Bossy baby - 10 month old won't let go of TV or DS1' toys.

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DS2 is a lovely cheerful soul but I can already tell he is going to be a willfull blighter.

At the moment he just wants to play with the TV. He crawls over, pulls him self up and pokes it. He has toys in the living room, and a table the same height but he has absolutely no interest in anything else. When we pull him away he screama and screams and heads straight back for it, looking over his shoulder as he goes.

He exerts the same stroppiness when bypassing his toys in order to wreck DS1's (3.9) trainset! I tried putting DS2 in a travel cot today with some toys so he could play and not disturb the track but he just screamed, DS1 joined him in the travel cot and took all the toys out

It's driving me mad. I had idyllic visions of DS1 doing a lovely jigsaw whilst DS2 played happily with an activity cube.

Instead it's carnage!

lol that is a good description of my house except I have three of them destroy each others things. My 11 month old is the worst of all (i think each younger child learns new destructive techniques from the older ones and adds a few of their own).
She bulldozes over any floor games, my middle son likes to pull apart my older daughters toys.
I have found though that when they are all together they very rarely WANT to play quietly with toys - they want to play with each other so if you try and seperate them they will find a way to come together. Chances are you older one might make a fuss about his brother spoiling his game but seeing him wreck it probably entertained him more than the trainset itself!

I would leave them to it and accept that there are never quiet games when you have more than one child.

Unless mine are just more destructive than normal in which case I take it back!.

Hi FS, I do feel for you
i have DS who is almost 11 m.o. he is walking though and he has a thing for TV as well. he loves pressing switch button on and off, the most annoying when you are in the middle of the movie! We do tell him off though, he understands. he knew what word NO meant when he was 5,5 m.o and was crawling on the bed to the edge of it . I had to tell him NO firmly few times, so he would not roll off and hurt himself. So he kinda knows what it means. Now he developed a new thing for our dinner plates, when we have our dinner: loves going in, he almost jumps in when he sees one But we do tell him off and although sometimes it takes few times, he gets it. I do not have any other children but according to our babysitters he is quite advanced for his age. Maybe try the same technique- saying NO to him, but you have to be firm and when he listens to you then give him lots of cuddles and kisses or big smile and words: well done, good boy. I have found it to be a life savier at feed times! he loves reassurance and praise, I think thats what they crave for whern they are being naughty or they are just plain curious and of course they love ATTENTION , sometimes does not matter how much time you give them, (they have their days too) it seems they want more and more of you!
good luck, I am sure you will figure it out

Ah, glad I'm not the only one. I've also been lurking on your controlled crying thread as I'm doing exactly the same at the moment (Although DS is still BF).

I've found that I lay him down and put my hand on his back and stay in the room for 5 minutes, then stand by the door, then go back in every 5 minutes and lie him back down.

I found just leaving him to cry too traumatic (more for me than for him ). His daytime sleep is virtually non-existent so I'm hoping this will improve things.

Good luck with it.

have nothing to say about BF babies and CC. My milk was almost non-existant since DS was born due to blood loss( apparently that was the reason, my low blood count). Anyway, I tried to BF for 2 months, and i had 40 ml a day from both breasts, so my DS is mostly bottle fed. I have a friend and he DD is BF, she is 1 y.o. now, and she also has problems sleeping mostly because her DD is constantly on the breast! and yours does not nap during daytime you are saying, mine has 2 naps, so as I was sayin in my CC thread - all babies are different.
I guess CC is more difficult for Bf babies.
Sorry, I know your post was not about CC , but good luck anyway