Okay, a little history...
I worked until dd was a little over 2 (quit work three weeks before ds was born). Until that point, dd spend a lot of time with my parents and my brother while I was at work (she never went to daycare). She didn't need much discipline etc., so we hadn't really decided what we'd do when the time came.
Well, in the last two months she's become more vocal (finally talking regularly) and also more destructive.
She tosses all her toys onto the floor and then proceeds to walk on them. She chews on things all the time (I think some kind of regression thing since ds was born? We are going to the dentist next month because she has an underbite I think in case that has something to do with it 
) and generally doesn't listen. We have good days sometimes but a lot of the time she just doesn't listen. I don't always have a free hand to stop her from destroying things and I don't want to resort to yelling or hitting.
Please give me some constructive ideas for dealing with dd. I think some of it may be jealousy (thankfully she adores ds) but I just don't know what to do with her sometimes. Book ideas or anything?
I've never used time-outs because I've never known anyone who used them and seen it work.
The last straw was just now when I was nak'ing and she chewed on my Lilypadz breast pad ($20/pair) so that it won't stick anymore- it's no good.
TIA!
I worked until dd was a little over 2 (quit work three weeks before ds was born). Until that point, dd spend a lot of time with my parents and my brother while I was at work (she never went to daycare). She didn't need much discipline etc., so we hadn't really decided what we'd do when the time came.
Well, in the last two months she's become more vocal (finally talking regularly) and also more destructive.
She tosses all her toys onto the floor and then proceeds to walk on them. She chews on things all the time (I think some kind of regression thing since ds was born? We are going to the dentist next month because she has an underbite I think in case that has something to do with it ) and generally doesn't listen. We have good days sometimes but a lot of the time she just doesn't listen. I don't always have a free hand to stop her from destroying things and I don't want to resort to yelling or hitting.Please give me some constructive ideas for dealing with dd. I think some of it may be jealousy (thankfully she adores ds) but I just don't know what to do with her sometimes. Book ideas or anything?
I've never used time-outs because I've never known anyone who used them and seen it work.
The last straw was just now when I was nak'ing and she chewed on my Lilypadz breast pad ($20/pair) so that it won't stick anymore- it's no good.
TIA!
NEAT story! i loved the part about you only having one contraction you moaned through....i have to admit, i moaned through it all! 
There's nothing like a homebirth! 
