08 September 2009

The terrible 2s

Are you constantly finding yourself getting stressed out trying to get your toddler to sit still, eat, get in or out of the bath? Funkimama was, until she adopts the principles of Jo Frost, a British nanny and the central figure of the reality television programme Supernanny.

"Darling, in 5 minutes, we will put away the toys and go to take a bath", funkimama declares clearly. She finds that letting her toddler know what he is going to be doing in the next 5 minutes has help him become more co-operative when it comes to switching activities. She has also adopted the "Naughty Step" idea and it work wonders too. Of course, there are still tears and resistance, but overall funkimama's toddler is now a lot more willing to co-operate than before, saving funkimama energy to enjoy her time with her son rather than getting stressed out.

For those parents looking for ideas on how to get the most out of your children, funkimama recommends trying Supernanny.

大家有否覺得, 要小寶寶坐好, 定定地進餐, 叫他去洗澡還是因洗太久要抹身等等, 都頗為令人沮喪, 他們彷彿要跟你作對, 專唱反調, funkimama的小寶寶就是這樣, 令她相當洩氣, 於是她嘗試照着超級褓母節目裡的照顧嬰兒專家Jo Frost的一些例子, 跟着去做, 發覺又可行呢!

例如, funkimama嘗試同寶寶話, 玩多5分鐘我們就要一起收拾玩具然後洗澡, 有了這時間上的準備, 寶寶果然非常合作, 雖然, 你會說寶寶還未知時間的概念, 但讓他有個心理準備, 知道他將要做什麼, 總比一下子就要改變或停止他之前的活動, 效果好很多, 而在改善行為舉止上, funkimama亦跟這專家的指示, 發覺真的有效, 雖然, 在過程上還是會有被打敗的感覺, 但總體上, 小寶寶真的有顯著改變, 比以往合作聽教得多

大家如果都想知多些怎樣教你的小朋友的話, funkimama提議參考"supernanny"