So Rich and I have been having trouble deciding when is the right time to discipline Dex. We've felt that he has been to young to really understand discipline because he doesn't really understand what is considered normal conduct. Well that all changed the other day. I had Finley lying on the floor and I was folding clothes while Dex was playing. For some reason he got the idea that he should walk up and kick her. He didn't kick her hard but just enough to be an intentional kick. So I said "no Dex we don't kick." Well then the little booger looked me straight in the eye and kicked her again. GAME TIME! First of all I can't believe how angry that made me not only because he was kicking Fin but more so the fact that he openly defied me and challenged me to see what would happen. So I grabbed him and put him in time out. I think he was a little confused by it but also a little mad.
Later we were playing on our bed and he started to do something ( I can't remember what it was now) and I told him "no." So he proceeded to hit me! Where did this come from? So it was back to time out.
Let the battle of the wills begin. The funny thing is I think it's going to be harder on me than it is on him. The good thing is he is very forgiving right now so we are still buddies.
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You'll put him into time out a thousand times and still be buddies, don't worry! I react the same way to that look of "I hear you and I'm going to do just what I want!"... makes me mad so incredibly fast. Sounds like you did great. Good job, Mom!
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Sarah LOVES timeout! She puts herself in timeout sometimes. It drives me nuts, because clearly she's not getting the point here! She'll just go quietly sit in her corner and sometimes she's so quiet, I forget she's there and then 20 minutes later... I'm like, "Oh, crap! Uh, come out of timeout... Don't do that again..."
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