tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294304.post5931437172308448252..comments2023-09-01T07:58:20.627-04:00Comments on Door number three, please.: On screaming and hittinguberimmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241150570179494353noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294304.post-59481087526706073652007-11-26T19:51:00.000-05:002007-11-26T19:51:00.000-05:00I can't wait to hear about Iyyar's time-out and Ba...I can't wait to hear about Iyyar's time-out and Barak's reaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294304.post-47528883354139879662007-11-25T01:36:00.000-05:002007-11-25T01:36:00.000-05:00So far the sticker chart's been working really wel...So far the sticker chart's been working really well. The deal is that if he goes to sleep nicely (meaning, no screaming, basically) the next morning he gets a sticker to put on his chart. When he has five stickers he can pick a treat (a lollipop, a cookie from the bakery, a Matchbox car, or something similar). I think a Matchbox car a week or thereabouts is a perfectly reasonable bribe for low-hysteria bedtimes. Right now he's got three stickers, earned on three consecutive nights, so here's hoping...<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Iyyar got his first time-out on Friday. Must blog about that one. It had an amazing (positive) effect on Barak's behavior.uberimmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241150570179494353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294304.post-28595017669732912152007-11-23T14:43:00.000-05:002007-11-23T14:43:00.000-05:00I'd suggest Benadryl before bed, but that may just...I'd suggest Benadryl before bed, but that may just be the stress of dealing with a preteen.<BR/><BR/>When we had tag-team bedtimes with the kids, we decided that a little gentle bribery wouldn't totally scare A. and turn her into someone without moral direction who will then grow up to be in the legislature in NJ. (Sorry). So when H. went to bed and was sleeping peacefully, etc., if A. cooperated that night with getting into bed, she got a treat the next day. Treats included staying up and extra ten minutes at bedtime, an extra story, or, if we were really desperate, caaaaaandy.<BR/><BR/>We did stickers at bedtime and for chores, too--and if you got a sticker each day, then you got the most bestest thing money could buy: a book. But stickers didn't last long for us--H. tore them off the chart and pasted them all over her face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com