Mamas & Papas-
We took DS to a neighbor's yesterday along with his metal model yellow volkswagon car, about 6"x4" long. He threw it on her floor. I firmly and quietly told him if he throws it on the floor again, we would have to go byebye. He then repeated me with a bit of upset, and loads of hand gestures, saying car down byebye. He didn't throw the car again. I take it he was internalizing the rule and the consequence by repeating it a few times. He's 2.5, bilingual, and not yet fully conversant.
Have you experienced this? Am I guessing correctly?
thanks for your input,
F. B.
Sounds like he understood.
Is that your question? I'm not sure what you mean by "internalizing the rule."
You are over thinking this. He's 2. He's learning about boundaries and consequences of his actions. good for you that you're using boundaries and consequences. that will help him enormously as he gets older. He doesn't like them - of course - but he's learning them at the same time. that's all good. He took in the information you gave him, he repeated it a few times and it seems he understood. that was a successful lesson. Ecpect he'll push back and test the limits - that's his job. Expect that he'll show frustration and have to experience the negative consequences - also his job for now. As long as you consistently apply the consequences he'll learn well.
Whats really funny is when you hear him scolding his stuffed loveys to not throw their toys and that he is very angry with them!
Normal.
I'm a little puzzled by your description, though it sounds awfully cute. If your concern is that he seemed so upset when you corrected him, that could be quite within the reach of "normal" for a sensitive kid. He doesn't want you upset with him, and he doesn't want to leave, and he doesn't want to give up his physics experiments. What a conundrum for a little guy!
I don't see any problem H.. Nothing out of a normal behavior. He is 2.5.
