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Magic Breathing.
If your toddler can do it, practice magic
breathing every day to help him practice keeping his primitive impulses
under control.
Plant Seeds of Kindness.
After 18 months, toddlers increasingly
want to be good. That’s why the arrival of a new child is the perfect time
to give lessons in kindness. Let the big sister (or brother) bring you a
new diaper when you need one or unpack the grocery bags.
Replace negative comments (“Don’t be so rough!”) with positive ones.
(“Baby loves being touched softly, like this. Hey, you’re good at that!”
Later, gossip to Daddy about the good touching.)
Role-play to let your toddler vent any anger he might feel toward you
or the new baby in an acceptable way or to give him a chance to regress
a little. (“Do you want to be my baby for a bit? Come sit on my lap, you
big strong baby, and you can hug me for a long, long while.”)
Behavior Challenge #2: Annoying
Attitudes and Actions
As discussed, it’s your toddler’s job to test the limits, but some just don’t
know when to quit.
When your toddler dawdles, interrupts, or whines, it can be like
fingernails on a chalkboard; you just want it to stop. Many of us are
tempted to try to force our toddlers to obey with shouts and threats. But
often that backfires and makes things worse.

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Fortunately, there are several effective ways to reduce annoying
behaviors.
Chapter 6
covers the general approach for reducing yellow-light
behaviors, but in this next section I’d like to focus on dawdling as an
example to show how to curb any annoyance (including rudeness,
interrupting, whining, back talk, potty mouth, and whatever else drives
you bananas!).
Annoying-Behavior Example: Dawdling
Some tots are zippy, but others are slow as snails. Kids who dawdle
(delay getting dressed, coming to the table, responding when called) fall
into one of two groups: