DD is nearly 3 and just seems to live in a dreamworld most of the time. She used to follow instructions quite well but now our mornings are chaos and she doesn't respond to simple requests like cleaning teeth, putting her shoes and coat on etc. I'm getting shoutier trying to get us ready and I have to admit that this morning I really lost it and shouted so loudly that she burst into tears
The CM has also commented on her lack of listening. It's not wilful, she just really is in her own little world a lot of the time.
I can kind of see where we're going wrong - constant nagging clearly isn't effective and it's not nice for anyone. I was thinking of a reward chart (I think she's old enough to understand) but we can't just do one for 'listening', can we? Wouldn't it need something more specific? I also remember reading something a while ago about only asking DC to do something once and then, if they don't, taking them to do it anyway, but I can't remember it clearly.
If anyone has any tips at all how to gradually encourage a toddler to listen at least a little bit of the time?
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Toddler doesn't listen at all - normal I know, but any ways to improve it?
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Thurlow · 03/11/2014 09:52
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