Kindergarten Registration

[billroper]

Today, it was time to take Julie over to the kindergarten registration assembly. Katie came along with to show Julie the ropes.

Things went pretty well until everyone was leaving. Then Julie decided that she wanted to run around the gym and not leave. Gentle persuasion did not work. Threats did not work.

Picking her up and carrying her toward the card worked. Momentarily. Until she promised she would walk if I put her down.

So I did. And she shuffled at a rate of approximately zero.

So she got picked up again. And put down again after another promise.

And picked up again. And carried unceremoniously to the car.

Now part of the problem was that she wanted ice cream and I was explaining to her that she was not getting ice cream right now -- we were going to go pick up Mommy and go out for dinner. So since ice cream was the problem, I let her know as I was buckling her into her car seat that she is off dessert for a week.

This could be an ugly week...

On the other hand, she was greatly apologetic later.

Next: we continue to work on getting her to brush her teeth. *sigh*

Comments

[oreouk.livejournal.com]

Ah yes - there's a very familiar cycle!

Kids take way too long to work out the whole enlightened self-interest angle. Though A1 gave me hope yesterday because he apologised for his behaviour without me poking him for it. Of course he's now 11... And he still fails at working out that he gets a whole lot more from me with honey than with vinegar more often than not. Good luck!

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

Sympathies. Sparkle surprised her teachers by knowing the If...then sequence in sentences, because I use it so much in my discipline.

IF you follow me right now, then you may have ice cream for dessert when we go out for dinner. If you choose to delay us, then you will not have dessert tonight. Further delays means more desserts taken away for the rest of the week.

And many IF you do X, THEN you may (positive reinforcement.)

[stevieannie.livejournal.com]

It's not much comfort, but I hear you, and have walked that particular path many, many times... It does get easier, I promise you :-)