Apr. 3, 2006 - Not As Bad..
as I thought it would be...
Last night was the first night I said to turn the TV's off at 8pm..you might be scratching your head not understanding what is going on here...well see the kids slept all night with TV's on and have since they were babies...I had 2 kids that didn't cope with it all that well but I stuck to my guns...
Normally I would give in to temper tantrums simply because I just don't want to hear it..well I didn't budge..I let Dylan and Matthew have their fits...screaming for Mom,Christopher or anyone else that would listen...Matthew was doing more copying off of Dylan than anything...as soon as I separated the two of them, Matthew went right to sleep and Dylan was asleep within 15 minutes...
You might be asking why I finally changed the rules...well it hit me like a ton of bricks night before last when it took me almost 6 hours to get the younger two in bed that something had to give as I was dragging yesterday when I had to get up with the other kids...
I got up this morning and immediately started on the house rules chart which the kids are signing so they understand the rules, the consequences and the rewards!!
I'll update maybe later on today...but until next time..
Last night was the first night I said to turn the TV's off at 8pm..you might be scratching your head not understanding what is going on here...well see the kids slept all night with TV's on and have since they were babies...I had 2 kids that didn't cope with it all that well but I stuck to my guns...
Normally I would give in to temper tantrums simply because I just don't want to hear it..well I didn't budge..I let Dylan and Matthew have their fits...screaming for Mom,Christopher or anyone else that would listen...Matthew was doing more copying off of Dylan than anything...as soon as I separated the two of them, Matthew went right to sleep and Dylan was asleep within 15 minutes...
You might be asking why I finally changed the rules...well it hit me like a ton of bricks night before last when it took me almost 6 hours to get the younger two in bed that something had to give as I was dragging yesterday when I had to get up with the other kids...
I got up this morning and immediately started on the house rules chart which the kids are signing so they understand the rules, the consequences and the rewards!!
I'll update maybe later on today...but until next time..
Comments
Apr. 3, 2006 - Could you elaborate on the house rules?
Posted by wehomeschool3boys
What sorts of things are on your list? Just curious as I would like to set something up here as well - would love your input!
Carrie
wehomeschoolboys
