[MiracleBaby06]

aiyana is turning into a lil wild child, lately has not been listening. if i tell her "NO" she will just look at u then go back to what she shouldnt be doing. yesterday i had to smack her butt(not hard just enough to get her attention) because after the FITH time of telling her dont touch the door she still insisted on going back to it. and she constantly tries to play with dangerous things like the sweeper plug and SCISSORS! plz someone find my good baby and send her back home

[QueenAngie]

Been there. Done that. *Giggles* I can laugh now because I lived through it with 2 sons. DS#2 being the one that could walk on the ceiling.....practically.

Can you put up a baby gate to limit her activity?
Put in those little plastic outlet plugs?
Put the scissors up high?

They are very curious at this stage and into e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!

[MiracleBaby06]

ive got the gate and the plug covers and i try to make sure things are out of reach or i move it, and she will try to get to wear it was moved... even has tried climbing AHH! shes so independent now and most of the time just wants down to run, she rarely wants to be held anymore and even yells at me when i hold her hand sometimes. oh this child... did i mention the gray hair i found lol

[twinzplus3]

*sigh* Kiss the good baby days good bye my dear. It's never the same after this!

[pattiewrites]

Your daughter is the same age as my baby. It's so fun when they get mobile isn't it? I find it a tough stage because they are into things, but don't really understand and aren't ready for discipline yet. Really all you can do at this age is keep everything out of her reach. They will find the smallest thing. When I open the dishwasher, I have to take out the silverware part right away or he will go for knives. They won't learn NO until they are a little older and hear it 2000 more times!

[kimmy0902]

My ds is almost 2 and he still doen't listen. I can tell him no until I am blue in the face and he will still look at me and keep on doing it. He knows what he is doing because lately he will look at me and smile. I'm afraid to say it won't get any easier!

[QueenAngie]

Just wait until she is a little older, it only gets busier.

Kindergarten age, my kids were trying to use the hallways to walk up the walls to get to the ceiling. Monkeys! Where do they get these ideas?

You are right about the gray hair too. Miss Clairol turns into my best friend.

[mama2riley]

We just went through this with Riley - seemed like when he was around 15 months old or so he became a different child who had discovered his own will and boy did he exercise it! I think everyone goes through this but the key to getting your good little girl back is to be firm with the rules now, even if it seems repetitive (it will be) and gets tough (it will be). You are the parent and you have to win every time. Once she realizes this, you will start to see the little girl you remember again. It took us several months of "battling" with Riley and now I see my sweet little boy quite often although I'm sure we will go through another difficult phase like that again and again and again.... Keep at it because this is the crucial time - if you don't stay firm now it will only get harder and harder as she gets older and then you might as well forget about it lol.

[mcmama]

They get their legs under them, and life changes. This happens about the time they discover they have their own will about things.

But they don't have the reasoning to know that if you climb up onto a counter and then jump off you will hurt yourself and give your mom a heart attack. So you just keep running and catching, running and catching. It's very stressful.

Eventually they figure it out. Just keep on top of it!

[jestef02]

I have the same thing going on. They're just at that exploring age. They don't really feel like you are telling them "no" persay as they are very eager to check things out. They're hearing "no" and thinking "hmmm, if I do this.....Mom says @#$!"