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amother
Fern
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 Thu, May 02 2024, 9:25 pm
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Nope OP. Toddler never sat on baby for more than a second. safety first. And if they tried doing it again they were told off not to do it again and removed from the situation
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amother
Nemesia
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Thu, May 02 2024, 10:32 pm
And then what? They eat with their hands? (I mean, this child would, but we've actually been working on getting them to use utensils so I don't really want to encourage them to go back to hands.)
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amother
Nemesia
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Thu, May 02 2024, 10:35 pm
I told the child very sternly that if they poke their sibling even one more time, they're going into time out. I then asked the child to tell me what will happen if they poke, they said they'll get put in time out. I asked if they want to go to time out, they said no, I then asked if they're going to poke again, they said no, and they did not poke again.
That worked this time. But A, there have been many such occurrences where the child would immediately have poked again anyway, I'm not even sure why- to assert their ability to do so? I don't know, and B, as far as I can tell gentle parents are against time outs and consequences that are imposed as opposed to naturally occuring. So that's why I'm curious what a gentle parent's next step would be.
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amother
Nemesia
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Thu, May 02 2024, 10:36 pm
A spoon is an effective poking mechanism too 
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amother
Steelblue
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Thu, May 02 2024, 11:27 pm
I would try saying "forks are for eating food" while gently bringing their hand to their food.
or give them an option to sit in another room to calm down. (Best if you can sit with them but if not give them a book). And later when it's not mealtime discuss the no poking, we use forks for eating "rule."
Also depends on age.
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amother
Lily
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Thu, May 02 2024, 11:51 pm
| amother Moonstone wrote: | | It may have taken a few minutes because I was in the bathroom or in the next room, not because I was actively not doing anything to save my baby. |
Just a thought, a lot of toddlers can't be trusted alone around babies for the length of time it takes some parents to go to the bathroom. I know not everyone has a setup like this, but if you need to go, best to put toddler in a playpen or child safe room with baby gate and put the baby outside in a rocker (or with you in the bathroom). That way there's less chance of your toddler doing totally normal toddler things that aren't safe for a baby.
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