i dispair how do i control my non compliant child

How the hell do i stop eleanor playing with the sky box?  She always does it throuhg night garden so right now we're watching it with the sky menu on because i'm sick of putting it back on.

How do i get her to stop climbing on to the TV bench - have already moved furniture to reduce likelihood but this child is sharp she's not afraid to move toys to use as a booster.

How do i stop her from emptying the cupboards of the TV bench.  Ther'es nothing important in there - nappies etc but it's getting tyring putting it away.

The No and sign for stop just gets laughed at.  Please please please assure me she'll grow out of it and fast.

I'm on my own tonight and i literally can not go for a wee unless i take her with me as if i do she'll be stood on the tv bench when i get back.

I'm a grumpy mummy today really I am and this doesn't help and i don't want to snap at her as that jsut doesn't help.

I gave in and let them get on with it, as long as they're not endangering themselves, or at risk of breaking something valuable. They do grow out of these phases, although new ones always come in to replace them. I get more stressed if I try and control them, which isn't good, so they run wild

Cupboard locks?

Is she doing it for reaction, do you think? If you have the energy, the broken record of 'No', pick up, move child away without any other reaction/words, repeat till she's bored  might work?

I turn the tv off as soon as he starts to mess with it. It's the only thing I've found that works. As for the other things I'm afraid I can't help as we have these battles daily too.

typically the 2 cupboards that the locks don't work on.  ONe of these lovely pieces of furniture just not practical around the child.

I can't decide if it's for a reaction or not.  I'm hoping it's just a phase.

eponymous:

I turn the tv off as soon as he starts to mess with it. It's the only thing I've found that works. As for the other things I'm afraid I can't help as we have these battles daily too.

she tends to do that herself - well turn the sky box off so i'm not sure that'll work.  I think she just likes trying to getting up close and personal with Iggle Piggle she tends to be naughty in night garden time.  May be time to turn night garden off...

japnart:

I gave in and let them get on with it, as long as they're not endangering themselves, or at risk of breaking something valuable. They do grow out of these phases, although new ones always come in to replace them. I get more stressed if I try and control them, which isn't good, so they run wild

i dread to think what's next.

We've just moved everything out of reach, put locks on the cupboards and emptied those we can't put locks on, so there is nothing interesting in there.

The few things that are accessible (large floor level picture frame, plug switches) I spent ages with each LO saying 'No' firmly when they hit them, moving them to play with something else and distracting them with another toy. If I didn't distract them into doing something else I found it turned into a game, back and forwards saying 'no' constantly and they would just laugh!

DS is 18 months now and is just starting to not do the things I've been saying 'no' about - I think he started maybe 3 months ago or so? So its a fair while of having to be consistent and firm, but it does work eventually....

Well, I was rubbish mummy today- Elliott has got a thing about going round the side of our bed and turning the alarm clock off at the socket.  He does it all the time no matter how much I tell him off, and its so annoying. 

So today I couldn't be arsed with telling him off and putting up with the tantrum so when he started doing it I said "lets go and get some chocolate".

And of course it worked

WJapS.  Pick your battles, saves energy

My daughter found the cable box and turned the tv on and off and on and off endlessly.  In the end I just stopped putting it on. I also turn the tv off by putting it on standby and then turning it off using the button. So even when she tried to turn it back on it didn't work.

Re the going to the toilet thing until very recently I used to put her in her cot so I could go in peace (shes two and a half now).

It is annoying - we're going through a silly playing with plug switches phase at the moment.