Evalyn is doing great! She is learning so much I can't keep up with all the words. We are working on please, thank you, help, not screaming, or repeating things 20 times. She seems like she has some allergies and I hope that it is not a cold. She is so sweet and funny and makes up songs and dances. Well, we are well into the "terrible two's" It doesn't seem to be terrible to her but to I think although it's hard for everyone, parents that are dealing with money and medical issues, it makes it even harder to be consistent. She knows time out, but if you say, if you do that one more time you get time out, well, it doesn't matter if you are late for yoga, being consistent is more important in my opinion. Right now, she is mostly just showing her butt around me and her father, but it's coming soon, sitters and we all have to be on the same page. She is hitting her daddy sometimes, any ideas on that?
She really likes to boogie.... she's teaching me moves!
Our swimming boston terrier.
She is learning to get in the water more and more... my dad got her this awesome puddle jumper, it works great.
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| Pointing at wallace running. |
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| Now she has a suit to match mommy's |
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| How could this be any sweeter! |
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| She wanted to be just like her mom. With her blanket and everything. |
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| They were so happy to finally go swimming. |
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| My sweet adorable hubby! |
All very familiar stuff! We do not use timeouts or other punishment-based discipline. For something like hitting, we say in a very calm voice (even if it really hurt, because the reaction is part of it), "I can't let you hit." And restrain her arms if necessary. With yelling, I talk very quietly and say, "I understand you are frustrated, but you have to talk to me to tell me what you need." It works pretty well for us. If she keeps yelling then we don't respond. She is just trying to figure out what's acceptable behavior and what isn't.
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