Time outs proven to be a success, for now anyway 

Time outs proven to be a success, for now anyway

Please forgive me for those of you who come for a short but sweet update of my babies lives. I have come to use this site as a journal of sorts to reflect back on, therefor I have started recording every moment worth cherishing more for myself and these kids of mine. Don't get me wrong, I love sharing this with you all but know some entries won't be as amusing as others. There got that off my chest;-)

I have been using time out for Ava for a few months now and she is doing so good! Granted it hasn't totally stopped the hair pulling and pinching that she does to Tyler but it is starting to work as a deterent. Everytime I ask her if she wants to go to time out she immediately says, "I sorry" to Tyler or whom ever she has most recently hurt. If she actually goes in time out then she knows as soon as she gets out to go give that person a hug and say sorry. She's learning, I just wish the hurtful behavior would cease. I KNOW she's only 20 months but she knows she is hurting by pinching etc. I guess it's her way of communicating that she is frustrated. Hopefully the time outs will be a total deterent eventually and she won't continue once she completely understands the concept.Tyler is constantly being picked on by her. I know it sounds funny because he is the older one but he knows he is not supposed to do it back so I hear lots of whining throughout the day. And it's not fair to him that just because she is a baby that she can act this way. I hope she catches on quick that if the behavior stops then so does the time outs. I mentioned to her pediatrician that she has this shreak that is just ear piercing and she loves to do this in the car and asked how I can get it to stop. According to her I should pull over the car and take her out and put her in time out. Yeah right, like I am going to stop the car, get out then go around and pull her out of her car seat and set her in time out on a highway??? Sometimes I wonder where doctors get their advice from.

As for Tyler's first day riding the bus, well, I arrive at his stop and greet him as he is getting off only to find him competely hysterical. He was so upset he could hardly talk. All I could get out of him was, "I just miss-ed you". Yes that's miss-ed (as in Ed the name, following the miss part). I finally find out that he thought he got on the wrong bus. How terrifying for such a little guy. He was still up for riding the bus today and this time he got off with a big smile saying, "I didn't cry today Mommy!". WHEW!

Ava has now started calling us Mommy and Daddy. No more Mamma and Dadda. A sad day in history.

Now to end on a funny but kinda disgusting note. Today Tyler had gas while he was playing at home. I asked him if he needed to go to the bathroom and he said no. I said do you toot like that at school? He said, "No, when I am at school my poop tells me to keep it inside, keep it inside". Good thing his poop has manners.