Washroom Extortion
Pixieis again interested in potty training. We've been trying off and on for almost a year and like always, this time I think it's the real deal. My incentive has been a chocolate chip: 1 chip for going #1, 2 chips for #2. She relishes her "potty candy" and never lets me forget to dish out the goods.
Today she did her thing then looked at me expectantly.
"Good job, Pixie!" I gushed. "Would you like your potty candy?"
"Actually...I want your watch."
This is not good. Not good at all.
Today she did her thing then looked at me expectantly.
"Good job, Pixie!" I gushed. "Would you like your potty candy?"
"Actually...I want your watch."
This is not good. Not good at all.
Comments
Save the watches for when she learns to do something really useful. Like, say, cooking dinner. Or cleaning the house.
You'd better nip that right in the bud!
Yeah, I got mother of the year several times.
Waverly flushed my hubby's watch down the toilet when she was two or three. Have you ever read that children's book "I Love You Forever". She learned it from that book. I hate that book. I emailed the author and he offered to replace the watch. Luckily we were able to retrieve the watch (and sterilize it).
*big cheesey grin*
Ethan will probably NEVER potty train, so...
blah.
*giggling*
hummm strains of "Material girl..." do I hear?
*Laughing*
That is one of the funniest things I have ever heard. Of course only because it didn't happen to me. I don't know what suprises me more--that the author offered to replace the watch or that you actually retrieved it.
But you might have to do something different altogether. One time I tried bribing my son to do his chores with a point chart. I said, "Hey, if you make your bed, I'll give you 10 points!"
He looked up at me and said (at age 4) "I'll give you 11 points if you do it for me."
Boogers, I tell you, they're all just a bunch of boogers.