timeout
Yesterday we had to institute a timeout. Ally wanted a snack right when we got home. We had trouble before with her eating snacks and not eating supper anymore, so I told her no. Then we went outside, but she wanted to get in the pool. She wouldn't let me set her down anywhere else, so we came back in. Then, she didn't want me to do anything at all without her. If I didn't pick her up, she stood at my feet yelling. Rob decided that she should sit until she could stop crying. So I sat her on the couch and let her cry. She sat really still and screamed for a while. Then she stopped. I told her she could get down if she wanted to, and went on wit h what I was doing, but she didn't. After a while I asked Rob if he thought I should let her sit, or what. I thought maybe she didn't know timeout was over. He walked over to her and asked her if she wanted to get down. She started screaming again. I think she was just sitting there saving her strength for when someone was listening. Anyway, she eventually got over it.