Does your nealry 3 (as in 2.11) year old understand routine

[Saltire]

When you do the same thing every day, usually as much as 4 times a day, 5 days a week, at what point should they start to understand it?

Does that make sense?

DS (2.6) definitely does, but I imagine he's helped along a lot by watching his older sister.

HAve you tried a poster with little pictures of dinner, bath, teeth, book, bed or whatever your routine is? I've heard of people it has really worked for.

Most of them should be more than enthusiastic about the routine than the adult, I find 2yos are sticklers for liking to do things the same way every time. Unless it involves pain or discomfort, maybe. That said, some will find it ever so dull and will act up out of boredom.

What's going on? Is a child worrying you?

i'm not sure I understand what you are asking they should understand, do you mean that they should know whats coming next because they do it so often?
My ds 2.10 has been known to go into melt down if I DARE pull the plug out the bath and not him.

Saltire has a rather perplexing and demanding mindee, she has started another thread about his eating habits today and I think that's what she's trying to figure out, if she can do a different routine with him the 4 days she has him compared to the 3 days parents have him, how soon will he adapt..?

Sounds very stressful!

As ragged pointed out, I have a mindee 5 days a week, 8.00am till 5pm.
This is what we do when we go out
I get his coat on him and his shoes, and he sits on the bottom step - from the bottom step he can see
A) the front door
B) Me
C) the buggy into which am putting his litle brother.
D) Can see that the door is shut and I am on the same side of door as him
Once the brother is strapped into buggy, I open door and then say to mindee that we are ready.

And yet every single time we do it, he screams blue murder. because he doesn't want me to elave him. despite reassurances from me, he scream until I say "ok then x, come on we aready to go".

Now I do this at least 4 times a day, 5 days a week,a nd ahve done since July.
I just thought he might have been starting to get the idea a bit better, after doing it so mnay times but he doesn't seem to be.
I in all honesty cannot remember how well my own DCs remembered routines, and that's why i asked.

I meant that when he is sitting on the steps, he screams blue murder.

Yes, my son is 2.11 and knows his routine. Perhaps you could make a game of it. I bought a 'my day' puzzle from ELC which just covers basic daily routines. I know that that particular puzzle isn't really useful in this situation, but wondered whether you could come up with a little word game or quiz where you talk about the routine of getting out the door? Sorry if that's rubbish advice!