My two year old son... I need help.?

Question

My two year old son is acting strange. He used to stay in his bed at night, now he omes to the living room where me and my husband are, he looks at us like hey what are you going to do, he's not listenning to us, like he used to, we can't seem to do anything that helps.... we have a younger child, he constanly picks on her. Is this a jealousy issue? how should we handle this problem? Thanks!

Answer 1

Listen, when children act foolish we shouldn't analyze it so much. Give them a spanking! You're done!

Answer 2

Our son has recently started acting out as well.  It's just the age.  They're trying to figure out what they can do and what your reaction will be.  Any reaction, from dirty looks to yelling or light spanking, just made him laugh.  The only thing that works is the timeout.  We have a special timeout box (pack'n'play) set up in his room.  There are no toys or bottles or anything in the timeout box.  Our pediatrician recommended 7 minutes, but he's so miserable that we've cut it back to two and it's still effective.  After half-a-dozen times or so, he learns not to act out, at least when you're looking!

Oh, and for bedtime we tell him, "Goodnight, sleep tight, if you get out of bed there will be consequences."  The second I hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I run up to his room and put him in his box without a word (he was already warned).  I leave for two minutes.  By the end of the timeout, he's usually happy to get in bed with his blankie.

Answer 3

Try to involve him in activities with you and your other baby.  It is important to let him know that you have not forgotten about him.  Let him help entertain the new baby.  If he has a favorite toy, have him tell the new baby about the toy.  As far as the sleeping issues, just keep putting him back to bed.  the first time you put him in bed, you lay him down, kiss him etc... the second time, you lay him down and say goodnight, the third time you lay him down, you say nothing.... continue to do this and he will get the point.  My son is 29 months old, I did this with him, and now when I say bedtime, he gets into bed and goes to sleep.

Answer 4

He is getting out of his crib?

It is too early for him to sleep in a normal bed.

Just put him back in bed.  Keep putting him back in.

Our 2.5 year old is doing the same thing.  we put one of those door k**b covers over the doorknob on the inside of her door, so she can't open the door to get out of her room.

She gets frustrated then climbs back into her crib or sleeps on the floor.  We will start putting her in a regular bed very soon.

Answer 5

i dont know.. my 2 yo used to always tell us okay........ when we'd tell him something..  and he'd obey.  now he says no or i dont want to.  he wont go to sleep alone anymore either and if you go lie down w/him all he does is play.   we take things from him and he turns his attitude around fast.   like no wonder pets for you or no cookie after dinner and he immediately stops.  probably bad.. but we could just beat him instead.  lol  j/k

btw - we have a 4mo daughter and he's constantly going back and forth between trying to kiss her or throw something at her.

Answer 6

he might think you are paying more attenntion to your other child than him everytime he comes down stairs take him back to bed and tell him not to come down stairs eventualy he will learn no is no and make shure he gettin gjust as much attention as he was before your other child was born and make shure he is as comfortable as possible while he is sleeping

Answer 7

Sounds like a jealously issue to me. It's nothing that you're doing wrong....you're doing everything right probably, but at 2, he just doesn't understand that your younger child needs more attention than he does. Try and make a point of maybe putting the younger one down earlier in the evening and spending some alone time with your son and see if this will help. Also you need to put up a baby gate at his bedroom door. Once he figures out that he can't get to you in the living room, hopefully he'll go back to bed. Good luck and I hope he comes around soon!