I have a three year old little boy and he is going through a crazy phase right now.. Not only is he very demanding and thinks he is the adult.. He has a bad problem with repetion. For example: i will say if you eat all your dinner. You may have some ice cream. The whole time we are eating dinner he will ask me if he can have some ice cream now? He will repeat himself over and over agian.another example is. If you are good for mommy in the grocery store i will take you to the park this afternoon, and the whole day he will ask if he can go to the park or he will repat alot that he wants to go to the park now. I have tryed taking his treats away and putting him in time out and i do not know what else to do it is not only very aggervating but emmbarrsing when we have guest or go somewhere. And he does this with everything, his daycare lady has an issue with it too. Please help!!!!
You're doing a lot right! Here's one suggestion: Turn the question back on him. When he says "Can I have ice cream now?" You say "When did Mommy say you could have it?" Try it!
Good luck!
Hey, you've got some great advice already. I just wanted to add that my mother (who had four children) told me that odd years are going to be difficult. Ages one, three, five and seven are extremely frustrating for mother and child. Just do your best and push through, that's all you can do! By the way, my five year old is still a broken record!! Good luck!
Well it sounds to me that your son and my 3 year old daughter need to hangout because they are the same! I believe that you are dealing with normal healthy 3 year old behavior. They are inquisitive and at that age to ask ask ask. I don't think he misbehaves on purpose, he's just being 3.
Hi B.,
i just posted the same type of behavior question last night and i got a few really great ideas, take a look and see if any of the suggestions help. Good Luck!
Toddlers do not have a sense of time yet that is why he keeps asking for the treat. Stop giving him cause and effect situations because he doesn't get it yet.
