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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 58534" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The mittens - the ones that work best are NOT the sort kids wear in the snow, although that IS an idea - some of them are really 'bouffy', like mini-boxing gloves. The ones I was suggesting are more like the ones people sometimes put on a young baby (say, a newborn with long fingernails) to prevent them scratching themselves/other people. For example, when difficult child 3 was 2 and had really bad croup, he was clawing at his face to try to get away whatever it was that seemed to be obstructing his breathing - poor little tyke, he simply couldn't understand and had insufficient language to understand anything he was told.</p><p>For a child Keyana's age, you might need to make something, but sewing simple rectangular t-shirt cotton 'gloves' should be easy - like making lavender bags.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned I spent a lot of time helping with various sisters' kids. One sister lived next door to us and my sister had a rough time when the older two were about 12 & 24 months. The two-year-old was a hair-puller; the one-year-old was a biter. She stopped off in our driveway one afternoon and left them in the car (car seats were different in those days - a bar in front, no harness). While inside our house we heard both boys screaming. We rushed outside and found the two-year-old clutching handfuls of baby brother's hair, with lots more hair floating round the car. As my sister spanked him she saw a big, red welt of a bite mark on his arm. We reconstructed it - Mum left the car. Baby brother immediately leant over to his brother's arm and bit, HARD. Big brother immediately grabbed handfuls of hair (to get baby brother off his arm) and pulled hard, and kept grabbing and pulling. As soon as baby brother began to scream, the biting stopped. But the pain for both continued.</p><p></p><p>The amazing thing (maybe not so amazing) - this incident cured both boys at the same time. And I'm not sure if anything else would have been so miraculous. And yet - definitely not recommended!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 58534, member: 1991"] The mittens - the ones that work best are NOT the sort kids wear in the snow, although that IS an idea - some of them are really 'bouffy', like mini-boxing gloves. The ones I was suggesting are more like the ones people sometimes put on a young baby (say, a newborn with long fingernails) to prevent them scratching themselves/other people. For example, when difficult child 3 was 2 and had really bad croup, he was clawing at his face to try to get away whatever it was that seemed to be obstructing his breathing - poor little tyke, he simply couldn't understand and had insufficient language to understand anything he was told. For a child Keyana's age, you might need to make something, but sewing simple rectangular t-shirt cotton 'gloves' should be easy - like making lavender bags. I mentioned I spent a lot of time helping with various sisters' kids. One sister lived next door to us and my sister had a rough time when the older two were about 12 & 24 months. The two-year-old was a hair-puller; the one-year-old was a biter. She stopped off in our driveway one afternoon and left them in the car (car seats were different in those days - a bar in front, no harness). While inside our house we heard both boys screaming. We rushed outside and found the two-year-old clutching handfuls of baby brother's hair, with lots more hair floating round the car. As my sister spanked him she saw a big, red welt of a bite mark on his arm. We reconstructed it - Mum left the car. Baby brother immediately leant over to his brother's arm and bit, HARD. Big brother immediately grabbed handfuls of hair (to get baby brother off his arm) and pulled hard, and kept grabbing and pulling. As soon as baby brother began to scream, the biting stopped. But the pain for both continued. The amazing thing (maybe not so amazing) - this incident cured both boys at the same time. And I'm not sure if anything else would have been so miraculous. And yet - definitely not recommended! Marg [/QUOTE]
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