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aliwnec10
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throwing objects? How do i stop this?
Jacen is almost 13 months. He loves to throw objects around the house. Then he usually goes and picks them up and throws them again.
He also does this with his bottles. It drives me crazy.
Now we have a dog and Jedi has a few of his balls around the house. Jacen loves to do this with the balls too, which is fine.
But how do i stop him from throwing everything and anything? I have a "you throw it, you lose it" policy... but that's lost on him.
I'm sure many kids go through this. Do i just ride it out or is there a way to teach him now not to do this? 
TIA! 
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Posted 7/16/09 8:29 AM  |
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chelle
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
We always tried to do a 3 strikes your out kind of deal. She really only threw stuff off her highchair and after the 3rd "no"...then it was taken away.
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| Posted 7/16/09 8:55 AM |
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browneyedgirl
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
at this point, i think they're too young to understand policies. i just take it away after a few throws.
here's what you should do--put him in a room with DS since he loves to throw things too and let them throw things at each other. once they each get bopped on the head, they'll stop 
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| Posted 7/16/09 8:57 AM |
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aliwnec10
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
Posted by chelle
We always tried to do a 3 strikes your out kind of deal. She really only threw stuff off her highchair and after the 3rd "no"...then it was taken away.
Yeah i do do that with Jacen in the high chair. He only gets one chance though.
But he literally walks around the house (holding our hand sometimes), picks things up... toys... and throws them.
I'm not sure if this evolved from throwing jedi's balls and thinking he should throw everything. Or he picked it up somewhere else. But sometimes he throws things and there are other babies around or animals and i really dont' want him to continue doing that. KWIM?
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| Posted 7/16/09 9:00 AM |
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aliwnec10
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
Posted by browneyedgirl
here's what you should do--put him in a room with DS since he loves to throw things too and let them throw things at each other. once they each get bopped on the head, they'll stop
Sounds good to me. You'll make the drive all the way out east right?
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| Posted 7/16/09 9:01 AM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
Posted by chelle
We always tried to do a 3 strikes your out kind of deal. She really only threw stuff off her highchair and after the 3rd "no"...then it was taken away.
We did this too (Ds was about 14 months), but the 3rd strike resulted in time out.
I would take him to a chair in the middle of the kitchen and sit him there, then sit there with my "mean face" on and tell him no throwing and thats not nice, etc.
Now I can give him a tiem out and leave the room and he wont move.
He still throws things when he gets super excited but its not just a way to pass the time or express his anger anymore.
ETA: I always give more than one chance because I want him to have hte opportunity to listen to me when I say no...If he doesnt listen then he gets a time out!
Message edited 7/16/2009 1:38:47 PM.
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| Posted 7/16/09 1:36 PM |
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jambalady
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Re: throwing objects? How do i stop this?
Posted by chelle
We always tried to do a 3 strikes your out kind of deal. She really only threw stuff off her highchair and after the 3rd "no"...then it was taken away.
We do this too. However, if it is something breakable, I say "No" in a very harsh voice and take it away immediately and say "No touching".
If it is something I think can hurt someone or himself, I gasp and say "uh-oh!!" or "oh-no" and take it away. I make it very dramatic.
He pretty much has a sense of what is acceptable to throw and what is not.
I think it is just a phase and they will grow out of it.
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| Posted 7/16/09 1:43 PM |
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