We gave Ava her first time out last week. It seems like we've maybe waited long to do this in comparison to other kids her age, but she has rarely repeated bad behaviors up until recently. This is not to say in any way that she is the perfect child...because she will in fact throw a tantrum over the slightest disruption. Quite the little drama queen we have on our hands, but again not necessarily naughty.
So, she started hitting recently and that's what prompted the time out. We decided that the stairs would be the time out area, so we showed her where to sit and insisted she sit there for 2 minutes. This actually worked pretty well. She got up several times and we put her back in her spot and I would say the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes...which didn't seem too bad for the first time. When her time was up, we explained what she did wrong and asked her to apologize, which she did very sincerely. Nice! Then later that night, anytime we told her "No", she stopped what she was doing and asked "Time out?" and proceeded to the stairs. We got a big kick out of that!
Yesterday we were playing with legos and some Little People and she faced one of her Little People and said, "What's up, dude?" Scot and I cracked up laughing...we weren't sure where she got that from since that's not how Scot and I typically address each other. Scot found out today from Vicki that the boys at daycare say that to each other.
Looks like we also have a future shopaholic on our hands as Ava can now say (very clearly) "debit card". My mom got her a purse for Christmas that has a pretend debit card to play with and she knows just what to do with it. She takes it out of her purse and swipes it on the coffee table. Oh boy!
We're also making a little progress with potty training. We bought her a new seat to fit onto the regular toilet, so that's where she prefers to go now. We just scheduled a trip to Florida with Scot's family next month, though, so I don't think we'll press it before we go. Dealing with the potty on vacation doesn't sound like much fun! We'll pick up again in late February after we get back.
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