If you think you have seen it all like I have in dealing with mean little toddlers. We haven't seen anything yet.

I met my match today. I am usually calm, cool and collected, a bit silly, I use humor a lot like ice cream. You would think ice cream is the heal all cure all at our house. Today was a mint chocolate chip day. giggle.

I went over to drop off my daughter Angela to sit with her sister and play with the kids. While dad and I had some adult time. We on a trip to see our nephew and had six hours to our own selves.

Before I got into the door I had this flash of skin in a diaper shoot by me. I said Whoa....Kido. Where is the fire. When the little guy turned around he had a gleam in his eye.

I sat down to be more on his level and I said "Nice to meet you." Followed by a "What's your name?"
He looked me straight in the eye and again he glared at me. Then he took a step toward me and stomped his foot. When the foot came flying up at my face. I of course caught his heel. He of course then lost his balance and fell to the ground.

I looked over at my daughter and asked "Who does this belong too?" She smiled and told me he was almost 3 and he belonged to her husbands sister.

A few minutes later he walked up behind me and in full force kicked me in the leg. Well I have a sore foot and a shoe boot on to protect my 3 toes that were operated on last week.

I asked his mom if he needed a time out. She replied he does not do time outs. I said ok what do you do at this age with him? I was very curious.
I thought I could always learn new parenting tools.

Before she could answer my son in law said "She doesn't do a blankedy blank thing and that is why he is like this?

To which the toddler looked up at my son in law and repeated his bad words.

I then took my finger placed it under his chin. Softly turned his head toward me to look into his eyes and I told him "We don't say bad words here."
To which he replied "F U."

At that point I asked his mom if I could try something. She said sure. So I put a pillow on the floor and told all the kids that this pillow was our "time out place" for the day.

I sat the young man there and I told him softly you are in time out for 2 minutes.

Every time he would move away from the pillow I would pick him up and return him there and just smile. After about 20 times of getting sat back on the pillow. He began to sob and he did two perfect minutes of time out.

When his two minutes were up. I said no more bad words or you will be in the time out pillow ok.
Of course it took all of three seconds before I became a "F...ing B...ch". This time he went back for another two minutes.

I had to leave and I told his mom keep working with him. Make him know you are mom and you love him but what he is doing is not nice.

This little guy was full of anger. His stomping and his gritting of his teeth were signs that he was in no way going to make this easy.

Needless to say this is one mommy who needs help.
Anyone out there with good ideas for this mom. He kicks, bites, cusses, punches wholes in the walls, breaks windows at the tender age of three and will refuse to use his words.

Yes there are possible mental issues here and I do believe that the mother is at great fault here. But even so. The child is here and he has to be raised and taught right from wrong. Mom has to start somewhere.

So let's please hear from you on some things this mom can try to get him under control ASAP.