https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 19:53:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1828490 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:16:30 +0000 travelgirl1 1828490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally, totally normal :happy: My LO can be the sweetest girl on the planet one minute and the next she is trashing the house and doing every single thing I've ever told her not to with the wickedest twinkle in her eye, just to see what I'll do. She recently learned the word "dangerous" because I say it about 10 million times a day when she is running wild. Now she likes to say it while doing her most dangerous stunts ever. Jumping off the coffee table while yelling "dangerous, weeeee". Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1828407 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:57:24 +0000 babynumber1 1828407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that its totally normal and something that only consistency with parenting will help with. Our LO is 28 months and we still battle this to some degree. The best thing we taught her was "Not nice, (Name), Not nice" She knows that means she was doing something bad, and even uses it on other children/us/etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1828299 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:35:09 +0000 loveisstrange 1828299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely normal. Just a young toddler testing boundaries. I Also felt that I had to clap or say no loudly our more manly than I wanted to get her attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1828148 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:03:30 +0000 NovBaby1112 1828148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>totally normal! at least I hope so because my 21 month old is the same way :wink: It's all about testing boundaries and learning for them- they arent intentionally trying to be "bad", etc. It's just how toddlers learn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1828127 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:58:49 +0000 fairy 1828127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not evil ;) That is an age where they like to push limits to see where they are and "practice" good and bad behavior. My 14 month old likes to scratch my arms purposefully and then pet them nicely and kiss them as if she is practicing being nice. It's all a part of learning, I think :) Usually she listens if I say no but sometimes she gets that gleam in her eye and a smirk and keeps doing whatever she was doing while looking at me as if it is a game </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827473 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:25:10 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1827473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: so true but I figure after 21/22 they're no longer my problem :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827448 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:20:32 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1827448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I'm so glad I clicked this thread. DH and I have been worried that DS2 is "bad" also. Apparently I have mommy amnesia because I don't remember it ever being so difficult with DS1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827447 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:20:25 +0000 .twist. 1827447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: oh no, sorry to say, it can last much longer! My brother is 40 and we still have issues! Love him but what a rebel. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827404 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:11:32 +0000 blackbird 1827404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal....but I also find that I have to say "no" very meanly and kind of loudly and sometimes I clap to get her attention, and then she responds better. If i just say, "no", she laughs and keeps doing it. I've started grabbing her for a time out now when she does stuff she knows she's not supposed to do (take the cat food and put it in the cat's water, for example).....and she hasn't done that in a good week now...or when she stands in her high chair. I hate that sounding mean/forceful is what gets her to listen, but I suppose it's more about tone than the actual word for them. I don't use "that voice" often or for other reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827382 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:04:09 +0000 Lindsay05 1827382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That 14-18 month range was a hard age in terms of behaviour. You know they understand everything but yet they still pretend like they dont understand! I felt like it was a lot of testing boundaries! I felt like once the words started spilling out, it got a little easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827380 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:04:03 +0000 Bao 1827380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unfortunately normal!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827326 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:44:25 +0000 autumnlove 1827326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 months today?! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827309 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:33:10 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1827309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: totally normal, but the other day I did joke to my husband that we need check our kid for 666 on her body somewhere, because *something* has to be triggering this evil streak.</p> <p>She'll be three in October and I don't know when it ends. I heard 18. Who knows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827307 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:32:02 +0000 mrsjyw 1827307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal! </p> <p>DS looks at us straight in the eye after we've stopped him and told him no and he does it again. Just to test the waters to see what we'll do!!! :P</p> <p>I'm sure they'll grow out of it until the teen years soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827305 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:31:10 +0000 Adira 1827305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal! Xander always laughs at me when I tell him no and just continues doing whatever he's doing! Hope it gets better for all of us soon. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827303 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:29:53 +0000 hummusgirl 1827303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO sometimes bites too, and we got him this book called "Teeth Are Not For Biting" which seems to be helping a little:<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Biting-Board-Behavior-Series/dp/1575421283" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Biting-Board-Behavior-Series/dp/1575421283</a> </p> <p>The fact that they also offer "Hands Are Not For Hitting" and "Feet Are Not For Kicking" makes me think that being a brat is normal toddler behavior. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827299 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:29:03 +0000 Rubies 1827299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so (annoyingly) normal. Ugh. Used to make my blood boil when D1 laughed her head off at me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827277 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:14:50 +0000 Applesandbananas 1827277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal? Idk but this is so my kiddo too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827262 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:03:29 +0000 knittylady 1827262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worry all the time about DS being a sociopath! It's usually stuff like you describe or not being able to share w other kids. Ed 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827259 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:00:55 +0000 lamariniere 1827259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827256 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:00:15 +0000 sslm 1827256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: advice is always welcome :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827253 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:57:13 +0000 lamariniere 1827253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: what worked for me in the beginning was physically making him sit or stand in the corner, even if I were just for a few seconds. The idea that he was in trouble got through pretty quickly. But again, I know I was/am giving unsolicited advice. I just found that, for us, instilling some kind of system early worked well to curb unwanted behaviors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827249 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:53:29 +0000 Weagle 1827249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that it's normal. My LO loves to push limits. Loves it. She is a total master at ignoring direction and we have to discipline quite often for it. It sucks, because some days I feel like I do nothing else but discipline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827247 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:53:10 +0000 sslm 1827247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: you're right that they like getting a reaction. Maybe I should try a different tactic. She's so stubborn that the redirection thing has never worked! She doesn't forget!</p> <p>@lamariniere: I'm not sure how I would discipline. I feel like there's no way she'd stay in a time out? I have tried the redirection thing but it never works. Now I just remove myself from the situation and I'm hoping that helps her to learn that the biting results in playing alone... Fingers crossed. </p> <p>@mkp17: from al of the responses I think we might be ok :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827238 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:48:56 +0000 autumnlove 1827238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sounds like normal young toddler behavior! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827236 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:48:15 +0000 sslm 1827236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: @Anagram: @ValentineMommy: you guys, I am so relieved to hear this!!! </p> <p>I swear I read somewhere that babies should respond to the word "no" by 8 months or something. I suppose our LOs are responding to it, just not in the way we'd like... Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827235 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:48:08 +0000 edelweiss 1827235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: this describes my LO to a "t" when he crouches down near the dog's food bowl while she's eating, and grabs a nugget out to eat. after looking at me, judging how long it would take me to reach him to remove the offending object from his hand, he quickly pops it in his mouth with a smile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827232 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:46:24 +0000 mkp17 1827232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope it's normal since that is what is happening at our house also :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827231 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:46:22 +0000 lamariniere 1827231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's pretty normal toddler behavior. She's testing your limits and boundaries. </p> <p>I know you didn't ask for what to do, but I think what to do about unwanted behavior is the logical next question. From my own experience, we started implementing discipline as soon as it was warranted. For us, it's a time out or a trip to the corner. These two things have been very successful with my son. I think consistency in your reaction or with the "punishment" is key to establishing and maintaining the rules. . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-my-toddler-evil-or-is-this-normal#post-1827230 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:45:50 +0000 edelweiss 1827230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm pretty sure this is normal! my LO started doing this around the 14 month mark, i think? he's 19 months now. these days, i try not to say "no" because of the hilarious response that it triggers on his part, and just look at him, try not to react, redirect, distract, give him a lecture that confuses and bores him out of what he was doing, etc. so my parenting motto for this situation is "make it up". but overall, while i'm certainly no expert, this sounds normal to me and i don't think it's a huge issue. i think my LO kinda liked being able to evoke a different emotion from me. </p>