2 yr. old tornado
Mary Bianco
My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her path all
around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone been able to
keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources to choose
from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff. She takes
things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course never puts any
of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I understand
that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all up. The thing
is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They get upset
and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can Joseph and
Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like paints and
pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we can't put up.
It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with their
things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have no problem
with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything, just strews
it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find them. Eventually
we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age and they
understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch her, well she
gets into many things anyway.
Mary B
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around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone been able to
keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources to choose
from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff. She takes
things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course never puts any
of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I understand
that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all up. The thing
is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They get upset
and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can Joseph and
Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like paints and
pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we can't put up.
It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with their
things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have no problem
with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything, just strews
it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find them. Eventually
we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age and they
understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch her, well she
gets into many things anyway.
Mary B
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ed hodgins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:46 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
> My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her path all
> around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone been able to
> keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources to choose
> from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff. She takes
> things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course never puts
any
> of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I understand
> that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all up. The
thing
> is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They get upset
> and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can Joseph and
> Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like paints and
> pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we can't put
up.
> It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with their
> things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have no
problem
> with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything, just strews
> it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find them.
Eventually
> we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age and they
> understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch her, well
she
> gets into many things anyway.
>
> Mary B
>
>
>
>
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> I have two children my son is 20 mths and my daughter is 2 1/2 but
advanced for her age. I am having people ask me why she isn't in school and
ask her age all the time. She asks to help me!Help she is into everything to
cds, baby powder, legos. I am now having her clean up her messes yes. A wet
rag and let her wipe up every bit I assisted . I also took a garbage bag and
picked up her toys and took them away. We asked her 5 times and we always
helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her. Sometimes if
it gets out of hand I have her play with one thing at a time. It helps to
have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small steps one
thing at a time so they dont get over welmed. I have also resorted to time
out when they both start and it is way out of hand they go to their bed
until I get things back in a bit of order. 5 min.
Backstrom kelli
oh the joys of the two year old. We have one ourselves. We have a 3 month old and a ten year old as well. I have found that getting her to help me really gets her out of the way of her siblings, especially when Molly (the ten year old) needs some space to herself. Sadie (the two year old) loves to cook and pretend many facinating games. I can usually keep her entertained by blocking off the carpeted rooms and giving her finger paints, newspapers, boxes and old juice cartons. Some playdo works great too! Good luck! Kelli
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ed hodgins <ed.hodgins@...> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:46 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
> My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her path all
> around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone been able to
> keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources to choose
> from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff. She takes
> things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course never puts
any
> of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I understand
> that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all up. The
thing
> is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They get upset
> and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can Joseph and
> Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like paints and
> pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we can't put
up.
> It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with their
> things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have no
problem
> with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything, just strews
> it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find them.
Eventually
> we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age and they
> understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch her, well
she
> gets into many things anyway.
>
> Mary B
>
>
>
>
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> I have two children my son is 20 mths and my daughter is 2 1/2 but
advanced for her age. I am having people ask me why she isn't in school and
ask her age all the time. She asks to help me!Help she is into everything to
cds, baby powder, legos. I am now having her clean up her messes yes. A wet
rag and let her wipe up every bit I assisted . I also took a garbage bag and
picked up her toys and took them away. We asked her 5 times and we always
helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her. Sometimes if
it gets out of hand I have her play with one thing at a time. It helps to
have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small steps one
thing at a time so they dont get over welmed. I have also resorted to time
out when they both start and it is way out of hand they go to their bed
until I get things back in a bit of order. 5 min.
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sablehs
<G> I have one as well. Well she will be 3 on the 12th of this
month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
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month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
> From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>__________________________________________________
>
>
> > My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her
> path all
> > around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone
> been able to
> > keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources
> to choose
> > from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff.
> She takes
> > things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course
> never puts
> any
> > of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I
> understand
> > that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all
> up. The
> thing
> > is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They
> get upset
> > and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can
> Joseph and
> > Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like
> paints and
> > pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we
> can't put
> up.
> > It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with
> their
> > things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have
> no
> problem
> > with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything,
> just strews
> > it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find
> them.
