http://talkingtotoddlers.com/turn-bad-moods-into-laughter-with-games.htm Dealing with the Terrible Twos and Beyond Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://talkingtotoddlers.com/turn-bad-moods-into-laughter-with-games.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17792 John Adams Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:23:35 +0000 http://talkingtotoddlers.com/turn-bad-moods-into-laughter-with-games.htm#comment-17792 Sometimes I don't think it's really a "bad mood". My view is that toddlers, et al, have limited ways of expressing themselves, which we often perceive as "bad mood". Your "upside-down" tactic gives them another option of expression. Years ago my son began crying & fussing when we first put shoes on him. We began to "praise" how wonderful the shoes were...we delightfully watched him recalibrate his response. I'm SAH GrandDad now delighted in keeping & watching Grandson during week . Sometimes I don't think it's really a “bad mood”. My view is that toddlers, et al, have limited ways of expressing themselves, which we often perceive as “bad mood”. Your “upside-down” tactic gives them another option of expression. Years ago my son began crying & fussing when we first put shoes on him. We began to “praise” how wonderful the shoes were…we delightfully watched him recalibrate his response. I'm SAH GrandDad now delighted in keeping & watching Grandson during week .

]]> http://talkingtotoddlers.com/turn-bad-moods-into-laughter-with-games.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17778 John Adams Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:23:35 +0000 http://talkingtotoddlers.com/turn-bad-moods-into-laughter-with-games.htm#comment-17778 Sometimes I don't think it's really a "bad mood". My view is that toddlers, et al, have limited ways of expressing themselves, which we often perceive as "bad mood". Your "upside-down" tactic gives them another option of expression. Years ago my son began crying & fussing when we first put shoes on him. We began to "praise" how wonderful the shoes were...we delightfully watched him recalibrate his response. I'm SAH GrandDad now delighted in keeping & watching Grandson during week . Sometimes I don't think it's really a “bad mood”. My view is that toddlers, et al, have limited ways of expressing themselves, which we often perceive as “bad mood”. Your “upside-down” tactic gives them another option of expression. Years ago my son began crying & fussing when we first put shoes on him. We began to “praise” how wonderful the shoes were…we delightfully watched him recalibrate his response. I'm SAH GrandDad now delighted in keeping & watching Grandson during week .

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