Last night I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies and started them right before Matthew went to bed. I was afraid that the mixer going in the kitchen would wake him up, but instead, he was all over the idea! He was begging me to lick the beaters, and I was saying, no..no..daddy will be upset with me! And he said why? I said because you shouldn't be eating cookie dough right before bed..and he told me he promised that he would fall right asleep. Feeling reluctant, I gave in. Boy, did he enjoy that beater. He was just all over it.
I always like to put the cookie dough in the fridge to firm it up before I bake the cookies, so he was a bit bummed to see them go away..But I told him I would let him have a cookie in the morning, so he ran off to bed so fast..and he fell right asleep! (after we brushed teeth of course) I fully expected him to wake at dawn for cookies, but to my surprise, he didn't come into our room until 9:00 this morning. He was so proud of himself for sleeping in..and well, me too! We recently put a digital clock in his room to help him learn how to tell time, and he is pretty dang good at it. He knows when it says 8:00, it is his bedtime, and then when it is 8:00 in the morning, he is allowed to watch tv. So..to get back on track..he says, "I slept in till 9:00 this morning, and I was very proud of myself. Look at Katelynn, she is smiling at me, she must be proud of me too!" He ended up getting a cookie, and he was in heaven. Cookies before breakfast, what kid wouldn't want that?
We have been giving Matthew a lot of props lately. Like a LOT of props. Every little thing he does that is good, we give major high fives and hugs and kisses. WOW. It has made a HUGE difference in his behavior. Not that we didn't acknowledge him before..no no..we have always beamed at his achievements. It is just lately, we want him to know (now that he knows the difference) that he is being awesome when he does certain things. He is really striving to be that good boy all of the time now instead of doing negative things. I love it!
It is amazing what a week can do. Last week was rough at times because he gets bored camping. At home, he has all of these different things to take turns with, and camping he is limited because well, we can't bring all of his stuff, so he tends to get really anxious when he wants to do specific things that I didn't bring for him. He didn't really want to watch tv all week (that is good!) and he instead did puzzles because he knows when he finishes one, mommy pretty much dances all over the house in excitement for him..so it is very rewarding to see him accomplish staying away from the negativity that he sometimes has. At daycare, he has been running through the sprinklers every day, and it is so nice because he comes home a little worn out, instead of being stir crazy from watching tv the last hour there. He actually said the other night, "Mommy, the clock in my room says 8:04. I think I am really tired, and I really want to go to bed now." After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I put him to bed, and told him he was a GOOD boy for not giving me a hard time at bedtime. I love this new Matthew!
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