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Toddlers & following instructions ?

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Mammof2 · 31/10/2023 20:32

DS is 22mo, he does follow instructions and to a certain extent! He is very high energy and a wee bit stubborn.

He’s good walking routes he knows, tonight we went out with DH’s family and there’s 2 little boys , one 2 months older and one 2 months younger than DS and they walked held hands, the younger one got carried at the end.
DS was zig zagging up and down wanting to run his own way and I carried him a little to try and get him to stay with the group.

i feel for his age and personality this is normal? DH made a comment about his cousin younger than him (2 months£ and was like oh he’s calm and just walks with them

I feel it’s silly to compare as their personalities are very different but also I feel our DS is still young his understanding is amazing but he is very much a “I do what I want” boy and we still try to direct him wrc

also he is in nursery 4 days a week (wish it could be less but we don’t really get family help) he follows instructions all day long so must come home and just feel a bit chaotic! Especially if we’re like can you go this way , can you do this please etc

Am I right here? Or should he be calmer and follow everything we say (he is my first , pregnant with 2nd, so don’t want to sound like a know it all but I doubt the latter)

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Ostryga · 31/10/2023 20:38

22mo do not follow instructions like little robots! He’s absolutely, 100% fine. Your dh can compare as much as he likes, doesn’t change the child you have.

Like you said, he’s being instructed all the time at nursery. It does them good to have a little (safe) freedom at home. Tell dh to unclench and the lovely, well behaved younger cousin will probably be a total bugger when he’s 3. That seems to be the way!

Mazuslongtoenail · 31/10/2023 20:43

It’s down to the individual, I have 2 kids that couldn’t be more different - both really compliant at some things and stubborn about other things. So it’s not that one is ‘good’ and one is ‘bad’, they just have their differences.

They’re all normal.

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