3 year old ds shouts "go away"

[eastendgirl]

My ds who is just 3 has been shouting Go Away at me and at my dh for the last couple of months, when he wants to be left in peace. My gut feeling is to carry on ignoring him, and to start discipling him if he still says it in a few months time. Or should I put him on the naughty step now?

[ja9]

my ds says this quite a bit at the mo. he is 26 mths. i haven't had a problem with it so far, but i guess i have put it down to his speech being limited at this stage so he is unable to phrase his request in a more polite manner!!

[blueshoes]

My dd 3 has also been saying "leave me alone", "don't sing", "don't touch me", "I'm not talking to you" etc. I think it is just playground speak that she has been picking up at nursery.

I hope it is just a phase. Have not really reacted to it. A little humour (like exaggerated hurt face when she says this) sometimes.

In your ds' case, perhaps teach him more polite ways of asking to be left in peace eg "I prefer to play by myself please".

[DastardlyDevilishDior]

3 is old enough to discipline, but I don't think his actions are that bad really. He is just asserting his new found sense of identity. You can tell him a nicer way to say it, as someone suggested, but I would just ignore it and interest him in something else.

[jakeandbensmummy]

I went to a 4th birthday party on Saturday and the little birthday boy was at the head of the party table. As I walked past I put my hand on his shoulder and said, 'Are you having a nice party L?' He growled at me and said, 'GO AWAY BITCH!'

So, I guess it could be worse!

[DastardlyDevilishDior]

Spray! Nice child

[jakeandbensmummy]

One of those moments when the whole room goes quiet and somehow, I got the feeling it was my fault!

[DastardlyDevilishDior]

That really made me laugh. Dh looked over my shoulder and laughed too!

[ja9]

pmsl jabm!!!

[jakeandbensmummy]

ja9, I am a melon at this - please tell me what pmsl jabm is?!

Glad I made someone, somewhere smile - what a great feeling (better that the feeling I had at the flippin' party!)

[merlotmama]

It's 'peed myself laughing' - so like LOL but funnier!
DH and I pol too...if you can say pol.

eastendgirl, when DS2 was the same age he started saying "No way!" which we thought was rather too emphatically negative. So DH said, "No DS2, you've not got it right. You should say 'no way Jose'". DS2, predictably, adopted this with enthusiasm. Sounded particularly cute when said with his lisp.

That's DS's lisp, not DH's

[eastendgirl]

Thank you, I know 3 is old enough to discipline, goodness we started ages ago, but didn't know if shouting "go away" needed discipling. I will try and teach him a nicer way of telling me to bugger off and stop interfering.

[Mum2FunkyDude]

My niece used to say sil " go away, go kitchen" when she wanted to be left alone!!!