My 19 month old little boy is VERY strong willed and I need some advice on managing his behaviour. He talks a lot for his age and is super bossy and demanding, at the moment he just wants to control everything and whines a lot. I've always been very responsive and in a way I think it's come back to bite me as he just whines at me thinking ill do whatever he wants. I'm getting exhausted with it, he's been poorly the last week and it's been tough with the crankiness on top of it all. Can anyone recommend any good books or anything about toddlers this age? I'm at a loss sometimes what to do as he's so clever he often manages to figure out a way to do what he wants anyway.
An example of this...
Tidying up last night he put his wooden fruits away in the box but the last one he wanted to put on the chair. I said it had to go away and we had a silent stand off for a few mins where he kept trying to put it on the chair refusing to let go when I offered the box to put it in. I said it needs to be tidied into its box but he then threw it on my knee, looked me square in the face and said "it jumped mummy" 🙃