probably because of the situation over the last couple of years (practically since he was born) but it's not doing him (or us) any good. We've tried all being in one room to restrict the amount of room to run indoors but can't do that all day. Sorry for the rant but I've run out of ideas and really want to try and work through this without being carted off somewhere!!!
1. never listens (at all)
2. stands on the toys
3. runs in the house (all the time)
4. throws toys
5. whines like a baby when his big sister comes in from school (she is 10 and gets really fed up with him clinging to her all the time when she's here)
6. uses my sofas as trampolines
He will be 3 in April so I think old enough to be better behaved. Play school say he is fine there so we try always one of us being in the same room as him to keep an eye on him all the time as we thought maybe it was because he thought we couldn't see what he was doing but it didn't seem to make much difference. We alternate the toys so they don't get bored with the same things and whether there's one other child here for him to play with or five he's still the same. It is so wearing and is really getting us down. Mum is on the same page as us but I know the nans and dad are more into letting him get away with things, probably because of the situation over the last couple of years (practically since he was born) but it's not doing him (or us) any good. We've tried all being in one room to restrict the amount of room to run indoors but can't do that all day. Sorry for the rant but I've run out of ideas and really want to try and work through this without being carted off somewhere!!!