The person I am filling in for, is officially on maternity leave. She left work on Friday at 9:30am and won't be back until January '08. She had a healthy baby girl on Sunday...so cute. A co-worker and I went to see them last night. Lily Sofia (her grandmother's names). Both the baby and mom are doing very well and are making their way home today.
So Monday was my first day of taking the reins all on my own. And surprisingly, it was very busy. Today was very busy, up until a few minutes ago when I accomplished all of my tasks :) there are a few little things to work on, but I need to make them stretch until the end of the day!! A perfect time to do a quick post.
Josiah has been an angel lately. Well as much as an almost 2 year old can be. Fewer tantrums and time outs work like a charm right now. He cries through his timeout, but with some advice from friends, we have learned to ignore him when he is in time out...good advice. He can hear the dinger ring when the timeout is over and he is instantly a new kid. We are starting to use it for the times when he demands things from us. For example; he says the word "Dadoo" and if you don't stand up and walk to the cupboard where he knows they are kept, he starts screaming and crying if we tell him to be patient. We tell him to say please, or ask him what he is supposed to say. If he continues, onto the timeout bench he goes for 1 minute. When he turns two, it will be 2 minutes. For now he stays there and cries with big crocodile tears. But as soon as the dinger rings, he stands up and says please. Bizarre, actually! But wonderful. We will continue to use this method as long as it works...and hopefully that is for a long time!!!
I'll have to fill you in on more Josiah stuff tomorrow ;)
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