For the past couple months, we've been trying something different with Bella. Instead of doing time outs or pointing out the "bad choices" she makes, we've been trying to focus on positive reinforcement.
Every time we catch her doing something good (getting up and getting dressed without being hounded 50 times, making her bed in the morning, helping set the table without being asked, going to bed with no whining, etc), we give her a marble. We told her when she got to 30 marbles, she would be able to pick out a cool prize. Whether it be a night at Chuck E Cheese, a trip to a waterpark, a day at Six Flags with just me n daddy, whatever - the choice was hers! She had been aiming for the Chuck E cheese thing all along, but as she neared 30 marbles this week, she changed her mind and said she wanted a new bike and would do Chuck e cheese next time. She got her final marble this past weekend and we just picked up her brand new bike last night! She us pumped about it, and rightly so! She has done great. We are going to continue the Caught You Being Good thing, only we switched to pom poms for this next round. Once again, thank you Pinterest for the awesome idea.
3 comments:
That's a really neat idea!! She is getting so dang big!!
Way to go Bellzers!!!!!
J9
She was all pumped cuz her new bike has a kickstand. She's big tymin now!! :)
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