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Another 3yr question
smartycat92
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Ray has been a pretty pleasant 3yr old. The one thing he has been doing that is mind numbing is that when he breaks down and has a fit, he repeats the same word over and over and over and over again. As an example, the one day he poked DP in the eye. It really hurt her and I yelled pretty loud and lightly slapped his hand and said "we don't poke people!". He then proceeded to cry and say the word "poke" every second for 30 minutes (probably less but it seemed like an eternity). We tried correcting him ("no poke"), we tried ignoring him. We tried reasoning with him. We tried empathizing with him. Nothing worked... and then the dryer buzzed and he said "clothes are done" and he magically stopped.
He mostly does it when he is tired and I'm not even mad or that annoyed that he is doing it. I just feel bad that I can't redirect him. So any suggestions on how to redirect him? I feel like he gets "emotionally" stuck when he does this and if I could help him express himself better he might calm down sooner and I also wouldn't have to listen to the same word a million times.
He mostly does it when he is tired and I'm not even mad or that annoyed that he is doing it. I just feel bad that I can't redirect him. So any suggestions on how to redirect him? I feel like he gets "emotionally" stuck when he does this and if I could help him express himself better he might calm down sooner and I also wouldn't have to listen to the same word a million times.
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