Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Do you ever get one of those days...

...where it feels like all you say is "NO"? I'm having one of those days. Yuck. It really makes you feel like a bad mummy having to say "no no" all the time, but today it seems that anytime I say "no" to something and then try and distract Ollie with something else, he just either goes back to the first naughty thing he was doing or finds something else naughty to do. It's awful :(

I'm not sure how you properly go about disciplining a 1 1/2 year old. I have always given him a warning and told him what he was doing was not good behaviour, and then if he did it again I would remove him, sit him on the bottom stair, tell him he could come back when he was sorry and then I walk away. He hates it. It did work for a while... but alas... good things come to an end and it seems to serve no purpose now.

Bleuch. Nap time is creeping up now though... and then I can relax myself down for 2 whole hours and hopefully when Ollie awakes he will be in a much nicer, less naughty mood. My friend and her little one are coming over in an hour to watch a movie :)

9 comments:

  1. Every.single.day. I feel bad saying no but I think it's the age. It gets better right?

    ...stopping by from SITS...

    Steph @ Stick It in the Fridge

    pleasestickitinthefridge.blogspot.com

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  2. I know what you mean. I really have no idea how to discipline Jackson. I tell him no, and he used to respond by stopping whatever he was doing, but now he just laughs at me!

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  3. It is so hard when they are that young because everything is a game and they are testing you all the time!

    I have no words of wisdom but it does get better!!

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  4. "Ma'ma always said there'd be days like this"

    It will get easier, it just takes time - and a whole lot of patience.

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  5. Hi! Just stoppin by from SITS! your little guy is adorable!

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  6. One of those days? ... most days NO is the only word I feel is in my vocabulary. lol

    Enjoy the nap times- they are sacred! ;)

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  7. One of those days? ... most days NO is the only word I feel is in my vocabulary. lol

    Enjoy the nap times- they are sacred! ;)

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  8. My Oli is only 6 month's yet I find myself using that 'NO' word rather alot.

    I know he doesn't quite understand at the mo what it means, but the way we're going he soon will. Our No's go like this...

    NO Oli that's the coffee table with all our newspaper & magazines that we don't want you destroying.
    NO Oli that's Daddies Xbox , That's his third love after Me & You.
    NO Oli that's the telephone...

    Oh how it could continue!!!!

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