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My two year old refuses to let us call him by his own name or use personal pronouns.?

My two 1/2 year old six weeks ago changed his name to the name of our lawn guy, and refuses to let us refer to him as "him, you, or he". He catches every "mistake" we make instantly. It has become very frustrating, as we are now living with a dictator. We have tried everything, with reasoning, bribing, ignoring, going along with him (this only works until we forget) and punishing. HELP!!! I don't know what to do.

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ita not too late to chanhe the name. ps what name did u give, shwantawn?
call him a different name every time you talk to him to play his own game
This is a role he is trying on. Don't make too much of a fuss about it. It will die a death on its' own. He is expanding his world and sees this person as a role model. Call him by the name he wants to use, but remind him that he has his own name and the lawn guy has his own name too. It is a stage he will outgrow eventually. Lots of boys want to be called Batman or Spiderman, so why not Larry the Lawn Guy?
For goodness sake do not let a two year old dictate you! You are the parent, put your foot down and put up with the crap he's going to dish out, because of it. If you don't do this now...you will be in a terrible mess later on when he is much older. Tell him his name was given by the both of you and it's ____ and that is what you will call him! Period! I don't think you will have to punsh him, just use his name and pronouns.
Look up online: child development terrible two's. It's a normal stage of development and you don't need a lawyer to change his name. There are endless sites to help you find the method of handling this which suites you both instead of getting lame answers here. And, there are forums for parents to get a healthy discussion on your concerns. You are most likely overreacting and simply need to do some redirection and ignoring to get through this stage, but let your frustrations go and open up to new ideas online. o.k.
Hes seeking autonomy, trying to become his own self. Let it ride for a while, hell soon get over it, there is a reason it is called the "terrible twos". :P