fallon

To me it seems that the biggest problem is that you and your wife aren't on the same page when it comes to your daughter. Children are very smart and from a very young age can learn to manipulate a situation where they think they can. My daughter tries this often with my mother and I. She is 4 now but it stated when she was about 2. You aren't wrong for wanting her to behave. I know you probably don't want to yell at her and it must be frustrating for that your wife laughs at this behavior. I think you two really need to talk about what's going on here. If you guys can come to some common ground and stop reinforcing negative behavior I bet you would see a lot more angel than terror, although they call don't call them the terrible 2s for no reason. Your wife should also keep in mind that laugh and smiling at your child tells her that mommy is happy about the way she is acting, which to her is great so your dd doesn't think what she is doing is wrong. It also shows your dd that it doesn't matter what dad says because mommy will just yell at him