We love summer! It means swimming with friends,
popsicles,
and of course corn!
I've got a question for all you mommies out there, what parenting books have you read that you have loved? Sam has recently started throwing tantrums, so any books on those would be great, but I'm looking for any good parenting book. Anything throws Sam off lately. Last night while we were out to dinner, he started doing one, and instead of trying to calm him (which of course never happens) I started taking pictures. Instead of finding myself getting angry and worked up over his tantrum, it didn't affect me and he stopped after I took a few pictures. Even if you don't know a book, any advise on the tantrums would be greatly appreciated.
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Okay for tantrums I just follow the advice from my parenting classes at BYU. Let them scream! Small children have a lot of pent of emotions and they should be allowed to freak out--just as long as it's in time out. That's our rule. I always tell Ella (and now Lucy a lot too), that she can throw a fit as long as she's in time out. (Samuel may be too small for timeout, in that case just ignore him). I remember one professor saying to let them scream and just ignore them--don't give them any attention at all. He said it worked wonders with his kids because they just wanted a reaction. You could try that. But the most important thing to remember is not to get emotionally involved yourself. Just take a step back--discipline, but don't get angry or offended at your kid for throwing a tantrum. Just have an automatic routine for those occasions and stick to it. Hope that helps!!!
I have no parenting advice... but I did want to say that even when he is screaming he is so cute!
look at that face. so so cute.
Hey girl. How are you? You are getting close. I love the name Jack- so cute.
Cute pictures of Sam. Jayce just had his first corn on the cob on Sunday. He loved it to.
Jayce will throw little tantrums too. It is totally normal. We will just ignore him. He just get's so frusterated trying to tell us what he want's. I need to do more sign language with him. We taught Cole and it helped alot.
Hang in there. He is going to have lot's of adjustments coming up.
Love ya.
Oh my gosh..I love summer too! Everyone is so much happier. Popsicles and Corn on the cob are like my favorite things to eat in the summer too! Hope you're feeling good! You still need to e-mail me your number (a_ingersoll1064@hotmail.com) so I can come see you and your house!!
I ignored Sophia. I left the room. All they want is your attention. As she's gotten older I explained to her that acting that way is unacceptable and I placed her in time out for it. (I started time outs at 18 mo.)I liked the Supernanny book. I don't think discipline is rocket science. Your body language says more than your words to them. Make sure you change your tone when you discipline so they know you mean business. Like your friend said, the most important thing is sticking to it. Hope that helps!
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