Baby brother.
Mar. 17th, 2011 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shade184If there's one thing everybody needs to know about raising a child, it's that patience is everything. I'm looking after my little brother this afternoon, he's two, and he's reached the "there's so much I want to say but I can't communicate it and so I get frustrated and start crying because I don't know what else to do" stage.
In this case, the best thing to do is give him a great big hug to show you that you still love him, gently try to calm him down, and show him that you are paying attention and listening, so you can understand what he's saying. Little Sean's very intelligent for his age - smarter than any of his siblings were when they were two - so I can imagine his frustration might get in the way.
Nothing Thomas The Tank Engine can't fix, though. :3
ETA: Oh good, he's asleep now.
In this case, the best thing to do is give him a great big hug to show you that you still love him, gently try to calm him down, and show him that you are paying attention and listening, so you can understand what he's saying. Little Sean's very intelligent for his age - smarter than any of his siblings were when they were two - so I can imagine his frustration might get in the way.
Nothing Thomas The Tank Engine can't fix, though. :3
ETA: Oh good, he's asleep now.