Tuesday, January 22, 2008

1st Parenting Lesson

Today, I met my parenting teacher. She's amazing. Five times Ryan was about to blow up and five times he didn't! I'm so excited to start trying her suggestings.

FYI, for those that care, when discplining she says NOT to make eye contact or use his name. Block him from whatever, use "Excuse Me" in lieu of name, and do not give him your eyes. He wants to get a reaction and if he doesn't get your eyes, then he can't get the reaction. IT WORKED when she tried it. Let's see what happens tonight.

Amusing moment, Andrew was participating. She wanted each kid to touch their finger to her finger. Andrew was nose picking (ick!) and pulled out finger to participate. "EWWW! No, Andrew, let's use your thumb instead."

"OK," he cheerfully replied, inserting said thumb into nostril.

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