Connor has been earning his share of timeouts these days - I guess it is the 4 year old stubbornness that is in full force! Not listening is the biggest battle! So, we instituted a new rule that three strikes gets him sent to his room for the night with no TV or playtime with brother.
Tonight, three strikes, so he was sent to his room about an hour before bedtime. At first, he was requesting that I just send him to the timeout chair again. "I love the timeout chair, not my bedroom, I will listen" He said that he doesn't like timeout in his bedroom and he didn't like the fact that Brady was getting to watch TV and taking too long - then I hope it will be effective.
Half way through, he was agreeing to one strike gets him timeout in the chair and three strikes gets him sent to his room. He was also asking specific examples to find out if they would count as a strike. By bedtime, he was admitting to his wrong doing and agreed he be better. Gotta love the preschool years - it gets better right?
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