You know, the puzzles REALLY ARE a great distraction tool, that's what we finally did for our 5 year old, it keeps her busy for quite a while, because she is Obsessive-Compulsive (not diagnosed, just VERY apparent.....) and simply cannot stop until it is finished once she starts it... once your difficult child has tackled the 50 pieces, get some fun cartoony 100 piece ones for a "big break" lol.... :smile:
She loves it, too because once she is done with the puzzle, we can use the glue and keep it together and then we put newspaper on the back and hang them on her wall and use them as decorations for her bedroom. She likes to do "themes" where she will do bunny rabbits all at once and use them all in her room and then take them down and put up all cats or dogs... besides that, they really aren't that expensive if you go to toys r us, they usually have several on sale and they have some really cool glow in the dark ones that make great wall decorations.
