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teddyjoe · Posted: January 23 2009, 11:02 AM Post subject: kissing and playing rough!

That sounds a little misleading, haha. I have two topics that I wanted to post about.

First, Teddy gives the best kisses ever. And he isn't afraid of using his tongue either. In fact, most of them are very sloppy wet licks! Just wondering if anyone is getting these special kind of kisses.

And...as sweet as he is, he is SOOOOO rough. He likes to smack and pinch and pull hair. He seems to enjoy it too, with what we call a "torture face". You know, teeth clenched and eyes full of excitement. His father and sister right now have scratches from his playing. We try to tell him no but I don't know how to get him to settle down. He really is a strong little guy too. Any ideas??

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Ditta · Posted: January 23 2009, 3:11 PM Post subject:

Jennifer, pinching etc are quite age appropriate behaviours... But that doesn't mean you can't stop them! *LOL* With both mine, I never had problems with things like that. Whenever they got rough, I said "No!" (held their hands, and repeated,) "No, gently...Gently." I would then hold their hand and make them stroke instead... And would greatly exagerate how lovely I found that sensation. Big smile "oooooh, that's SO nice.... I LIKE gently! Oooooh... Thank you Philip..." etc. If they insisted on being rough, I'd get up and leave mid play, mid cuddle, whatever. "Ouch. That hurts. Bye bye." Just go away, count to ten, then come back and hold their hand and show them how to stroke gently.
I'm sure he'll get it soon, he just likes the reaction he gets when he's rough (even if it's just the expression on your faces!)

Anna

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Dorothy's Mom · Posted: January 23 2009, 9:08 PM Post subject:

Ditto what Anna said. Dorothy thinks it is hilarious to open handed smack us in the face, out of the blue. You'll just be sitting there holding her talking about how cute she is and WHAM!!! right in the face. Then she gives us this huge smile and giggle. We just say "ouch, that hurt. Please be gentle." I kind of give her a sad face too. I think the worse thing to do is laugh when it happens(like we did the first 2 times it happened) that only confirms what they are doing is good.

OHHH, and as for the kisses!!!! Dorothy does the same thing! Tongue hanging out when she comes toward you so you know full well that you are about to get wet. I love it! It's one of the best parts of my day!!

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samantha's mom · Posted: January 23 2009, 10:31 PM Post subject:

I have to third that opinion and yes I still get those kisses from Samantha!

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teddyjoe · Posted: January 24 2009, 6:26 AM Post subject:

Yeah, we try those methods. He's just having too much fun being a little roughie. I think the best way to deal with it now is to continue doing that and to be on the defense at all times!!! I'm sure he'll outgrow it. Hopefully. But not the kisses!

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Adens mummy · Posted: January 24 2009, 6:54 AM Post subject:

We used to get those kisses, last few months we get kissing lips and the cute kissy sound with them.
I never thought that face slapping, hair pulling, scratching… would ever stop!. It has there is light at the end of the long tunnel lol it takes a bit of work as you know, Aden just loved the reaction he got… he still will do it on the occasion but nothing like it was.

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jenegie · Posted: January 25 2009, 3:22 PM Post subject:

Yes and Yes!!!

Emmy would slap and pull hair and bite. I know that a lot of people say not to do time-outs at a young age but at the time I had no idea that she was too young for time-out. So, starting at about 11 months, if she hit or pulled hair then I would put her in time-out. It only lasted about 30 seconds and when she was done I would talk to her about "nice touches". It worked! Within a month she knew that pulling hair, hitting and biting were not ok. She will still do every once in a while, but does it when she is having a "two year old moment" and will quickly do a nice touch to make it better.

I used to LOVE the open mouth kisses, but recently the kisses have turned into licks. Not sure what to do about it. Not too long ago we went to a restaurant and Emmy was playing coy with the hostess. The hostess was playing back. One thing led to another and Emmy ended up in her arms and before I could realize what was happening Emmy was leaning in for one of her open-mouth, tongue-out slobber kisses followed by the string of drool that connected to this poor sweet woman's cheek. I was mortified. Any suggestions?

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Asa's Momma · Posted: February 03 2009, 4:16 PM Post subject:

OH, Teddy's little Buddy Asa is the exact same way. Kisses, pulling hair, pinching and biting. Last night he got my hair in my mouth and I actually heard (and felt) it rip!! I just grab his hands and tell him no, that hurts mommy, or that's naughty... He just gives the grin like he's the funniest guy on earth...

The kisses are the best, I love em' after a fist full of gold fish crackers! And then the head on shoulder hugs!

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