Look at this face!

It's a good thing he's cute... he needs something in his corner when I'm at my wits end! With his strong personality and demands, and my go-with-the-flow attitude, I fear he's grooming our relationship to get whatever he wants. When he doesn't want something, he hucks it. Milk too cold, it's gone. Not in the mood for dinner anymore, it's all over the floor. Tired of sitting in church for the 2 minutes we've been there, he gets loud... and stays loud until he gets what he wants! Take a look at this mouth.

You can imagine the noise it produces when looking like that. But he also is the most charming! It's so easy to get a laugh out of him. And really, all he wants is someone to play with. If I could stop everything and just get on the floor with him, he's happy.
He's only 17 months, but I pose a question... Is it too early to "discipline" a kid? Do I just ignore his demands, or is there a technique I'm missing? What kind of things do you do to help teach your babies what is allowed and what's not?

We LOVE our Gavin and think it's so fun to have this boy in our family! I think we're just in the "waiting it out" phase, and that's OK. Can't wait for those 2's trantrums! :)