I have doing home daycare for 20 years and I don't remember having a group of kids like I do now. I was going to start a thread asking for advice on the whole group but then it dawned on me that if I could figure out what to do with my 20 month old it would solve a few other issues.
This little guy doesn't play, he walks around causing problems for the other kids. He only wants to touch what the other kids have, even if he's given a duplicate. If the other kids are playing with anything at all he has to be in the middle taking it away. I understand that this is his age this is his way of playing and he will get over it but what can I do with him in the meantime? I have two octagon play yards but if I put him in one of them he cries and throws any toys that are given to him out. If I sit with him to play so that he can't get to the other kids, he cries and throws a fit. He lives to be the ruiner of fun for the other kids : ) If I put the other kids in the play yards so that he can't get them he hangs on the gates, pushes them back and forth, grabs at the kids, cries. Not to mention the older kids feel like they are being punished, they haven't quite caught on to the fact that it can be a good thing. I have had a lot of 20 months old boys before but he is definitely the worst when it comes to playing.
Now about the rest of the lot, has anybody figured out a magical way to get a 2 year old to listen? I have 4 kids in between 2 and 3, not a one of them has good listening skills. It's the same thing day after day after day, one of these 2's is my grand daughter who is temporarily living with us while they transition from military life to civilian life. She doesn't help matters at all, she doesn't listen any better than the rest of them. Some times I wonder if I just expect to much from them, I am obviously doing something wrong because these kids are running me ragged.
So I have the 20 month old, 4 between 2-3 and a 8 month old I feel like I am being pulled into a million directions trying to keep the chaos down. Maybe I am just getting old :
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This little guy doesn't play, he walks around causing problems for the other kids. He only wants to touch what the other kids have, even if he's given a duplicate. If the other kids are playing with anything at all he has to be in the middle taking it away. I understand that this is his age this is his way of playing and he will get over it but what can I do with him in the meantime? I have two octagon play yards but if I put him in one of them he cries and throws any toys that are given to him out. If I sit with him to play so that he can't get to the other kids, he cries and throws a fit. He lives to be the ruiner of fun for the other kids : ) If I put the other kids in the play yards so that he can't get them he hangs on the gates, pushes them back and forth, grabs at the kids, cries. Not to mention the older kids feel like they are being punished, they haven't quite caught on to the fact that it can be a good thing. I have had a lot of 20 months old boys before but he is definitely the worst when it comes to playing.
Now about the rest of the lot, has anybody figured out a magical way to get a 2 year old to listen? I have 4 kids in between 2 and 3, not a one of them has good listening skills. It's the same thing day after day after day, one of these 2's is my grand daughter who is temporarily living with us while they transition from military life to civilian life. She doesn't help matters at all, she doesn't listen any better than the rest of them. Some times I wonder if I just expect to much from them, I am obviously doing something wrong because these kids are running me ragged.
So I have the 20 month old, 4 between 2-3 and a 8 month old I feel like I am being pulled into a million directions trying to keep the chaos down. Maybe I am just getting old :

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