How to discipline our 16-month-old son who stopped listening to us and started to misbehave?
Our 1-year- and 4-month-old son's behavior was perfect before - he always listened to us. But now it seems that he takes a completely different direction.
For example, we explain to him that touching a socket is dangerous, but he keeps doing it. Or he starts to beat other people and so on...
Maybe it’s a special period? He is teething and has a seasonal cold. How should we behave? How to make our child do the right thing?
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1) Kids push boundaries at this age. It's what they do. He is supposed to be exploring. You can't possibly reason him out of exploring, nor should you.
2) A child that young doesn't understand when you say "That's dangerous". You can teach him by example that if he tries to touch "dangerous" things, he gets picked up immediately. And you do your best to keep unsafe things away from your child's environment.
first of all, congratulations for the young boy.
This is a phase, he's challenging the limits and seeing how far he can go, try to keep calm and explain why he can't do certain things.
They still do not have the perception of danger.
If he messes up everything, for example, instead of punishing or trying to make him clean, volunteer to help him, say: Can I help you with the toys?
It gives them the feeling that's he's controlling the situation and it becomes more controlled behavior.
Another thing you can do is create a reward for something he does well, "if you eat everything we'll see that movie you like." or something else.
On top of all this, if he's been sick it's normal for him to be more annoyed,when we feel sick when we feel bad too, don't we?
Keep calm, show him that you love him and everything will be resolved.
Good luck :)
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