Just thought I should do a quick update on how the 123 magic stuff is going.
It's still going very well, although if I slack then the kids notice right away and try to get away with almost everything. :-P As a result I realize right away when I'm not doing it right. :-)
We seem to be having a bit of a hard time when we are out though - sometimes I don't have a time out spot and sometimes I don't have a timer so I have forgotten to tell them they can go play :-S (I should just put a small timer in the diaper bag).
The only thing I would love to change is that we use a chair for a time out spot and I would love to use a room as a time out spot - but right now their room is a bedroom and a storage room. So if they tried to rip it apart they would succeed! and I wouldn't be able to just leave it that way, I would have to clean it up asap. (If it was just clothes blankets and toys I could just leave it) :-P Maybe when we sell our portion of this house and buy a house of our own we will have the luxury of using a bedroom for a bedroom and nothing else :-P Then I could use it as a time out spot. :-P
I still highly recommend this book :-) but as before: READ it before trying it and saying it doesn't or won't work with your kids :-)
You could try using a small rug or little quilt, then you could even take it with you if you need to. I've been sortof trying it, adapting what I was already doing but changing my wording to "that's one..." etc b/c if you're just counting to three its like you have to start over when they sit down but then start mouthing or something, ha. working quite well with Nicole. She has a wicked temper to her though so its good she has a room for the time out, we put a lock on it the other day and now it's magic, if she's flipping out all we have to do is close the door and she assumes its locked. If she's flipping out, though, she isn't allowed out until she calms down.
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