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Breaking his spirit
I am not sure if this is the right forum but...
Our 32 month old son(2.5) has been with us for 8 weeks. He shuts down when you try and get him to do something. Even if he knows what you are saying. I have been helping him but making him do it and he is getting more confident. I also know he knows certain rules in our house because they have been the same rules for 6 months and he has abided by them. But lately he refuses to listen. The main one I can think of is we have a window seat with antique wood and he tries to drive his matchbox cars on it. The cars take out chuncks of wood so they are not allowed. Yesterday I am sure I reminded him of this rule 20 times and just as many times the days before. So today I started a consicquence. If the toy is on the window seat it goes in the laundry basket and does not come out until tomorrow. I will see if this works but it seems as though whenever I implement a rule and not just let him run the house he gets depressed. He will wander around with no toys looking down and sulking. Will this change and just a phase I hate feeling like I am breaking his spirit but he has to follow the rules.
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