What do you do with a potty mouth 19 month old Child?

Question

Who always screams at the top of her lungs NO !!!!

Answer 1

Stay calm. When there is no immediate trauma, sit with "baby" and explain the consequenses for using "potty" words. Explain they are bad. Decide on a punishment be it time out, a single spank, soap in the mouth, whatever, and STICK TO IT. It isn't so much how you punish, it is the consistancy you use. If you do not follow through, you undermine your own authorith.

As for the screaming no, again, stay calm. If it is something that needs doing (discipline) to which the screams are aimed, calmy follow through and explain why. If it is just to be a "brat", calmy ignore (no matter how hard it is) the screams, and proceed with what you need to do.

It will be difficult and loud for you for awhile, but you'll be surprised at how quickly your 19 month old will figure out you're in charge, you say what you mean, and you will follow through.

Good luck - They don't come with instructions!! :)

Answer 2

Remove the child from the environment in which he or she hears the inappropriate words - immediately, before he or she has a chance to learn those words permanently. If the child's family uses those words, they must stop, completely and immediately, before it is too late. All 19-month old children scream NO! at the top of their lungs. For that, time-outs or deprivation of priviledges ("no dessert, no visiting the park, etc. because you screamed") might eventually work, but good luck with that...
Seriously - using curse or swear words at the age of 19 months has to be stopped immediately. Try to ignore the child if he or she uses those words again (an angry or upset response to the child, and he or she will keep using the words to get a response), and as long as his/her environment is swear-free, the words will very shortly be forgotten. Never reintroduce them. They are not part of a child's vocabulary.

Answer 3

Don't let the child win the battle of power. Kids will test their limits. Show the limit. Be consistent, punish the child by denying it something it likes, and reward it when it does behave right.

Don't give it attention when it misbehaves. Kids often don't care whether they get positive or negative attention, as long as they get attention. So ignore her when she misbehaves, acknowledge and praise when she does behave well, so that she learns that behaving, not misbehaving, is a way to get attention.

When your child is bound determined she wants or doesn't want something, get her out of that situation, change the subject, kids can be distracted easily. Put her in the corner of the room (or make up something yourself, without physically harming, screaming or otherwise traumatizing the child), with her face towards the wall, and she must stay there until she decides she wants to behave..

It will not work over night, you must be persistent, and consistent.. make the rules very strict and very black and white, and make sure she NEVER gets away with things and get her way by keeping up her pouting and shouting. It will take a few days to a week, before she gets the picture.

Also, try to find out where she got this behaviour from in the first place? other kids at day care center? (I'd discourage day care centers if any way possible.. don't outsource nursing/education at this young and vulnerable age!).

Answer 4

Time outs sometimes work. Put them in a corner or playpen in another room away from everyone for 5 mins and if they leave before the time is up put them back and start the time over again. This only works though if they don't normally spend all their time in a playpen.

If that doesn't work try using a cap full of hot sauce. It may sound cruel, but it is harmless and only gives temporary discomfort. Pepper is also good for your health. Do not use soap except as a threat. It will get them very sick to their stomach.

If it still doesn't work and in extreme cases a lil tap just to sting their bottom, not to hurt them too much.

Answer 5

You use another word besides cuss words when mad, like "stupid or darn." You tell the child that if they say that bad word again your going to put them in time out or give there hand a little pat. Either of these will work just as long as u stick to it, and stand by your word.

Answer 6

This is learned behavior, so try and check where she's learning or seeing this behavior and address this. Aside from that, you should talk to be calmly that her behavior is not acceptable and that you will not listen to her when she talks and acts like that. Also, be careful not to make any fuss - talk calmly - since most children act a certain way to get a reaction from the grownups around them.

Answer 7

Well my son also has a potty mouth. Most kids just repeat what they hear. U might have to watch what u say and what he/she watches on t.v

Answer 8

If shes potty mouthed, she prolly learned it from the parent s.

Answer 9

I tell his parents to have a little more control/discipline with him. A child will only act that way if the parents have no control over him

Answer 10

I told my son that dirty words had to be washed out. When he said a bad word and knew it was bad I took the soap and told him to stick out his tongue I then rubed the soap on his tongue and told him I was washing it off. After a min or so I told him he could not go and wash it clean with water. He hasent said the word since.