u/bagmami

Herkese selam, 2.5 yasinda oglumla Istanbul'a gidiyoruz. Ben Istanbul'da dogdum buyudum ama genelde hep Avrupa yakasindaydim. Velhasil kelam, Bostanci, Kadikoy ve cadde tarafinda cocukla gidebilecegim mutlaka dene dediginiz lezzetler. Ozellikle:

1. Son 2-3 sene icinde trend olmus yeni lezzetler

2. Ve klasik Turk mutfagi lezzetleri

Tavsiyenize ihtiyacim var.

Bir de cocukla yapabilecegimiz ucretli veya ucretsiz aktiviteler, oyun gruplari, park, kapali veya acik oyun alanlari vs tavsiyelerinizi alirim.

Gunluk kac TL butce onerirsiniz? 5000 yeterli mi? 3 ogun disarda yemeyiz buyuk ihtimalle ama yine de iste.

Hi everyone, unlike most of the world we celebrate mother's day in 2 weeks. My mom lives far away so it's only me and my husband + our toddler.

My son is very energetic and impulsive. Taking him to a brunch with us might mean more work for me. I'm not sure if I want the day to myself or away from my kiddo no matter how tiresome it can be.

I'm really not sure what I want (other than 5m in my account lol) I'm not very keen on zoo, aquarium etc because I do these activities all the time with my son.

It's almost like I wanna enjoy my son's presence but I don't want to be responsible for his safety etc for a couple of hours.

Hi everyone, my son is 27 months old to be exact. He's in daycare since 8mo. His daycare flagged some issues with his behaviour. It's mostly the need to move more than his classmates, impulse control issues etc. Yes, this all sounds like regular toddler behaviour but compared to his classmates he experiences these way more intensely. He's in OT and they are working on attention span and impulse control. At the same time he's a sensory seeker.

As his mom, I feel like I'm eternally stuck between picking my battles, making sure his sensory needs are met and enforcing clear boundaries. I've been successful with some but failing hard with some others. It's exhausting. I'll admit that sometimes I'll let him do whatever if it's not harmful/dangerous for a 5 minutes of peace. I feel judged by doing this.

I also can't help but pick up the online chatter how the kids nowadays are all badly behaved, lack discipline etc etc. Also, sometimes I see/hear moms say how well behaved their kids are because they're strict with their kids. I wanna scream that they only think so because their child has an easy temperament. Because no matter what I do, some things never change with my son so he either needs to grow out of it or it's a long work in progress. It's hard to see people claim they warned their baby once and they know better now. My family of boomers are not making it easy for me by saying "we do whatever he wants".

I'm sorry this post is a hot mess, I should have probably given some examples but yeah, I'll try.

Positives: We've been successful with teaching him to be gentle with our dog. He's now 100% using gentle hands with him. He's 98% gentle with kids at playground. If he isn't he gets one very clear warning + says sorry to the kid and we're out by the second if it happens again. Thank god he grew out of throwing stuff off the table. That took me more than a year. He's good with transitions, not big tantrums until recently really. He has an understanding of taking turns at the playground and will be warned if he forgets. He used to be good at sharing but not anymore. When he should stop doing something, he's mostly ok if we say bye bye to it and give him time to properly detach. Of course it doesn't always work.

Negatives: He doesn't tolerate waiting. On a bad day he will scream down a bus stop. Queuing for a high value thing is extremely difficult for him. Doctor's waiting rooms are only ok if he can move around. Obviously, we don't eat out with him or not without an emergency screen stashed if we must. Say if we go to a picnic, he will just wander around or get himself chased by us endlessly.

He has like 2-2.5h time limit from his wake up time before he starts having energy explosions at home. We have to be out and go to the park or an activity within that time limit or he gets fast, destructive and not listening. At that point you're just managing chaos with minimum damage, there's no discipline possible. Things he will do: open and close freezer drawers, open and slam the oven door, break glass stuff if he can reach them, ride his globber indoors and slam himself against base boards at high speed, mess with plants, throw stuff and he even took the frame off of our frame tv. He laughs if I act strict with him at this level.

He's enrolled in all the sports that he can do at his age and I take him out twice a day on weekends no matter how tired I am.

Hi, we live very central in a busy city. There's a lot of bikes, cars, trucks etc on the road and sidewalks are crowded + fast paced.

My 27mo recently started to refuse to get into his stroller to go to the daycare and anywhere else for that matter. I try to explain to him that we need to hold hands, we can't run away and especially when crossing the street but he just won't listen.

He's running away from me, biting me, refusing to hold my hand and starts kicking and crying when I try to pick him up.

Once I walked back home and picked up his stroller and explained to him that I can't let him be unsafe. Sometimes I have him hold the harness of the stroller and walk next to it so I can put him in it if he acts out but it can be cumbersome to manage both him and the stroller. I'm not sure what to do moving forward. Any advice?