Throwing things at the ground
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I’ve seen some videos on instagram recently saying that children under 5 don’t hear the negative in sentences. So if you’re saying ‘don’t throw’ all they hear is ‘throw’ apparently you need to tell them what you want them to do instead eg ‘plates stay on the table’. I’m finding it hard to put into practice sometimes because it’s basically having to change the way you talk xx
@vicky exactly - that’s what I mean about not understanding negatives. So that’s what we do. “Put the cup on the table” etc. But there is evident enjoyment in the throwing of things - so that’s makes it more difficult to stop I think. If it was done in anger, I think that could be more achievable.
May try taking the items off her but replacing them with balls so she still gets to throw? And say something like ‘ plates stay on the table, balls are for throwing’. You could buy her some different balls like light up ones to make it more exciting maybe x
Honestly we just say ‘don’t throw that please’😂 but we have dogs and a newborn so we obviously need to make sure he isn’t throwing incase he hurts one of them accidentally. He knows he’s allowed and encouraged to throw the dogs soft toys for them to play fetch and then outside he can throw the ball. He used to throw food on the floor a lot if he didn’t want it but we just kept consistently saying ‘no, keep food on your plate please’ and after a couple months you can see he still thinks to put it on the floor but now puts it back on his plate! X