Ooh She's Coming Into Her Own!

[Josiegirl]

Almost 3 yo dcg I've had since she was 4 months old. I dearly love her to pieces but she is going to be one heckuva handful. Just like her brother was. Ooh boy. Yesterday at breakfast she shouts out F#C* twice, out of nowhere. I immediately change conversation tactics. Nobody else notices(Thank GOD!). I write a note to dcm about it. Then I caught her pushing the 20 month old twice, so she can get her turn instead. I place her in a chair to separate, then she hits me, which she's never done before. She's always been challenging as mememe myturnmyturnmyturn anyways but....oh man.

[Laurel]

Almost 3 yo dcg I've had since she was 4 months old. I dearly love her to pieces but she is going to be one heckuva handful. Just like her brother was. Ooh boy. Yesterday at breakfast she shouts out F#C* twice, out of nowhere. I immediately change conversation tactics. Nobody else notices(Thank GOD!). I write a note to dcm about it. Then I caught her pushing the 20 month old twice, so she can get her turn instead. I place her in a chair to separate, then she hits me, which she's never done before. She's always been challenging as mememe myturnmyturnmyturn anyways but....oh man.

I always wonder about that sibling thing because her brother was a handful also.

I had one little boy that was starting to be a handful but then mom was one that liked to start preschool really early and they left when he was two and a half. Then a few years later she has a girl and brings her to me until she was two and a half also. Omg!!! is all I can say. She was something else!!

Then I had one that had an older brother who was wild. He was school age and I watched him a couple of times and he had horrible behavior so at the risk of losing baby I told mom I couldn't do the SA care. She was fine with it. I just told her it was too hard to watch two age groups at once and give them each what they need, blah, blah, blah. Not "Your son was a terror!"

My provider friend just took an infant but older brother came along to the interview and he was a terror right at the interview. Both me and our other provider friend said almost at the same time "Oh no, wait till she gets older."

All this rambling on and on to say a lot of times I think it is the parenting because wouldn't it be unlikely that ALL the children in a family have the same issues and have it not be parenting skills?

Laurel

[cheerfuldom]

wow. I just wouldnt tolerate cuss words at all. I would have a three strikes and you are out rule. It just would not be tolerated here at all. I dont take care of kids that hit and act wild like that, period. I just replace with kids than can behave. Sure every kid will have moments when they get a bit crazy but you are constantly dealing with inappropriate behavior, i would just term.

[Josiegirl]

Terming is easier said than done, especially in areas where everyone is experiencing low enrollment.
This is the first time this dcg has sworn; even her mom said she's talked to her dh many times about his language and I told dcm dd is just going to repeat what she hears. If it does become a problem I will have to have a serious discussion about it.