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triplicates | Fri Feb-03-12 01:03 PM |
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#487537, "RE: What am I doing wrong?"
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You're not alone, but you're hitting the age where you'll need to switch it up to save your sanity. Our kids are 27 months, so we're right there with you.
Rotate toys: Hide some of their toys for a week, and bring them out again when the kids get antsy. This is a trick other triplet moms here taught me and it has worked incredibly well.
Childproof additional rooms and play in different areas of your house. We have an upstairs (living room) and downstairs (family room) play area. They go about an hour in one space before needing for us to switch it up by going somewhere else.
Find ways for them to burn energy indoors. E.g. we don't have a bounce house inside, but they are allowed to jump on an air mattress.
At 22 months, I slowly started figuring out ways to take the kids out by myself. I was lucky, it was summer, so I found enclosed areas like ballparks and tennis courts where they could just run and chase balls without the risk of them getting too far away from me. I started teaching them how to stay close. Laid down the law before exiting the car. Then every single time it went well, I praised them. If they didn't listen, we packed up and left immediately. You'll be amazed how fast they learn!
Then I started getting braver and taking them to semi-enclosed playgrounds and enclosed indoor play areas (mall, children's museum). The distraction factor is higher when there are tons of other kids around, so part of our success has been teaching them in quieter areas first. In the beginning, plan to only be out an hour or so - it lessens the meltdowns if they aren't overtired. Leave while everyone is still fairly happy!
Whenever we go out, I corrall them at the end of our outing by offering snacks and something to drink.
It does get easier to take them out every time you do it, and the reward comes in the form of better behaved kids the rest of the day. Promise.
Hope some of these ideas help you. You can do it!
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