Tantrums

I don't have pics to post this time b/c I still need to dump pics from my big camera and need to find the cord. Makenna has entered into the dark side...the terrible two's that is! Yeah it is a little early by 4 months, but she has figured out how to work the system to see what she can get away with.

One little example comes from yesterday while I was cooking dinner or something. Brady and Makk were in the play room playing with her kitchen. Brady was showing her how to put the plastic hotdog wiener inside the plastic bun. She began to put it in her mouth, but too far in where she was about to choke. Brady pulled it out and told her not in the mouth. This went on a few times until she said "Ear." So Brady gave it back to her and she put it in her ear! When she saw it worked, she would slyly put it back in her mouth until Brady took it away again. Then she repeated "ear." She again she put it in her ear! It was so funny to us that she would try that just to get the toy back. At 20 months old, she should not be logically thinking out ploys to get her way like that!

As I said, we have entered the dark side. She is throwing tantrums like I have never seen! Sometimes it's over trivial things. So we have enacted "time-out." We've only used it a few times, but she doesn't like it. Basically, she sits in her room facing the wall for a minute or so while one of us sits behind her. Then we try to logically explain her bad choices=bad consequences and we need her to make good choices and be a good girl. I know your thinking a 20 month old doesn't understand that. But this is the same girl that realized she wasn't allowed to have her hotdog unless she put it in a different body part, so came up with ear. She actuallyunderstands a lot! It's kind of scary. I hope we get through this stage very quickly!!!