How to discipline a 28 month old?

FBaby

I agree with all the posts, stick to your current rules you are doing a fab job. The thing is 28 months old don't do discipline, they do learning, so although it feels to you what you are doing is pointless as it doesn't respond to it as you wish, he is actually learning and this is an essential part of his growing up. I know how exhausting it is, I became a single mum of a 3 yo and 18 months old working full time and with no help. I was shattered all the time and so many times I wanted to give up the teaching and let him my boy get on with me. I think what really helped me is that I am naturally very stubborn and if someone challenges me, I instinctively respond to it. Of course, your angels always shows us the worse of their behaviour when we are the most tired. That is because they respond so much to our own feelings. We are not aware of it, but when we are tired, we react differently towards them, we don't have the same patience, we don't spend as much quality time with them, our tone of voice is different etc.. and so they are more likely to respond negatively.

As the others have said, don't give up because it really does pay off. My boy at 28 months old was a really tough cookie, all you descrived was typical behaviour and more, but gradually he became more and more responsive and by the time he was at school, he was such a well behaved kid. He is now almost 8 and is really lovely. He occasionally have a tantrum, but it is rare and he gets over them quickly.

Just one more thing, make sure he gets enough sleep. Even if he struggles to fall asleep in the evening, it doesn't mean that he isn't tired. There was (and always is) a direct link between my boy's behaviour and the amount of sleeps he gets. I now recognise the sign and know when he is going to kick a fuss. He sleeps quite a lot, from 8pm to 7am (although he does sometimes get up earlier), but he needs it.