Comments | sunrise0124: Zek is causing trouble

sunrise0124

Zek is causing trouble

Dec 13, 2005 11:13

Zek is my two year old and no matter how many times i get mad at him he keeps taking his matterss off his box springs and uses it like a slide. Yeserday alone he got in trouble 4 times for doing this. I've also caught him rideing one of his bikes on the box springs. He has already taken his bed apart this morning. I don't know what else to do. He ( Read more... )

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mysteena December 13 2005, 18:18:50 UTC

To be honest, I used to let my kids do that (use their mattress as a slide) all the time when they were his age. I figured since we lived in an apartment and didn't have a yard, their bed was the closest thing they had to a playset. They've grown out of it now and don't try to do it anymore. I don't know what to tell you about him riding his bike on the bed, though. Maybe take his bike away?

sunrise0124 December 13 2005, 18:25:53 UTC

I'm just tired of fixing it several times a day. he has one of those child rails (so he doesn't fall off his bed)and it is always a pain to keep putting those back on. it's not like he doesn't have a yard to play in and he has lots of toys. In fact, there is even a park with a slide with in walking distance that i could take him to but he just prefers to take apart his bed. He never even asks.

drakinfar December 13 2005, 18:50:41 UTC

I vote for taking the bed away but thats just me

sunrise0124 December 13 2005, 20:08:13 UTC

your not the only one.

drakinfar December 13 2005, 20:14:17 UTC

mom said that we should take everything but the matress(sp?) away for awhile

sunrise0124 December 13 2005, 20:57:01 UTC

someone actully told me to take the whole bed away till he knows what beds are for and make him sleep on the floor with a blanket(said her son did it and that's what she did by the 4th night he was ready for his bed back). I like your moms idea better. I just don't know where to put his bed so he won't play with it.

ex_twilight639 December 13 2005, 21:46:55 UTC

What exactly happens when he gets in trouble with you?

sunrise0124 December 13 2005, 22:00:21 UTC

well he usually get yelled at and spanked. time out doesnt work with him. i've tried and i have to hold him and last time he threw up on me for it. so I have to wait till he is alittle older to try that again. Sometimes i will send him to his room but he never stays.

ex_twilight639 December 13 2005, 23:42:35 UTC

hmm, well maybe you need to find out what is an area that would really get his attention.. sometimes that's hard. Dr. phil sometimes says you have to strip their world to get their attention at first, but he's still rather young so I'm not sure I would be horribly harsh. That's a hard situation.

drakinfar December 13 2005, 22:08:15 UTC

I personally like to make him sit and fold his arms. It's like I've killed him.

shawnthemom December 13 2005, 22:54:05 UTC

I agree about taking the bed away from him and making him sleep on the floor for a while. Since you don’t have the storage maybe you could lock him out of his room. Bring a small box of toys out that he can play with then lock the door and not let him in his room until he feels like he can do what you ask.

I know it sounds harsh, but my kids sometimes do things repeatedly even when they are being punished, (my husband calls this being hard headed and rubber butted. ) and when that happens, usually the only way I can break them of what ever they are doing is to do something like that.

of corse every child is differant, so you might have to end up trying several things.