https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 15:56:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2577252 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:20:44 +0000 californiadreams 2577252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i try to implement immediate and related consequences. Example, if he makes a mess on purpose, especially after i said not to...he has to clean it up. he will run away from me refusing and i will chase and tell him we are not doing anything else until he cleans it. it works. hitting me or something physical - the best thing i can think of is to put him down or walk away and say i don't want to be near someone who is hitting me. and stop whatever activity we are doing or about to do. Same with if he does something to his baby brother that he is not supposed to.</p> <p>And sometimes, honestly, i just pick my battles because giving consequences for every little thing, big or small is exhausting and not always worth it in the moment. </p> <p>What i have stopped doing is giving him excuses for bad behaviour (like "i know you are tired and that's why you are acting this way"). I realize i want him to be accountable for any bad behaviours, even if in my mind i know the cause. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2577240 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:05:39 +0000 dolphin 2577240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I count to 3 and then time out. Sometimes she calms down and sometimes she goes crazy. Her meltdowns are no joke. I just let her cry it out, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2577150 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:46:10 +0000 Maysprout 2577150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest can have a temper. She's always been sent up to her room to cool down. I'll tell her when she can come down and a lot of times she'll say she's not ready yet and it's fairly true. If she comes down before she's ready she usually explodes again within a min or two or on the way down and ends up getting sent right back up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2577145 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:39:16 +0000 daniellemybelle 2577145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 2.5 but we are struggling hardcore right now. Time outs really don't work anymore though maybe we are doing them wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2577045 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:25:02 +0000 hilsy85 2577045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We struggle as well, especially for little things of misbehaving, like continuing to do something annoying or mildly destructive (ripping paper on the floor, for example) after we ask him to stop. I feel like if I did time outs for that stuff he'd constantly be in time out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-for-your-3-year-old#post-2576979 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:25:21 +0000 LuLu Mom 2576979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the middle of the threenager and man it's trying on an almost daily basis. She responds best to timeouts (on the landing of our stairs not her room, so she can't play) but really that's about it. She is a stubborn thing and will sit there for 15-30 minutes. I ask her every 3 minutes if she's ready to calm down and apologize and she screams NO. I honestly feel like I'm missing something! </p>