Hi,
Our son is 18 months old and up until recently he's been fairly well behaved - with the odd occasion where he pretends he can't hear and continues to do as he pleases.
Our DD is 2 weeks old and ever since we brought her home he's been like a different child, he's extremely good with her though, very very gentle and understands not to be rough around her.
We're really struggling with meal times - especially lunch, he's refusing 90% of foods now whereas he's always been a very good eater and instead of leaving it on his plate he just launches it all over the room (He is teething so could this be down to that?). He seems to understand when he's doing something we don't want him to do (I.e climb up onto the dining chairs to pull things off the dining table) because he looks at us to make sure we're watching him be naughty. We repeatedly tell him no and move him away but this isn't working. My DH is adamant he understands that he's being naughty and he's doing it on purpose so therefore should be punished, but from reading similar experiences on here I don't know whether it's a phase or whether we should be punishing him. How do I combat the naughty behaviour? DH goes back to work next week and I'm dreading being left alone with 2 children. Is he acting out because there's a new baby or is this normal for him to be testing us at this age? I'm so stuck and feel very alone because DH sees it so differently.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks in advance from a very tired mum.