Comments on: How To Set Limits For a One Year Old

By: islandveggie

islandveggie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:24:40 +0000

Execllent! You should change “bid” to “big” here though!

It was not the bid deal I thought it would be.

Your kids sound like great people in training and so do you!

By: Liahona Journey

Liahona Journey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:52:43 +0000

Boundaries…

I just read this post here on The Lazy Organizer, and started writing my response, and well, it just kept going, so I thought I would make it a blog post instead. Michelle Duggar teaches her young kids to stay on a blanket (they practice at home first…

By: Cherie

Cherie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:15:17 +0000

Impressive, having the comments on!
What happened last week at the library?

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:57:33 +0000

I started writing a comment, and it started getting really long, so I turned it into a blog post. You can click my name, and read it if you’d like.

By: Lindy

Lindy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:38:48 +0000

I think Patience is a perfect name for her. What a beautiful, patient little girl!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:11:34 +0000

That little girl is so stinkin cute I can’t handle it!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:27 +0000

I’ll have to try this with my 3 year old – I really don’t like taking him to the library. My girls just decided to quit gymnastics so maybe I can start going to chess club with you guys. Do you still meet people there?

By: Joni

Joni — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:26:28 +0000

I have 6 children and I use the “stool method”. Originally, we began using the stool because no matter what, they would get up from their time out spots (and apparently we were not being taken seriously). The stool is just a simple round bar stool and being up that high was impossible to get down from, making running away from time out a thing of the past. My children receive one minute per year old when they receive a time out punishment and an additional two minutes if it is something they have already been warned and punished about before. They since are able to climb up and down on their own.

I enjoy spending quality time with my kids rather than corralling chaos simply because someone is not using their listening ears or following the rules. Life is so much easier when boundaries are set and we clearly define what is expected from our children. Thanks for all of your great advice.

By: Mrs. Organic

Mrs. Organic — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:04:23 +0000

Comments are back on? Woohoo! I am going to try this with my 4 yr old. I hope it’s not too late. She seems to think she can do everything the 9 yr old and up can do – not so. I think everyone will be happier when she and I get it figured out.

Lara says: Limits and time outs are so magical that it is never too late. Let me know how it goes!

By: dreamer

dreamer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:49:40 +0000

Works great until they kick us out of our perfect library room. I hope they don’t make that a habit!

Lara says: If they do then we won’t be going to chess club anymore. Last week was a nightmare.