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This method of false choice works really well with toddlers. “Do you want to take your ball into the bath or leave it here in your room?” He gets preoccupied with the decision about the ball. What he doesn’t realise is that one way or another, he’s getting into the bath.
Mine just says “No” when I give him two choices
It worked about maybe 20% of the time with ours. The majority of the time they would start presenting other options.
“Or, I play with the ball in the backyard”, and started heading towards the door. Or, “you take it”, rolled the ball over, and started playing with something else.
It’s cute as, but also an endless source of frustration for us…
Yeah, exactly. They do realise quickly the two choices are just a construct and reality actually has infinite choices for them.
When will the adults learn this one?
“Quickly” is right. Soon as they started being mobile, we’ve not been able to distract them from whatever they’re trying to get to.
“No, you can’t have chilli con carne yet. Here’s some of your favourite snacks instead”
*Ignored them all and keeps trying to reach for my food. They turned red and ran away screaming when I relented and gave them what was more chilli than carne.
Then they did it again the next day with the exact same result. Guess you’re never too young to learn about reproducibility of results.
Quantum cow
When my kid would fall, I wouldn’t say “Are you okay?!” and make a big deal over her, because this was a good way to make her start crying.
Instead, I’d start with “Did you fall?” and she’d usually say “Yeah,” and then I’d say “Where did you fall on?” and she’d point to her knee or hand or whatever, and then I’d check in on that.
If she was going to cry anyway, she’d start crying all on her own. Otherwise, I was inviting her to self-examine and self-manage, and it worked great.
Are 2 year olds supposed to talk at all? My neighbor’s can only say ma da and augrh
Mama/dada is around 1, they should be forming short phrases at 2.
May want to recommend the neighbors tune into Ms. Rachel on YouTube.
Or maybe even to consult the pediatrician.
Yeah, this one is above our pay grade here. Sometimes speech delays are innocuous (individuals will learn language when they are ready, but if you try to force it early it does not work at all).
Not as severe an example, but all of my siblings and I learned to read (basic phonics) around age 4, 4 and a half. One of my siblings did not learn to read until they were five and a half. Said sibling is also a godsdamned genius so i too generally feel it’s worth seeing a pediatrician over stuff like this.
He seems like he wants to talk. Just cant form the sounds. I talked to a friend that has kids and she wasnt even phased when i asked her. I guess it’s normal. I was curious.
How familiar is the child with you? A common coping mechanism for a child who is shy is revert to behaving younger. Non verbally, or using baby words. When they’re with people they’re comfortable with a 2 year old will never shut up.
He crys when i go home lol
I think he’s fine. I was just curious. I don’t have kids so i have no idea when they learn things.
Can confirm.
