Breaking a toddler's bad habits?

Breaking a toddler's bad habits?
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He is craving stimulation and may have made a connection that if he does that you will notice and that gets him the attention he craves. The only thing I can suggest is to praise him up and down when you see he is not doing that. Maybe he will connect that not doing it will get him what he really wants and that is your loving attention.
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