So I have two kids, DD13 who at two was hard but one could reason with her. There was a kid in our play group who the mother could not reason with. I thought ohhh its that mother shes not doing blah blah... Anyways I get to put my foot in my mouth cuz now I have a DD2 who does not reason.... She runs off. I never thought I would do it...but I have a leash for her. I use it when we are in airports or other busy places and I can not keep my focus on her. She ran once in an airport...crawled under the bathroom door... I also have the rules that she has to hold my hand etc. but the leash gives me that little bit of security in places where attention can be drawn away.
The other day we were at a party. I got to see the Nurtured Heart theory in action. There was a sensitive 2 year old who we know. My DD2 kept taking a toy out of her hand to watch the 2 year old's reaction. It was so obvious what she was doing. She had no interest in the toy itself but the two year's old reaction was definitely her toy. I guess I will keep reading the book.
