My son is a monstor!

[Gunslinger]

I've had the worst week at work that I've had in a while.  Earlier this week I broke an F16 (cant really go into that) and it almost had to scrub a flight.  I was late this morning, and to top it off I had two things on my schedule go overdue because of rain....not my fault but either way I get put into the spotlight and my recomendation for NCO of the quarter got tore up before my very eyes.  My week SUCKED

Well on my 7 minute drive home today I decide tonite is gonna be all about my family and I'm gonna put my work behind me and start fresh on mondy.  I just want to laugh and play with my two children.   As I walk in the door I hear the collective screaming of two kids and go to see what's going on.  I guess they got sent to their rooms and proceded to trash it.  Not only that but my son snuck past my mother in law into my room to watch cartoons and "let it snow" with an entire box of lucky charms he had hidden somwere all over my bed.  He did this after coating his own room first.

Well through out the night I'm trying to spend time with them but I'm not giving them the surprise I picked up for them on the way home from work till they show me they can earn it.  Well While I was cleaning up my room, they went on a mission to mess up every room in the house.  I literally wanted to pull my hair out.  As punishment.  I put them in the corner for 5 minutes while I calmed down.  Then I sent them on a lucky charms hunt.  Their mission wich they had no choice but to accept for fear of certain bellybutton woopin was to pick up BY HAND all the cerial they spilled through out the house.  Through repedative cornering they finally decided they would comply.  We calmly made a game out of cleaning the entire house before mommy came home from work and then I went to put a movie in for them because they wanted to watch one.  To my astonishment the VCR was filled with sunkist orange soda.  

I think I have a blood pressure problem....but all is well now.   Turns out after interogation that my Son did most of the mess and the soda and my daughter who was "being mean to him" was trying to stop him.  She's out on the couch watching cartoons right now for "quiet time" my son is grounded with no cartoons in his room.  

He's TWO!  I cannot wait for the TWOs to be over and look at the THREES and say "bring it on!"


thus concludes another day in the life of the clan Gunslinger

[Curval]

lol

Join the Club mate.  Sammy is of the same "cloth".

[ra]

Does grounding a 2-year-old have any effect?

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by ra
Does grounding a 2-year-old have any effect?

well he turns three in april and he thus far his punishments are mild.  I've been instilling apon him the concept of concequences and this is a new level.  He hates the fact that he doesnt get cartoon time with his sister right now and she does.  It's up to me to uphold the fact that what he did caused these feelings.

at least that's what I"ve come up with so far.  The VCR I gave them for christmas to replace their delapitated old on.....its a month old!

[Russian]

taser him.

[Terror]

I still believe Corporal Punishment is worth while is certain cases...

Terror

[B17Skull12]

buy him a peewee 50 dirt bike.  all problems solved no question asked.

But yes i have seen it happen gun.  btw cearal is bad, very.  I haven't eaten the stuff since 3 or 4 yeas ago.

[StarOfAfrica2]

Trust me man, it pays off so much in the end.  I can remember when my son was 2 like it was yesterday.  Granted, I missed chunks of his growing up later on because of my ex and I splitting, but we both stayed firm on punishment for things done wrong.  The result (thus far anyway) is a 14 year old that has a good head on his shoulders, understands the diff. between right and wrong, and is smart enough to figure out which one is going to do better for him in the long run.  He must take after his mother, cause at his age I was a SOB, and my mother must be a saint for putting up with 3 of us.  My old man was from the school of "whoopin is only good until they are big enough to fight back, then you let them have a crack at you if they got something to prove."  Hehe.  

Sounds like you got a pretty good handle on bein "Dad".  Better than I did at that stage anyway.

[MwXX]

Try being divorced and during the only time (aka Visitation) LOL, and your little Princess Fiona, soon to be three in Feb, looks at her dad, (while jumping on the bed), stops, and looks at me, hands on hips...." Daddy......." yes Lauren? "You dont know S**T!!!"


It took all of me to maintain coolness.........but being a PARENT SUKS!

I politely told her that it was a bad thing to say, and to never talk like that again. She never said it again........

But I had to ask her....where in the world did you learn that?

Well, my little 2, soon to be 3 yr old says....Rachel at school...LOL


IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!! LORD PLEASE HELP ME!!!!:aok

[RedTop]

Brings back many memories of my kids.  Geesh they are grown now.

Great story:lol

[wombatt]

This is why I have dogs.

