Three very soon. Normal?

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I seem to have forgotten what it was like with my other two I think.

My dc is nearly three. He cries a lot somedays especially if you say he can't have something. I know my First two were a handful but we spent time doing what was age appropriate. They spent a lot of time outdoors with freedom which isn't the case her in uk so much do I don't know what to expect.

Dc is currently struggling to drop nap. The other two napped until 4 and 3 .5 and I was ok with later nights (it was also cooler to sleep) but we need this time to do homework readetc with other two. dc also doesn't entertain himself very easily and wants to be in think of it all.

Timeout hasn't gone very well. He cries a lot and gets himself wound up. I see it through but it takes a long time some days and I don't have the time to follow through if I need to be somewhere with the others so I can't always
choose this option. If I'm out I am still taking push chair for backup because he will wriggle around and just not do what I'm asking if he doesn't want to.

Any thoughts / support would be appreciated

Sorry typing on phone. Loads of spellos

My 2 year old has never napped [unless ill], is clingy, tantrumy and screamy. He is an utter shock to the system compared to ds1!
He is also chatty and happy most of the time but cross him in the mildest way and all hell breaks loose. I too find a push chair to bundle him in [screaming and going rigid] useful and miss it when out without it and ww3 occurs.
Timeout does not work with him yet in any structured way- he just can not be reasoned with when he gets in a state.

No real advice- sorry!!

Sounds like mine at that age. I wad pregnant too which admittedly made it harder, but most of the trouble was down to tiredness - maybe try and reinstate the nap if that's an option?

ds1 responds much better to positive rewards - stickers on a sticker chart. We have a list of things he can get stickers for which we sort of negotiated with him (well, used the power of suggestion). He gets small stickers for everyday good behaviour like eating his dinner, tidying his toys etc, and a bigger Peppa Pig sticker for something more important (for us it is not hitting other children at a playdate, behaving like a 'big boy' ie not crying/whingeing/having a tantrum, being nice to his sister). Whenever he gets a sticker, we make a massive deal about it and, I know it sounds twee, but he gets a 'sticker cuddle' - basically a stupid dance around the kitchen when we cuddle him.

If he gets a row of stickers (10 I think) I buy him something little from the ELC as another reward.

It's not completely foolproof but it has helped.