Following are some phrases I could use a tape-recorded auto-playback version of:
No hitting.
No kicking.
No spitting.
Get off the sofa. Or, stop jumping off the sofa.
Don't rock the chair like that. (so it keeps hitting the wall.)
Don't pull your sleeves like that, you'll wreck your shirt.
Stay upstairs. Or, Stay downstairs. {They are wherever I don't want them to be.}
Go up and go potty. (usually immediately followed by:)
We're going to leave in a few minutes.
Sit down. (especially in a grocery cart or bathtub.)
Keep your feet off my chair. (as in the back of my seat in the car...if I had a quarter...I tell you!)
Or, perhaps I just need to mellow out more.
Ending on a positive note: M always changes the toilet paper roll if she empties it. I'm not sure how I trained a 4 year old to do what many adult men can't seem to do, but so be it. Now I just need to teach her to hang it the "right way." (Boy I tried to find the post I talked about the right way to hang it, but I got tired of looking...so, the right way is so that the paper hangs over the top...in case anyone doesn't know that already!)
Thursday, October 12, 2006
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Heather, you need to get a patent NOW for this yet undiscovered device.
You could call it "Mommy's Little Helper" or my favorite: "The Annika" ('cause she repeats everything I say).
My favorite repeated phrase is "Get your hands out of your pants."
I love your observation skills. AND your ability to teach bathroom manners and protocols. Do you do seminars on this topic?
Repeat Repeat Repeat. That's definitely in my job description too!
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