Anybody else have a toddler who sometimes likes to run away from them? Same.
Nines times out of ten when I call Elson to come back to me, he does. But every so often he thinks he’s cute and runs off far enough that I’ve got to go after him. This behavior started over the last 2 months while we had a lot of guests at our house and has gotten much better since getting back to our normal routine, thank goodness! But it’s something we continue to work on, especially now that I’ve got Shay to look after as well. It’s important to me that he knows when I need him to stick with me for his own safety.
Elson has recently become super interested in stop signs. Every time we are on a walk he is constantly pointing them out! He understands that when we see one while we are driving, we stop the car. So I built off of that and now use the word STOP when I need Elson to do the same thing on foot. This has been working so well for us!
Would love to hear other ideas. I know this is an issue for many mamas at this age. These kiddos are just so curious!!