Clever Clogs
14-01-2011, 12:30 PM
Hi all
Just looking for a wee bit of advice/tips. So far I've had a great start to the new year. For someone that's normally late for everything (except school and nursery) I have been early for everything this year, things aren't stressing me out so much and enjoying being back in a routine. There's just two things that's carried on from last year that's annoying the life out of me.
Any tips on how to stop running?????
Got two 3 year olds and a 2 year old who just want to run constantly...in the house, at toddlers, going to nursery etc. We have the house rules but as soon as one starts it, they all go and no telling them off seems to stop. think I've been put off going to a toddler/music group cause all the other kids join in the music whereas my son does for a wee while, but the other two just want to run around. I can sit one of them at the side for 'time out' but just starts it again and if I tell the other one, she just pushes her hand out and starts bawling . . . .taking me on to my other gripe.
Any tips for stopping a 3 year old crying every two minutes . . .if she's tired, if someone brushes against her, if someone looks at her, if other kids are noisy, if she can't get tv on, if she can but can't watch what she wants, if she has to sit at the table, if she can't play with the toys she brings, cries when mum leaves her at my door and i take her to nursery so crying the way up there . . . and so on. Have spoken to her mum before and we agreed we would give her the option of stopping crying and playing or go sit in the hall (she picks the latter so in my hall loads) I spoke to her again cause I was really beginning to get paranoid that she doesn't like coming here and only does it with me. She does it all the time in the house too and mum doesn't know what to do either. Cries when her big sis comes in from school for no apparent reason so then the cuddling and the 'what's wrong?' starts from big sis when there is nothing at all wrong. Help!!
Just looking for a wee bit of advice/tips. So far I've had a great start to the new year. For someone that's normally late for everything (except school and nursery) I have been early for everything this year, things aren't stressing me out so much and enjoying being back in a routine. There's just two things that's carried on from last year that's annoying the life out of me.
Any tips on how to stop running?????
Got two 3 year olds and a 2 year old who just want to run constantly...in the house, at toddlers, going to nursery etc. We have the house rules but as soon as one starts it, they all go and no telling them off seems to stop. think I've been put off going to a toddler/music group cause all the other kids join in the music whereas my son does for a wee while, but the other two just want to run around. I can sit one of them at the side for 'time out' but just starts it again and if I tell the other one, she just pushes her hand out and starts bawling . . . .taking me on to my other gripe.
Any tips for stopping a 3 year old crying every two minutes . . .if she's tired, if someone brushes against her, if someone looks at her, if other kids are noisy, if she can't get tv on, if she can but can't watch what she wants, if she has to sit at the table, if she can't play with the toys she brings, cries when mum leaves her at my door and i take her to nursery so crying the way up there . . . and so on. Have spoken to her mum before and we agreed we would give her the option of stopping crying and playing or go sit in the hall (she picks the latter so in my hall loads) I spoke to her again cause I was really beginning to get paranoid that she doesn't like coming here and only does it with me. She does it all the time in the house too and mum doesn't know what to do either. Cries when her big sis comes in from school for no apparent reason so then the cuddling and the 'what's wrong?' starts from big sis when there is nothing at all wrong. Help!!