Many of you are already familiar with the super-fantastic parenting advice blog, Ask Moxie.
Moxie answers questions about pregnancy, sleep, bizarre adult behavior, and much more. She's a self-proclaimed non-expert, just a mom with a great sense of empathy matched only by her sense of humor.
In a few weeks we'll be interviewing Moxie on the Jumping Monkeys podcast and she has graciously offered to answer a few of your questions on the show.
So e-mail me at Megan@Twit.tv with your questions. Or post them in the comments section below. If you don't want your question to be associated with your e-mail address, feel free to put a fake one in there.
I have a question about my toddler who pitches fits when he doesn't get his way. He'll be doing something he's not supposed to, gets a warning outlining what will happen if he doesn't stop, doesn't stop, the consequence happens, and he pitches a fit. I realize that's not unexpected, but he's not changing his behavior before or after, and the fits are getting really old.
We never give in and give him back whatever went away, so you'd think he'd figure out that fits don't get him what he wants. The consequences seem appropriate--throw a toy, the toy goes away, that sort of thing. He's 22 months and his vocabulary is *very* limited, so I know that's part of the problem. I've tried ignoring the fits, doing time-outs, but it doesn't seem to be changing anything. I'm running out of patience.
He's our second child, but our first child didn't do this kind of stuff and was verbal very early, so we don't have much experience with this situation.
Please tell me he'll get the message before I have to string him up by his toenails. ;-)
Posted by: Jean | August 31, 2007 at 09:05 AM