Tonight was a rough night for Connor...without boring you with the specifics, he was demanding, whiny, and had attitude. He earned himself 2 timeouts all before 7pm. This was one of those evenings that the behavior frayed our nerves quicker than usual. We finally just ignored him and started a cartoon show. The rest of the evening was quiet.
Later that evening, Connor jumped up announcing he was tired, ready for bed, and should have went to bed early (that would have been nice). As I was tucking him in, he said "Mommy, I'm sorry that I wasn't behaving at dinner tonight and had to go to timeout two times. I won't do that again."
He apologized to me without any mention of the earlier part of the evening. I will take that as a good sign that he understands his behavior impacts the family!
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