I have the world's tiniest healthy 17mo (size 2 diapers and the 6mo clothing has growing room). She's been up and running since 9 months. She has this deep, maniacal chuckle, and she grins while scaling everything she can get ahold of, flipping the furniture, and rushing up to other kids, banging them over the head with a toy, and running away while laughing. She can't make it through a meal without flipping the dishes or getting up and running away with just one bite finished. She's challenging to change, so it's too bad she has stinky nightmare poops between three and five times each day while she's here. She twists, strips her clothing off, head-butts me, and tries to run away with her pants around her ankles. Basically, she's incapable of holding still in any circumstance. A couple of months ago I sent her home with a bloody lip. She'd begged to be picked up, immediately flipped herself out of my arms while laughing, and I dove and miraculously caught her inches from the ground. She lay across my arms for a couple of seconds, grinned, and rolled off, smacking her face on the floor. She comes each day covered in bruises and scratches, and gets sent home with new ones. I once levitated and teleported myself across the driveway so I could get the palm of my hand under her head and catch it when she hit the pavement. Dad shared about the time he caught her just by an ankle once.
So obviously, with all the hitting, deathwish kid gets dumped on the other side of the gate most of the day. But I also have a 23mo who hits, and I'm out of gates and can't be three inches from both of them at the same time while also attending to the other kids. Should I really divide my playroom and my dining room into little quadrants?
Also, when I separate them, soothe the victim, and return to the perpetrator and use my deep "Oh, noooo. You hit Jane. That hurts. So sad. We do not hit," both of these kids wriggle and refuse to make eye contact, but LAUGH all the while. Both scream in frustration when popped over the gate, but neither has made any headway at all in about three or four months of consistent responses and quick consequences. Neither kid shows warning signs; both are cheerful and playful while they do it, sometimes casually shoving another kid over while walking past. With the 17mo I expect it has to do with comprehension and energy level, but I'm not sure.
Parents of 23mo are terrified they're raising a serial killer.
Parents of 17mo think she's the most adorable creature on God's green Earth. I think they're both typical but I don't have the experience I need to implement better practices. And winding the 17mo's limbs to her torso with mummy wrap isn't a viable solution. ::
So obviously, with all the hitting, deathwish kid gets dumped on the other side of the gate most of the day. But I also have a 23mo who hits, and I'm out of gates and can't be three inches from both of them at the same time while also attending to the other kids. Should I really divide my playroom and my dining room into little quadrants?
Also, when I separate them, soothe the victim, and return to the perpetrator and use my deep "Oh, noooo. You hit Jane. That hurts. So sad. We do not hit," both of these kids wriggle and refuse to make eye contact, but LAUGH all the while. Both scream in frustration when popped over the gate, but neither has made any headway at all in about three or four months of consistent responses and quick consequences. Neither kid shows warning signs; both are cheerful and playful while they do it, sometimes casually shoving another kid over while walking past. With the 17mo I expect it has to do with comprehension and energy level, but I'm not sure.
Parents of 23mo are terrified they're raising a serial killer.
Parents of 17mo think she's the most adorable creature on God's green Earth. I think they're both typical but I don't have the experience I need to implement better practices. And winding the 17mo's limbs to her torso with mummy wrap isn't a viable solution. ::
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