 | It just sounds like full-on terrible twos behavior. Try a child harness to deal with the running away/no hand-holding behavior. Perhaps immediately take away items that he hits with or throws, and then seperate him. Use child gates all of the time. If he whacks his sister or pushes, bring him into another room with you and put up a gate. This really reduced that type of behavior for me. With the baths, hair washing, etc, well that's just part of life, and you probably just need to calmly restrain him. This stage will pass. I don't think you can "talk" to him, he probably is not yet capable of logic. He's pure emotion.
As far as your husband goes, well, personally I'd view him as a child. He's acting like one. Remind him that he is an adult, and he is dealing with a very young child. He either needs to control himself or leave the room. And making negative comments in front of the child is just so out of line. A toddler understands a lot. Dad is a role model, and he is screaming. Imagine that you are talking to a teenager, not a man, and go from there. He also needs to be told how to behave. When my husband has done this, I say to him "you are an adult, act like one. Control yourself NOW or leave, your behavior is unacceptable." |
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