How many times a day do you tell your 2 year old off?

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Interested to compare notes really. DD is 24 months and generally really good unless knackered/teething/poorly when she can be a whiny monster and all bets are off. On a good day though, we will still have 2 or 3 incidents where I have to "tell her off". Some examples might be her screaming for no reason, tantrum when she doesn't get her own way, throwing food, refusing to get in car seat, wont let me brush her teeth etc.

By "tell her off" I mean stern voice and consequences (e.g. remove food if she throws it).

We've never had a full day of harmony....does that exist with toddlers?! How does that stack up with your experiences?

Telling them 'stop doing that'/taking away something they're not allowed, telling them to do something they don't want to amd deal with ensuing load protests...about 402 😁

If i weren't exagerating slightly, i'd say about 10 times a day...par for the course

Your daughter sounds like an angel. I am very jealous.

I'm on my second toddler btw, first wasn't quite so much, maybe in the 5/6 per day range...current version is more 'spirited'

Yeah, sounds about right.

I have a very nearly two year old GS and a three and a half year old Gd living with me at the moment, the Gd is a darling and no problem at all but the nearly two year old can drive us up the wall.
His biggest hate at the moment is teeth cleaning and it's a major tantrum, I give him the brush but he gets into such a strop he won't join in.
Doesn't want a bath, won't eat his breakfast, refuses to let anyone help him, I could go on and on and on.
He refuses to hold your hand going out to the car and has a fit when you make him, loads more.
Par for the course though, they grow out of it thank god!

345676569998765 times a day.

She's a defiant little bugger.

My DS is nearly 3 and I can't remember the last time we had an incident free day. On a good day it will be a few (less than 5) on a bad day it's constant.

I think it's just their age, pushing boundaries to see what they can get away with... doesn't make it any less exhausting to deal with though.

It is tiresome though, DP is finding it difficult but there's no point imo getting cross, though it's sometimes hard not to.
He makes me laugh though, he loves going in his Grandad's van because then he's sitting up high and can see out better, the dashboard is covered in kid's stickers, Peppa PIg, TTT, Minions etc but he can reach the switch with his foot now to turn the indicators on and it drives his Granddad mad.

See I like a bit of defiance in a kid

I think it's just their age, pushing boundaries to see what they can get away with... doesn't make it any less exhausting to deal with though.

I agree with that, it is exhausting but I think they're pushing boundaries to see what they can do, not so much what they can get away with iyswim, I don't think of them as naughty, two is too little to be naughty imo.

10,000 times/hour day

In fact I genuinely worry that I only ever speak to DS (3.4yo) to tell him off.

450 I reckon.

Honestly... mine is 25 months with a 3 year old sister. Probably 1-2 proper 'telling offs' a day for doing something like pulling her sister's hair. Maybe 398 times I have to tell her not to do something, or do something she's refusing to do... and generally I think she's pretty well behaved and compliant for a 2 year old!
My 3 year old on the other hand, I rarely ever have to tell off and didn't need to at 2. She responds so well to praise that I didn't need to.

Our 3.6 Gd responds so well to praise too, she's lively and lovely but really no trouble at all, except for when the 2 year old pushes her out of the way or pulls her hair or snatches her toys from her and you can't blame her for getting pissed off about that. :D

Ds is 22.5 months. I probably modify his behaviour or attempt to about 30 times a day. As in, don't hit your brother, say please, don't touch please..... But probably more times I say 'good boy' 'well done' 'you are sitting so nicely' etc etc, - I think that's probably why I'm so exhausted at the end of the day.,

Someone said to me the other day : they are born animals; it's our job to turn them into people. That really stuck a chord for me.

Oh it's very normal. On my second toddler now and I think of it more as times you have to correct their behaviour or show them how they should be behaving rather than telling off as such. They just push the boundaries and find it hard to be told no.
So yes today we've had tantrums over teeth brushing, getting dressed, nappy changes, wanting another snack, wanting to watch tv, wanting to run off into the road, not sharing, not being able to get shoes on, wanting to her shoes off, wanting to get down from the table, throwing peas, trying to push the dog off the sofa, drawing on the wall .....
it's all a phase though just keep showing them how you want them to behave and they'll get there! They're great a lot of the time!

At least a thousand times a day 🤔 I'm forever saying get down stop climbing don't smack your brother don't throw toys it can be very draining. Welcome to the terrible 2s

Lots. Lots and lots and lots! Ds is 3.8 and I have probably said "keep your bum on your chair whilst you eat" and "don't talk with your mouth full" about 25 times today. Aside from mealtimes he's very good though. Dd is 25 months and is also 'spirited', I tell her off a lot. She is much more destructive than ds ever was, can't be left with a crayon (she draws on walls), can't be left with a box of tissues ( they'll be everywhere)......that sort of thing.

I have 3 children. 2 girls and 1 boy. My eldest girl is 9, my boy is 6 and my youngest girl is 2.5. I'm telling u the misbehaving never stops. Not even by the time they get to 9. My 9 year old doesn't tantrum but she does have a major attitude problem... slamming doors, stamping feet. The point is my 2 year old picks it all up. So on top of having an attitude like a 14 year old she also has the normal traits of a 2 year old.
She is more fiesty than my other 2. She hits everyone, she yells at everyone. She throws food. She will scream for a good hour if she can't have her way. She throws toys at people. I do tell her off and give out a warning for the naughty step and I do follow through. However she turns her back to me or storms off slamming and hitting things as she goes.
So the answer to your question is about 50. Not an exaggeration. I'm getting pretty sick of hearing my own voice. My older two aren't that bad I only have to tell them a couple of times but all I seem to do is repeat myself. It wears on you have after a while.

I feel like I'm constantly telling my 7 year old off, but the 2 year old not so much . I think it's down to personality; I seem to recall having to deploy the naughty step regularly from about 18 months with DS1 (either for hitting or for uncontrollable screaming meltdowns, mostly, when it was more of a "calm down" step). DS2 is 26 months now, and I haven't really had to resort to it yet. He's quite stubborn and wilful, but placid and cheerful with it, if that makes sense.

(I've just typed that, and remember that I had to go in and Speak Sternly to him last night, because he wouldn't stay in bed, and he threw a small wooden toy at me. It's all relative, isn't it?!).