Hi All,
I'm sure this is just an age thing but just wanted some advice to nip it in the bud.
DS is 3 and has always been soooo incredibly good that it was almost too good to be true. We totally seemed to miss out on the terrible two's. However, since he turned 3 about 6 weeks ago his behaviour has deteriorated so much so that nursery have spoken to me about it too, they have stressed it's not a huge problem and typical of children his age but they wanted to check that we were doing similar at home as what they do at nursery to ensure consistency.
I am quite firm and we use timeout, and we only really have to threaten it and count to 3 and he almost always stops whatever he is doing as he doesn't want to go on timeout.
The behaviours he appears to be showing are "selected deafness" if I say no or ask him to stop he doesn't even acknowledge I have spoken, at nursery he has got a habit of pushing over children and the other day even threw something at one of them!! I was/am horrified by it! he often says No if I ask him to do something too.
Now, I know I am in danger of you all thinking I am mental to think it is strange for a 3 yr old to say no to their mother I am just trying to think of a few examples.
Obviously my main concern is the pushing. I have talked to him at length about what bad behaviour it is etc and that his friends won't want to play with him if he continues.
Someone please tell me this is a phase........
Or alternatively, has anything worked for you that I could try to help me nip this in the bud? We don't smack and we don't make idle threats, all his behaviour has been managed by timeout.
Thank you