So Greg and I have been reading this book, ScreamFree Parenting, and we both feel like there is a lot of valuable stuff in there. Check out the link to the right if you want to see what its all about. We had a couple of wonderful "ScreamFree" moments with our children yesterday evening that I thought I would share...
(First, let me just preface this by saying that Colby has literally been getting dressed all by himself for less than 2 months and he's almost 4. Its been a major struggle for us. And there has been many times that I've "screamed" at him to get dressed.)
So the first "ScreamFree" moment was between Greg and Paige. Mindy and I went to the hairdresser's together and Greg and Bob took the kids over to my parents' home for dinner, where we would meet them after we were done. When I arrived at my parents' house, Paige was wearing the craziest outfit! Her new multi-colored/patterned swim shirt (backwards) and short, red sweat shorts. Greg explained: she was quietly playing in her own room after her bath and when she emerged, she had chosen her own outfit and dressed herself! Now mind you, she is only 1 and a half! So of course, he let her keep her crazy outfit on and took her to dinner that way! I don't think I would have let her leave the house that way. Way to surrender control, Greg, and let her make her own decisions!
The second thing happened to us at bedtime. Greg told Colby it was time to put his pjs on. Colby looked at me and said, "I can put my pjs on whenever I want to, right, mom?". I said to him, "yes, you can choose to put your pjs on whenever you want, but if you choose to wait to put them on, there will not be time to read a book before bed." Pjs went on immediately. Wow. This ScreamFree stuff really works:)
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Way to go guys... I will be joining you soon. Just started reading my book. Congrats!
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