Quote From: beth474My son is 22 months old and his is having some major behavior problems. When he gets mad and especially if he's tired he hits, bites, sceams, pulls hair, throws things and pinches. Lately when I try to put him down for a nap or bedtime he rips the sheet off his crib and throw his blankets on the floor. He screams and sometime he even laughs. It can take me up to 1 1/2 hours to get him to sleep at night sometimes. We try to have a very consistant schedule for him. When he is not tired or really mad he is a great kid, he will sit and read books and play with his toys. I could really use some advice, please help
I have a two year old son and i gave up long time ago on keeping sheets on his bed. I have put cardboard books in his bed for him to look at at night. I also have left mega blocks out for him to play with. I put him to bed about 8 he playes for awhile then about 9 or when it gets dark he tucks himself back in. I love that i dont keep nagging him to stay in bed. I dont know about you but I cant make kids go to sleep on command so he will just sleep when he is ready. the stress in much less at night now.
As for the hitting bitting ect. I would pick him up and say in a sing song voice UHOH some one needs some alone time. take him to chair and say you can join us when you are ready to be sweet. you may think he is not ready for this or understand it but he is i started this about 18 months with my son. after a couple of times he knew he was doing something wrong without me telling him or yelling at him. good luck and i wish you less stress. i would like to know if you try these and see how they work for you