> Eventually
> > we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age
> and they
> > understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch
> her, well
> she
> > gets into many things anyway.
> >
> > Mary B
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > I have two children my son is 20 mths and my daughter is 2 1/2
> but
> advanced for her age. I am having people ask me why she isn't in
> school and
> ask her age all the time. She asks to help me!Help she is into
> everything to
> cds, baby powder, legos. I am now having her clean up her messes
> yes. A wet
> rag and let her wipe up every bit I assisted . I also took a
> garbage bag and
> picked up her toys and took them away. We asked her 5 times and we
> always
> helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her.
> Sometimes if
> it gets out of hand I have her play with one thing at a time. It
> helps to
> have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small
> steps one
> thing at a time so they dont get over welmed. I have also resorted
> to time
> out when they both start and it is way out of hand they go to
> their bed
> until I get things back in a bit of order. 5 min.
>
>
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From: "Backstrom kelli" <kellibac@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
>
> oh the joys of the two year old. We have one ourselves. We have a 3 month
old and a ten year old as well. I have found that getting her to help me
really gets her out of the way of her siblings, especially when Molly (the
ten year old) needs some space to herself. Sadie (the two year old) loves to
cook and pretend many facinating games. I can usually keep her entertained
by blocking off the carpeted rooms and giving her finger paints, newspapers,
boxes and old juice cartons. Some playdo works great too! Good luck! Kelli
> ed hodgins <ed.hodgins@...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:46 PM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
>
>
> > My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her path all
> > around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone been able
to
> > keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources to
choose
> > from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff. She
takes
> > things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course never puts
> any
> > of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I
understand
> > that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all up. The
> thing
> > is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They get
upset
> > and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can Joseph and
> > Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like paints and
> > pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we can't put
> up.
> > It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with their
> > things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have no
> problem
> > with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything, just
strews
> > it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find them.
> Eventually
> > we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age and they
> > understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch her, well
> she
> > gets into many things anyway.
> >
> > Mary B
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > I have two children my son is 20 mths and my daughter is 2 1/2 but
> advanced for her age. I am having people ask me why she isn't in school
and
> ask her age all the time. She asks to help me!Help she is into everything
to
> cds, baby powder, legos. I am now having her clean up her messes yes. A
wet
> rag and let her wipe up every bit I assisted . I also took a garbage bag
and
> picked up her toys and took them away. We asked her 5 times and we always
> helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her. Sometimes
if
> it gets out of hand I have her play with one thing at a time. It helps to
> have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small steps one
> thing at a time so they dont get over welmed. I have also resorted to time
> out when they both start and it is way out of hand they go to their bed
> until I get things back in a bit of order. 5 min.
>
>
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> Thanks ideas are always good after along day of trying to entertain her.
If I dont she gets into things most ly when she is bored
Backstrom kelli
My two year old is the nudist of the family. All youhave to do is leave her alone for more than five minutes and she will go streaking past you before you know it! Today in church she yelled at the top of her lungs "I've got to go poop now!" Oh the joys of the toddler years. They are so cute though!!!
sablehs <sablehs@...> wrote:<G> I have one as well. Well she will be 3 on the 12th of this
month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
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sablehs <sablehs@...> wrote:<G> I have one as well. Well she will be 3 on the 12th of this
month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
> From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>__________________________________________________
>
>
> > My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her
> path all
> > around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone
> been able to
> > keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources
> to choose
> > from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff.
> She takes
> > things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course
> never puts
> any
> > of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I
> understand
> > that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all
> up. The
> thing
> > is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They
> get upset
> > and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can
> Joseph and
> > Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like
> paints and
> > pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we
> can't put
> up.
> > It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with
> their
> > things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have
> no
> problem
> > with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything,
> just strews
> > it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find
> them.
> Eventually
> > we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age
> and they
> > understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch
> her, well
> she
> > gets into many things anyway.
> >
> > Mary B
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> always
> helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her.
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> have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small
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Rachel Ann
Tehila still often runs about in nothing or no more than panties...and this
girl is out of her clothes before the average person has gotten out of their
coat.
