ok, i realize this is totally normal behavior, but it's driving me and her NUTS and seems excessive. ds is always in her face - "skooching" her, we call it. poking, prodding, patting her head, mock hitting/slapping, actual hitting/slapping, making really loud obnoxious noises in her ear...the list goes on. it's like a 3-stooges routine - he's a little tornado always following and circling her. 
she gets so mad at him, as do i. i've tried talking to him about listening to her responses - if she's screaming, crying, and waving her arms at him - i say, "what do you think she is trying to tell you? i think she's saying she doesn't like it when you do those things to her, and you need to respect someone's words when they tell you they don't like something..."
he doesn't respond to those talks generally. i've also given him time-outs, telling him he can join us again when he has calmed down a bit and is ready to stop bugging her. i've tried re-directing his play into something else. i've encouraged him to find games to play with her that she would actually like. sometimes those things work for a little while, then he's right back at it.
it's getting to the point where there are times when i just don't like him. i know that sounds terrible, and of course i love him always....but sometimes i just don't like him - ykwim?
it makes me sad to say that. but there are times when he is just an obnoxious little person to be around.
any advice/similar experience? thanks.
jen
she gets so mad at him, as do i. i've tried talking to him about listening to her responses - if she's screaming, crying, and waving her arms at him - i say, "what do you think she is trying to tell you? i think she's saying she doesn't like it when you do those things to her, and you need to respect someone's words when they tell you they don't like something..."
he doesn't respond to those talks generally. i've also given him time-outs, telling him he can join us again when he has calmed down a bit and is ready to stop bugging her. i've tried re-directing his play into something else. i've encouraged him to find games to play with her that she would actually like. sometimes those things work for a little while, then he's right back at it.
it's getting to the point where there are times when i just don't like him. i know that sounds terrible, and of course i love him always....but sometimes i just don't like him - ykwim?
it makes me sad to say that. but there are times when he is just an obnoxious little person to be around.any advice/similar experience? thanks.
jen
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