Two-and-a-half
Little tricks that can help you get through the difficult times of the day.
Accept his need for sameness. He likes to know just how things will go. In fact use this to set up rituals through out the day. A bedtime ritual will most likely help your child settle down and fall asleep. Try not to skip any part of the routine. So set up routines that will be easy for you to follow day after day.
Put your fragile and valuable objects out of reach, use gates if you need to keep him out of certain parts of the house. When he is a little older his own inhibitors will be stronger and you can easier teach him what he can and can't touch.
Try to avoid head on clashes and inflexible demands. Change,"You can't go out to play until you pick up your toys."; to, "Let's get your toys picked up and then you can go out to play." Then you can help him get the toys put away.
Distract or change the scene. You can do this by introducing a new idea or object, by leaving the room, by taking him away from the scene.
Information source was; Your Two-Year-Old; Louise Bates Ames
"A two-year-old is not a six-year-old, and a six-year-old is not an adult! That may seem like a simplistic statement, but I've seen people in all walks of life treat some two-year-olds as if they were six-year-olds, and some six-year-olds as if they were adults."
Fred Rogers
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