This is a follow up to
this question from Jennifer A.:
Thank
you very much for your advice. For the most part the throwing has been
getting better but he has turned biting instead. Taking the toy away
seems to be effective. We are still working on meal times. He likes to
take food out of his mouth (not sure how much disciplining I should be
doing/if I should just pick my battles). Anyways I did have another
question, I will be returning to work in September and I know that
since he has been home with me for a full 2 months that it will be a
huge transition. I don't have the luxury of easing him into daycare and
it is a completely new daycare so it will not be familiar. Is there
anything that I can do to help ease the transition? Is there anything
that I can do to limit the behavior problems that will occur at home
due to the transition? I remember last year (he was only a year so it
was less of a problem) he would be fine at daycare but he would have
massive tantrums once we were home. We do spend lots of time together
even when he is in daycare. We are usually home by 4:00 so I do try to
make the most of our time together. Also, do you have any ideas for
calming activities? I find that when my husband returns from work
(which is also right at supper time which explains some of the
behavior problems) my son becomes so hyper and excited because daddy
is home. I apologize for the long list of questions. I don't really
have anyone to bounce ideas off or to discuss some of the stages that
he is going through. I appreciate all the help that I can get. Thank you and have a nice week-end. Jennifer
No problem, Jennifer! Glad to hear that the throwing has been getting
better. Bummer about the biting. Lucky for you, I just answered
another reader's question on that very thing. You can check out my
response here.
As for the mealtimes, you should definitely follow your gut and pick
and choose your battles. All too often, we try to "fix" all our kids
problem behaviors at once which then leads to us being overwhelmed. We
can't do it all. I suggest tackling the behaviors that are making
mealtimes the most frustrating. If taking food out of his mouth is not
at the top of your list, let it go for now. Get the big ones under
control and tackle the little ones later. Using this approach, you
will have A LOT more energy to deal with them.
Returning to work stinks, doesn't it? I remember how hard it can be
transitioning kids to daycare. I actually wrote an article on this on Minti (a fantastic resource for parents!) a while back. Thanks for bringing it to my attention that I never posted it here on my blog. Took care of that a few days ago. Here's the link.
As for calming tips, I have done several posts on this topic as well. You can check them out here,
here, here, here, and here.
Hopefully, I have answered all your follow up questions, Jennifer! Let me know
if I've missed anything! As usual, thank you so much for the questions
and for being a Mentor Mom reader!!!
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