Part 2: Outsmart Your Toddler: 5 tricks to get your toddler do what you want

This is the second part to the tips and tricks that I have posted on" how to make your toddler do what you want", the other day. Since the article was too long for one post, I decided to make it as part 1 and 2.

The next thing that you can do is to:

Say, Yes, but....
Instead of saying no all the time, you can say "yes, but... " always add a condition. For example, "Yes Isabella, we can go outside but we need to wait for the rain to stop."

Stay a step ahead.
Although most toddlers battles are caused by hunger, fatigue or frustration, it's easier to recognize those things after a tantrum starts and after a few slices of apply would have saved the day. So staying a step ahead of your child is not a quick solution so much as a smart way of thinking. IT comes down to consistent routines and reasonable expectation, so you don't have to be a toddler mind reader. Keeping your child on an even keel can be relatively simple: Try to make his basic needs -food, sleep - a priority, and not something you squeezed into a busy day.

• Put him/her down for a nap before he seems super tired.
  
• Feed him/her several small meals to keep his blood sugar (and mood) level.
  
• Give him/her plenty of encouragement. She'll/he'll be less inclined to flip out when something goes wrong or he/she doesn't get his/her way. But also think twice before you make life unnecessarily hard on her/him. If you're braving the mall with a tired child-don't. The notion-maybe I can squeezed in one more errand - has been the downfall of many otherwise rational moms.
  

Of course, if you have a toddler, you've already learned that life rarely goes as planned. So, here's one last trick to try on yourself. Act as if you know what to do -and soon enough you will.

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