So my dear veteran parents —
when is it the right time to start to discipline your child?
My son (I still love saying that like the first day I ever said it ) is 10 months old - and he doesnt quite throw tantrums but he’ll like throw things on the floor and then go ‘ooh’ its so cute but sometimes it seems slightly on the violent side?
Or you can tell him No and he seems to understand that you want him to stop but he’ll look at you smirk and continue on.
The limit was last week, he was pulling on some electrical wires adn ofcourse his nani ( the closest adult) told him to stop. He crawled over to her smacked her around (literally thappar) and screamed angry brows down “tha tha tha” and crawled back to the wires. Cute or not thats badddd!!!
So I gave him corner time for being rude to an adult. I don’t know if he quite got the concept because he wasn’t bothered at all by corner time.
Am I reacting prematurely?
Whats a good way to start teaching him manners?
i wouldnt give time out cuz they wont know whats going on..
but they do know happy face from mad face
aariz is only 2 months and a week old and he KNOWS when im angry.. i thought i was being paranoid but ive tried it often enuff and he really does know when im happy and when im not. i will stare at him without smiling (which is hard cuz he will be smiling at me with a huge smile).. he will notice im not smiling.. tone down his own smile before going totally seroius.. staring at me.. smile again and then realize im still not smiling.. and then go serious... look somehere else.. and look at me again... and stays quiet until i smile again.. the minute i do.. he goes crazy smiling :D
so i do believe they know when their mommy is happy with them and when she is not. try it with ayman. show him u are upset with him when he does somethign wrong.
It is never too late for disciplining a child. Show him disapproval . Show him that you are mad and also do not forget to stop him. Tell him that whatever he is doing is not good and he should stop. You can be firm but still calm in assertion of your parental authority.
He’s prob a bit too young for naughty corner time. Mine is 2.5 and still thinks its a game.
U should definately let him know that its not a good thing that he’s doing.. but only by facial expressions and maybe using a different tone in your voice. No smacking!
Mine thinks sticking her foot in daddy’s plate is cute… :halo: she realised after she did it, it wasnt.
as Nikki said, just try to be consistent with the way u tell him things.
I’ll give you an example, I always blow bubbles on Heba’s tummy or cheeks.. and she ends up laughing.. its just a game we do. So now, she’s going around blowing bubbles on my butt when im standing… so not right! so im trying my best to not do things that i dont want her in turn doing to someone else.. not that she would even dare touch another human being or allow someone to touch her..
Muniya ur son sounds so cute, MA…
I am quite a disciplinarian myself.. no matter how old a kid is.
u see bad habits develop from this age. When they do something and everyone thinks they are cute and just laugh it away. I think you did right by giving him a time out.. He may not understand the concept right now but he’ll get the point that he did something to upset his mommy.
If you laugh it away he’ll grow up to be a sort of kid others always talk about in other threads lol…
I agree with others - disciplining is important from the very young age, where as some actions are cute but some have to stopped like hitting others or being rude.
There is defiantely no smacking unless Ayman’s the one going it
but I try to give him a serious look - no matter what anyone says the kid is well beyond his years!
) is 10 months old - and he doesnt quite throw tantrums but he’ll like throw things on the floor and then go ‘ooh’ its so cute but sometimes it seems slightly on the violent side?
