A. It wasn't Brutus's birthday
B. And sorry Grandpa. Brutus took your turn.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Milestone Moment
You can officially ride your bike all by yourself !!!!! Tomorrow we are going to get "the riding down the sidewalk" video but I couldn't wait to take some kind of little video.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
June 8, 2012
More of a note to self post:
Yesterday, you had:
1. speech with Katie
2. solo time with Grandma (it dawned on me last night that you never get solo time with Grandma so we have to fix that)
3. went small grocery shopping and to the park
4. a MASSIVE blowout in a time in (you pushed your brother so into time in chair you went. Well, 25 minutes later you were still screaming and crying - taking breaks for water and nose/eye clean up. You were hungry, tired, and coldy, but still pushing isn't allowed. Dad was going to cave multiple times. But finally I kind of caved too and we settled for multiple hugs but never got that sorry...those teenage years are going to be awesome)
5. Computer games and tons of food
6. Bedtime at 8 - fell asleep by 8:15
And THAT resulted in a no wake up at all night AND you slept till 7:30ish. Must find a way to make this your new normal before school starts.
Yesterday, you had:
1. speech with Katie
2. solo time with Grandma (it dawned on me last night that you never get solo time with Grandma so we have to fix that)
3. went small grocery shopping and to the park
4. a MASSIVE blowout in a time in (you pushed your brother so into time in chair you went. Well, 25 minutes later you were still screaming and crying - taking breaks for water and nose/eye clean up. You were hungry, tired, and coldy, but still pushing isn't allowed. Dad was going to cave multiple times. But finally I kind of caved too and we settled for multiple hugs but never got that sorry...those teenage years are going to be awesome)
5. Computer games and tons of food
6. Bedtime at 8 - fell asleep by 8:15
And THAT resulted in a no wake up at all night AND you slept till 7:30ish. Must find a way to make this your new normal before school starts.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
YAY
After a week of working at it, when Dad and I say "What's your name?" you correctly say "Aria" (I can't guarantee said exchange in person just yet).
AND after months (MONTHS!) of you being afraid of playing horsey with Dad, you finally bit the bullet and tried it. And then Dad was made to cart you around for at least 20 minutes. He was happy to oblige.
AND after months (MONTHS!) of you being afraid of playing horsey with Dad, you finally bit the bullet and tried it. And then Dad was made to cart you around for at least 20 minutes. He was happy to oblige.
June 5, 2012
This one is from a few days ago:
After waking up first from a nap, "Mom, where is Asher?"
Today:
Me, while giving Brutus a bath,: Aria, how do we wash Brutus?
Aria: "With hands"
After dropping her toy: "Oh no! I lost it." Not only did you use "I" but that is a full blown, for reals, sentence. I've noticed that you are kind of going back and forth between using "Aria" and "I" (which is frick'in AMAZING). We are still needing to prompt you to use I want and help me but you are usually willing to say it louder than a whisper so nice solid baby steps we got going on over here.
Random -
-You can officially count to 20! (about 80% of the time - those damn teens are rough)
-I've noticed that over the last two days that you are doing way more playing with Asher. You haven't push him hard like you were yesterday and whenever I say "Remember no pushing" you repeat "no pushing".
-We are on day 2 of no napping and its 5pm and no major breakdowns (we have 2 1/2 left though....)
-While Asher was napping, we read for about a half an hour and a good ten minutes (which was about 10 books) you read to me! I like it. I like it alot.
After waking up first from a nap, "Mom, where is Asher?"
Today:
Me, while giving Brutus a bath,: Aria, how do we wash Brutus?
Aria: "With hands"
After dropping her toy: "Oh no! I lost it." Not only did you use "I" but that is a full blown, for reals, sentence. I've noticed that you are kind of going back and forth between using "Aria" and "I" (which is frick'in AMAZING). We are still needing to prompt you to use I want and help me but you are usually willing to say it louder than a whisper so nice solid baby steps we got going on over here.
Random -
-You can officially count to 20! (about 80% of the time - those damn teens are rough)
-I've noticed that over the last two days that you are doing way more playing with Asher. You haven't push him hard like you were yesterday and whenever I say "Remember no pushing" you repeat "no pushing".
-We are on day 2 of no napping and its 5pm and no major breakdowns (we have 2 1/2 left though....)
-While Asher was napping, we read for about a half an hour and a good ten minutes (which was about 10 books) you read to me! I like it. I like it alot.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Time ins
So over the course of let's say a week or so (totally guessing), you have started to like really push your brother down - usually from behind. How cruel is that, right? Here is the poor kid just walking along and out of nowhere he is thrust to the ground. So while I totally believe in boundaries and rules, I don't do punishment and I never will. I will guide you and teach you, but never punish you. Its not my style (at the moment - 16 is whole different ball game).
But its not cool for you to go around pushing people. SO, today I started doing what I call time ins. After you push your brother down, I place you on a chair and kneel down and ask you to say "sorry Asher". NOW the first time I did this you cried and carried on for like 10 minutes and then you said "sorry Asher" and then went over and hugged him (like I asked). And this went down two more times today. No yelling. Just eye contact and nicely asking you until you did it. After the second time, you understood why you were in the chair and got the whole saying sorry and hugging business. And I will continue to do these time ins because if in the very least it helps you understand cause and effect and consequences.
BUT as Dad and I were talking about it, I'm starting to think that you think that is how you play. Like since Dad and I pick you guys up and rough house with you that you sincerely have no clue how you should be playing with Asher. So I'm going to do a little research and find ways to help you understand that pushing isn't cool. But then Asher pulls her hair and you laugh so its the blind leading the blind over here. We'll figure it out.
But its not cool for you to go around pushing people. SO, today I started doing what I call time ins. After you push your brother down, I place you on a chair and kneel down and ask you to say "sorry Asher". NOW the first time I did this you cried and carried on for like 10 minutes and then you said "sorry Asher" and then went over and hugged him (like I asked). And this went down two more times today. No yelling. Just eye contact and nicely asking you until you did it. After the second time, you understood why you were in the chair and got the whole saying sorry and hugging business. And I will continue to do these time ins because if in the very least it helps you understand cause and effect and consequences.
BUT as Dad and I were talking about it, I'm starting to think that you think that is how you play. Like since Dad and I pick you guys up and rough house with you that you sincerely have no clue how you should be playing with Asher. So I'm going to do a little research and find ways to help you understand that pushing isn't cool. But then Asher pulls her hair and you laugh so its the blind leading the blind over here. We'll figure it out.
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