My 20 month old is super active and a real handful . My previous children were very active too but would play nicely at this age to an extent . He has plenty of toys but shows little interest in them . He absolutely loves me to sit and read him a story and this calms him down but it’s 10 am and we have gone through all the stories x2. I also have heaps of laundry and cooking to do for my other dc so can’t sit and read to Him the whole morning . So far this morning he has - been yanking the blinds like mad almost breaking them , has already yanked the stick
Off them , been banging toys on the wall and dented / scratched it , opened the downstairs loo door and tap and drenched the floor , thrown stuff into the loo, thrown all the shoes off the show rack , scribbled on a door (keep telling dc to make sure pens out of the way but there will always be one ) toppled and dismantled the high chair , thrown all books of the shelves , cried for water then thrown it , cried for a satsuma then squeezed it everywhere and threw it , ( hasn’t had breakfast and won’t eat either ) , climbed onto the dining table and thrown the decorative items off , pulled a charger out of a socket and tore it apart with his teeth ,thrown all the laundry of the drying rack , etc He’s currently scraping the walls again which he loves . Am so drained and he is a really poor sleeper so I have been up every hour too. If I put CBeebies on its like magic , he will sit mesmerised the whole time . I do it and tell myself ten min only but the peace and quiet and lack of destruction is so tempting , 10 min becomes 20 which becomes 40 . It’s not on all day as I know it would probably worsen his restlessness in the long run ( as much as I would love it to be )but I don’t know what else to do and am at my wits end .
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Can't control toddler without tv
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moonmaker · 09/11/2017 10:04
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