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How to Handle a "Little" Thing
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 118961" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Mine went to bed in her school clothes. Since she lived in sweats in the winter and shorts in the summer, this wasn't much of a problem. If she wore jeans, I'd just make sure they weren't buttoned. Saved a lot of time in the morning.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing that helped was a timer and a check list. 10 minutes to eat breakfast. 10 minutes to brush teeth, wash face, etc. 5 minutes to put on shoes and coat to leave house. If she finished an item before the timer when off, I checked it off the list. If she wasn't finished, she was to leave whatever she was doing and go on to the next thing. If there was time, she could go back and finish. I would then check them off. At first, I was lucky if there were 10 check marks at the end of the week, so that became the goal. 10 checks and she got to pick dessert on Friday night. 15 and she to stay up 30 minutes later on Friday and Saturday. 20 and it was the Jungle. As she got better at getting ready on time, I upped the numbers. The nice part is the timer was the boss, not me. It saved a lot of nagging and grief.</p><p> </p><p>It took awhile, but she does now get ready on time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 118961, member: 3626"] Mine went to bed in her school clothes. Since she lived in sweats in the winter and shorts in the summer, this wasn't much of a problem. If she wore jeans, I'd just make sure they weren't buttoned. Saved a lot of time in the morning. Another thing that helped was a timer and a check list. 10 minutes to eat breakfast. 10 minutes to brush teeth, wash face, etc. 5 minutes to put on shoes and coat to leave house. If she finished an item before the timer when off, I checked it off the list. If she wasn't finished, she was to leave whatever she was doing and go on to the next thing. If there was time, she could go back and finish. I would then check them off. At first, I was lucky if there were 10 check marks at the end of the week, so that became the goal. 10 checks and she got to pick dessert on Friday night. 15 and she to stay up 30 minutes later on Friday and Saturday. 20 and it was the Jungle. As she got better at getting ready on time, I upped the numbers. The nice part is the timer was the boss, not me. It saved a lot of nagging and grief. It took awhile, but she does now get ready on time. [/QUOTE]
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