this is turning into a semi-serious problem for us. ds is 16 months and doing normal toddler things - banging glass, emptying bookshelves, throwing food, poing people and so on.
we're trying to choose our battles, and if we are consistent with a fairly sharp 'no' and sometimes removing him from the situation he does get the message that something isn't allowed.
the problem is that we are finding it really hard to be consistent without sometimes laughing at what he is doing. this just puts us straight back to square one. so for example, last night he was behind my chair poking through the gaps - cue me saying 'no, ds. don't poke mummy'. 'no, ds'. eventually I picked him up and took him to his toy box, with as serious a 'no' as i could manage. he then started trying to creep up on me behind the chair which was so funny that i started laughing whilst saying no. so he now, obviously, thinks that poking is funny.
any tips?
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toddler discipline - how do you avoid laughing?
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lummox · 26/09/2006 07:41
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