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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, this screaming at everything is not really ok. You need, 1, 2, 3 Magic and start slow and go steady.
What do you do when he starts all this? What are conqecuences?
 You have to provide activities, rules too.
Again, sounds like a regular 18 months old just a bit worse, because you are allowing this nonsense to go on.
I am not saying you can stop all of it, but you can work on stopping some of it.[/quote]

IDK, I think my 18 month old is way, way too young for a book like that. She has like 3 words. We're not ready for formal/abstract consequences yet. [/quote]
What? So, someone is suggesting a slow start with it, bcs kid is 18 months old, and you say, nah, too young. Why even ask if you are refusing suggestions? That book is awesome. Your kid does udnerstand more than 18 words right?
What you are doing is not working, and no it is not normal that a kid starts screaming at 18 months cs mom is trying to have a bite to eat. There is nothing abstract about consequences 1, 2, 3 Magic suggests, that is the beauty of that book, that it works on YOU, changing your behavior that will result in your kid changing how the react to simple daily things.
When you read that book you will realize that you are doing things that are not ok, such as ordering your kid around like he/she is a dog.
If you scream, you say, baby doll is going in the trash, you give warning, 1, warning 2, and warning 3, baby doll in the trash in the garage. Not sure what is abstract about it. You act composed, calm, and kid tries once, twice and you are calm and two days later, no more screaming. Again, slow start due to age.[/quote]

That post was from me, not OP. My 18 month old is fine, but way too young for counting. I did read the book and I liked it. I just think 18 months is too young for the book’s main strategy. Especially because you wouldn’t use counting for crying anyway, right?[/quote]

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