My tornado is 4 come March 10...
I think she eats energy....
be well,
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-------Original Message-------
From: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, March 09, 2003 14:10:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
My two year old is the nudist of the family. All youhave to do is leave her
alone for more than five minutes and she will go streaking past you before
you know it! Today in church she yelled at the top of her lungs "I've got to
go poop now!" Oh the joys of the toddler years. They are so cute though!!!
sablehs <sablehs@...> wrote:<G> I have one as well. Well she will be 3
on the 12th of this
month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
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girl is out of her clothes before the average person has gotten out of their
coat.
My tornado is 4 come March 10...
I think she eats energy....
be well,
Rachel Ann
-------Original Message-------
From: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, March 09, 2003 14:10:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] 2 yr. old tornado
My two year old is the nudist of the family. All youhave to do is leave her
alone for more than five minutes and she will go streaking past you before
you know it! Today in church she yelled at the top of her lungs "I've got to
go poop now!" Oh the joys of the toddler years. They are so cute though!!!
sablehs <sablehs@...> wrote:<G> I have one as well. Well she will be 3
on the 12th of this
month.
Now, she is something. {no, I am not partial~ LOL} She has always
been much more {to say it nicely} active. Wanting to see the ends
and outs of how everything is put together, much more then her
sisters ever were. No is not an option.
When she was a baby I couldn't keep a diaper on her, ever. Never
liked clothes either. Anytime she had a "doodie" diaper she had it
off and if i didn't catch it right away I got another fine mess. {I
kept humor close by} One big mess after another. LOL I thought she
might want to potty train early because she hated a soiled diaper so
much then. Nope, she will do it in her own good time. <S> And I have
to defend that now with others. Except for my husband and I,
everyone is trying to "encourage" her to potty because her cousin
Who is 8 months is younger is doing it.
Anyway my husband and I learned from the other two, our family does
best when not pushed in to something. She is getting easier to
cooperate with as she gets a little older. Her sisters {especially
the oldest} are learning to make deals with her to make things more
tolerable. Me relaxing more seems to help. And I have to admit I
really like they wild spirit she has engrained in herself. :)
Tracy
> From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>__________________________________________________
>
>
> > My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her
> path all
> > around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone
> been able to
> > keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources
> to choose
> > from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff.
> She takes
> > things of Sierra's and Joseph's without asking and of course
> never puts
> any
> > of it away and leaves it all for them or me to clean up. Now I
> understand
> > that's all a part of being 2. I let her play and clean it all
> up. The
> thing
> > is when she takes things that belong to Joseph and Sierra. They
> get upset
> > and if we put things up so she can't get it, well neight can
> Joseph and
> > Sierra. Some things they are willing to do that with, like
> paints and
> > pictures they are working on. But the rest of their things we
> can't put
> up.
> > It's getting to the point where they don't want her playing with
> their
> > things anymore because of the mess she leaves. Usually they have
> no
> problem
> > with her playing with their stuff. She doesn't break anything,
> just strews
> > it about and sometimes misplacing things so they can't find
> them.
> Eventually
> > we usually do but not always. I explain to them about her age
> and they
> > understand. It's just not fair for them and as much as I watch
> her, well
> she
> > gets into many things anyway.
> >
> > Mary B
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> > I have two children my son is 20 mths and my daughter is 2 1/2
> but
> advanced for her age. I am having people ask me why she isn't in
> school and
> ask her age all the time. She asks to help me!Help she is into
> everything to
> cds, baby powder, legos. I am now having her clean up her messes
> yes. A wet
> rag and let her wipe up every bit I assisted . I also took a
> garbage bag and
> picked up her toys and took them away. We asked her 5 times and we
> always
> helps her since her brother makes a mess right along with her.
> Sometimes if
> it gets out of hand I have her play with one thing at a time. It
> helps to
> have a place for each item. Legos in the bucket, Books, . Small
> steps one
> thing at a time so they dont get over welmed. I have also resorted
> to time
> out when they both start and it is way out of hand they go to
> their bed
> until I get things back in a bit of order. 5 min.
