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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 159932" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Red balloon - when difficult child is getting too wild/hyper/whatever - its the word he chose to be his signal that he needs to rein it in. </p><p>***</p><p>Pizza - as in smell it. The word that means to take great big deep breaths to (attempt to) calm himself</p><p>***</p><p>Redo - if he jumped over all 8 stairs coming out of school, this is the word that means go back and do it the right way.</p><p>***</p><p>Just right - reminds him to be aware of where his body is. Particularly useful in stores - the "just right" position is "hands at your sides, feet on the floor, body upright, head up, eyes watching, mouth closed, ears open". His early intervention preschool came up with this one, so he knows this one WELL.</p><p>***</p><p>Whatever you say, TJ (from the TJ Hooker tv show - LOL) - my response to all the wild difficult child tales he tells.</p><p>***</p><p>And I gotta throw this one in - my horse was indirectly struck by lightning when he was 3, so he can be a difficult child in his own right. A year or so ago, he decided it would be a good idea to start bucking going down hills, so that's been our lesson. So when we ride and are heading down a steep hill, I still have to remind him to deal with it by repeating to him over and over and over "think about it. think about it. think about it." Which means if he doesn't calm down and do it right, we're doing it again - and again and again and again and again.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 159932, member: 1848"] Red balloon - when difficult child is getting too wild/hyper/whatever - its the word he chose to be his signal that he needs to rein it in. *** Pizza - as in smell it. The word that means to take great big deep breaths to (attempt to) calm himself *** Redo - if he jumped over all 8 stairs coming out of school, this is the word that means go back and do it the right way. *** Just right - reminds him to be aware of where his body is. Particularly useful in stores - the "just right" position is "hands at your sides, feet on the floor, body upright, head up, eyes watching, mouth closed, ears open". His early intervention preschool came up with this one, so he knows this one WELL. *** Whatever you say, TJ (from the TJ Hooker tv show - LOL) - my response to all the wild difficult child tales he tells. *** And I gotta throw this one in - my horse was indirectly struck by lightning when he was 3, so he can be a difficult child in his own right. A year or so ago, he decided it would be a good idea to start bucking going down hills, so that's been our lesson. So when we ride and are heading down a steep hill, I still have to remind him to deal with it by repeating to him over and over and over "think about it. think about it. think about it." Which means if he doesn't calm down and do it right, we're doing it again - and again and again and again and again..... [/QUOTE]
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