[Roscoroo]

You didnt lose any Perks right ??

it was a good day

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by MwXX
Try being divorced and during the only time (aka Visitation) LOL, and your little Princess Fiona, soon to be three in Feb, looks at her dad, (while jumping on the bed), stops, and looks at me, hands on hips...." Daddy......." yes Lauren? "You dont know S**T!!!"


It took all of me to maintain coolness.........but being a PARENT SUKS!

I politely told her that it was a bad thing to say, and to never talk like that again. She never said it again........

But I had to ask her....where in the world did you learn that?

Well, my little 2, soon to be 3 yr old says....Rachel at school...LOL


IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!! LORD PLEASE HELP ME!!!!:aok

OH MAN,

I would have lost it.  I'm still working on my restraint mechanism that doesnt allow the kids to get a reaction from me.  It works sometimes and others it doesnt.

There's times when I'm discaplining my sone were I put him up against a wall so I know he's paying attention.  This seems to be very affective since his eyes imediatly  turn to me and his attention miraculously re-appears.

right now he came into the room crying with a pathetic frown saying "daddy, do you still love me?  Am I yo bestest buddy?"

Time to turn on the emotional reassurance and let him know that yes I love him very much and he is my best buddy ever but he is in trouble and best buddies get in trouble sometimes.  Go back to your room and be a good boy and take your punishment.

A simple "Ok Daddy" and he runs off.  Even though I'm pissed at him it kills me to punish him.  

[rpm]

Ok, let's do a bit of forensic investigation of the crime scene and see if we can determine a source.

Not only that but my son snuck past my mother in law into my room to watch cartoons and "let it snow" with an entire box of lucky charms he had hidden somwere all over my bed.

Sugar coated cereal filled with solid sugar marshmallows. Check.

To my astonishment the VCR was filled with sunkist orange soda.

High fructose corn syrup (fake sugar)based beverage. Check.

He's TWO!

Naturally hyperactive stage of life. Check.


Do you see a pattern? Sugar (natures Crack) + High Fructose Corn Syrup (ADM's cheaper man made Crack) + natural hyperactivity. Ever hear of milk and carrot sticks? True their commercials are'nt as cool. But when was the last time you heard of a kid going bonzo from too many carrots?

[capt. apathy]

Originally posted by Gunslinger He's TWO!  I cannot wait for the TWOs to be over and look at the THREES and say "bring it on!"

 [/B]

sorry to burst your bubble but they don't get any better after 2, you just get used to it.  a 3 yr old is the same as a 2 year old, only they respond with "why?" to every thing you say (the only proper response to 'why?' is "because I say so".
   mine will be 20 next month, doesn't live here, and as a full time resident at 2 was still easier to deal with.

the only advice I can give you is try to keep your sense of humor, and be creative with the punishments.  they get real numb to the grounding or other routine punishments and it loses effect.
  I always thought grounding was a bad punishment anyway, because someone has to administer it and it grounds you as much as them.
  also switching it up a bit, especially if you can do it in a way that is amusing to you, will keep you from giving up.  if you appear to enjoy creating new punishments they won't think they can out last you.


my favorite was one Saturday when my son was about 8.  I had worked 9 weeks without a day off, and had a Saturday-Sunday break before the next job.  finally, a whole nights sleep, a sleep-in morning and 2 days off.
   Saturday at 5AM my youngest daughter (4) is screaming at the top of her lungs while trying to beat down my bedroom door.
  "JOSH STUCK HIS FINGER IN MY CEREAL!!"
so I do my exploding dad routine.  yelling, threatening, stomping around the whole bit.  then go back to bed.
  I forgot about it for most of the day.  
  that night a friend and I went to the bar for his B-day, I got home about 3AM, went to bed and was almost asleep when it hit me.  "no, hell no!"
  so I pull on some sweats and go up to my sons room.  (his room is converted from attic space, we couldn't get the springs up the stairs, so he just had a mattress on the floor.)
  I turn on his light and stand over him, straddling his waist, pick him up by the front of his pajamas, and shake him awake, screaming- "YOUR MOM WON'T SHARE THE COVERS!! YOUR MOM WON'T SHARE THE COVERS!!".
  He wakes up and as soon as he can think he says "what am I supposed to do about it?".
  "exactly", and drop him, turn out the lights, and go to bed.

Sunday when I woke up at 11AM to a quite house my son comes up to me and apologizes for Saturday morning, says he thinks he understands what I meant the night before, and will try to do better.

it's all in the delivery.