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--- In [email protected], "Mary Bianco"
<mummyone24@h...> wrote:
upstairs for my oldest and put his Lego table in there, and used a
baby gate to gate it off. She was quite a terror, and not content
with just making a mess, but she would wreck anything he built in a
heartbeat, and would go up and pull big chunks of his hair out or hit
him with a wood block or bite him or whatever. So it was important
for him to have a safe space both for himself and for his creations.
Now that she's old enough to understand, they play together all the
time and they trade Lego creations back and forth.
She definitely has challenged the complacency I had when parenting my
son as a toddler. He would've never thought of climbing on the dining
room table and swinging from the chandelier, like she was doing by 17
months old! She's still a mover and a shaker, but at least the rest
of us are safe now. My folks tell me that they always wondered if I'd
get a kid just like me (I was visiting the ER by her age for doing
things like jumping off walls to see if I could fly).
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
<mummyone24@h...> wrote:
> My 2 year old is a little Dennis the Menace. You can track her pathall
> around the house with the path she leaves behind. Has anyone beenable to
> keep up with a little kid like this who has plenty of resources tochoose
> from to spread all around? The thing is, it's not all her stuff.When my youngest (the dervish) was 2, I set aside a corner of our
upstairs for my oldest and put his Lego table in there, and used a
baby gate to gate it off. She was quite a terror, and not content
with just making a mess, but she would wreck anything he built in a
heartbeat, and would go up and pull big chunks of his hair out or hit
him with a wood block or bite him or whatever. So it was important
for him to have a safe space both for himself and for his creations.
Now that she's old enough to understand, they play together all the
time and they trade Lego creations back and forth.
She definitely has challenged the complacency I had when parenting my
son as a toddler. He would've never thought of climbing on the dining
room table and swinging from the chandelier, like she was doing by 17
months old! She's still a mover and a shaker, but at least the rest
of us are safe now. My folks tell me that they always wondered if I'd
get a kid just like me (I was visiting the ER by her age for doing
things like jumping off walls to see if I could fly).
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
sablehs
--- Backstrom kelli <kellibac@...> wrote:
entertaining when you are around the uptight folks, and get the
pleasure of seeing their reactions too. <g>
Have fun with her, she'll be grown before you know it. :)
Tracy
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>Yep, they are much better entertainment then TV. And even more
> My two year old is the nudist of the family. All you have to do is
> leave her alone for more than five minutes and she will go
> streaking past you before you know it! Today in church she yelled
> at the top of her lungs "I've got to go poop now!" Oh the joys of
> the toddler years. They are so cute though!!!
entertaining when you are around the uptight folks, and get the
pleasure of seeing their reactions too. <g>
Have fun with her, she'll be grown before you know it. :)
Tracy
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Sorry misspelled your name Kelli in my reponse.
Kinda naturally spell it that way since I spell mine Tracy.
Again sorry. <G>
Tracy
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Kinda naturally spell it that way since I spell mine Tracy.
Again sorry. <G>
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> --- Backstrom kelli <kellibac@y...> wrote:LOL, gotta love that. My littlest one is a nudist as well. We got out
>
> My two year old is the nudist of the family. All you have to do is
> leave her alone for more than five minutes and she will go
> streaking past you before you know it! Today in church she yelled
> at the top of her lungs "I've got to go poop now!" Oh the joys of
> the toddler years. They are so cute though!!!
of the pool the other day, and were walking to the locker room, she
was slightly behind me. All of a sudden she goes streaking past me
towards the locker room naked as can be. The swimming suit is in a
puddle back on the pool deck - obviously no longer necessary! They
are just too cute at this age.
Blue Skies,
-Robin-
Backstrom kelli
happens all the time... reminds me of when I was an adolescent and decided that the spelling of my name was not eccentric enough and had to change it to Kheli to be different. My mom totally supported this idea until I sickened of it a year later. We still laugh about it:)
sablehs <sablehs@...> wrote:
Sorry misspelled your name Kelli in my reponse.
Kinda naturally spell it that way since I spell mine Tracy.
Again sorry. <G>
Tracy
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Sorry misspelled your name Kelli in my reponse.
Kinda naturally spell it that way since I spell mine Tracy.
Again sorry. <G>
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