Nearly 2 year old won't listen

[MumOfTwoBoyssss]

That's it really, he just won't listen, says no alot, try and do quiet time with him like colouring it, he would rather shut my curtains, or just run around my ds2 keeps touching things he shouldn't and I'm constantly sounding like a parrot telling him no, do not touch, it's dangerous, only to be laughed at and will attempt to touch again but I stop just before he heads in that direction, he never wants to play with his toys, and lockdown is really affecting him he wants to go outside but I'm in a top floor flat and no garden and all parks are shut I'm so close to having a break down just want some advice to get ds2 to listen to me :( thank you in advance sorry if this isn't enough information but you get the idea hopefully lol x

That sounds really, really tough. My DS would never do colouring, ever. He would do things like play with his trains though. What is your DS interested in?

Sounds like you need this book

Remember he is only very young. Try to encourage him (Loudly) if he's being quiet, sitting down etc.. it's natural not naughty for babies (esp boys IME to rush about ) and ignore a lot of the energetic stuff, it's understandable after all.

Make up games with him using his toys. Play races with his toys too ,you and your toy , him and his toy, crawling races or lying races etc. etc. hopping races You can think of things he likes to do, learning his colours, counting etc. Make it fun.

See what makes it very very hard is that neighbors downstairs complain about the noise my children make so the crawling thing and playing with cars, anything that's involves them playing on the floor I'm not allowed to do as the complaints have actually gone to the council and I've been sent a warning aswell which I believe is so unnecessary! So colouring in and basically just sitting them down on the sofa to occupy them with is the only kind of play I can to with them, otherwise I'll probably lose my home :( my neighbor hates children so has been trying to get me evicted for ages just because my kids love to play on the floor, so it's a difficult one, I also have a older son with autism who is 6 and very very hard to stop him running up and down from one room to another then my youngest will chase him then I'm trying to stop them then my neighbor will bang up with her broom honestly at my whits end but will take up your advice about the counting and colours, and stuff, the neighbor and council have no understanding about my kids being energetic, I even have a foam play mat for them to play on but it's still not enough. Thank you for the advice by the way, so lovely for you to reply back x

Is there a reason why my post has been hidden? Did I say something wrong?

As my post got hidden I have no idea why I was only explaining why I couldn't do most of the things that was advised and thanking everyone for the advise especially the book I'll be purchasing that tonight big thanks! Xx

Oh dear that sounds difficult , if not impossible. Have you got contacts at your oldest boy's school maybe to explain to the council about the need for them to do exercise. Are you near a park? To take them out for exercise. Maybe write a nice (as possible) letter to your neighbour explaining about them.

Hello it's been a few month @ppeatfruit there is a mediator involved now, so I've had to explain to her to tell my neighbor that she caused us so much stress and upset as my kids WILL NOT just sit down, they have to play, I refuse to stop them from playing, they don't play all day and they go to the communal gardens downstairs to play also, things are much better now, I take them out more often, but the neighbor expects complete silence from us. Mediator has had to tell her it's impossible and what she hears on a daily basis from us is normal family noise and has actually over exaggerated her complaints to sound worse than they actually are.it also turned out all this time she had no idea about the age and of my youngest, who's 2 now and will naturally be energetic or running around jumping, dancing ect my eldest she had now idea he was diagnosed with autism, she apparently more understanding but anyways

Running around isn't naughty so I do allow the kids to run on a certain area but to use quiet feet and if they feel the need to jump to jump on an old mattress but play time and quiet and outdoor play is all part of the routine, the listening thing with my DS2 I'm still trying to figure out as its Actually become worse over the last few months since he turned 2 in may, I've been googling what kind of games I could play with him the will get him to listen to instructions better, he seems to like playing "mummy says" but has anyone got any other suggestions as playing outside is the only place he will listen to me bless, seem very outgoing hates being indoors I guess

Thanks for any other replies truly appreciated!