Jordan has always been a bit stubborn, but lately she shows how she will not do anything unless it is clearly her idea. Every since she was potty trained, she has had issues at night. She has not been dry at night, basically. We have tried a few different things to help her-just wearing undies and hoping she doesn't like to be wet, prizes, charts, etc. Nothing worked.
Until....peer pressure kicked in!!!
About a month and a half ago we went on a camp out with brownies. When it got close to bedtime, I pulled her aside and said we had to go put her pull up on. She said no, that we could go later. She finally refused to put it on and made me bury it in the bottom of the bag. See, she had a matching sleeping bag with a friend in her class who happens to be in her brownie troop, so they were all busy getting their stuff set up.
She's been dry ever since!
Amazing!
Such a relief!!!
So last week we went to a water park with our great friends the Price's. Jordan loves Sarah who is about 18 months older. She is a good little swimmer and showed Jordan how she could go off the diving board.
A little history is that last year Jordan refused to go off the diving board in her swim lessons-both sessions. She had a hard time even "diving" off the side of the pool. Just refused. Once she stood on the board, but that was it.
So we are all just hanging out in the water and out of the clear blue she says to me "mommy, I want to go off the diving board."
Off we went. I kept quiet and let her take the lead. Sarah went first, then Jordan did it!!!! She came up all happy and was quite proud of herself. And confident enough that she did it a few more times.
We celebrated by stopping at Dairy Queen on the way home. Woo Hoo Jordan!!
So you see, it has to be her idea.
Until....peer pressure kicked in!!!
About a month and a half ago we went on a camp out with brownies. When it got close to bedtime, I pulled her aside and said we had to go put her pull up on. She said no, that we could go later. She finally refused to put it on and made me bury it in the bottom of the bag. See, she had a matching sleeping bag with a friend in her class who happens to be in her brownie troop, so they were all busy getting their stuff set up.
She's been dry ever since!
Amazing!
Such a relief!!!
So last week we went to a water park with our great friends the Price's. Jordan loves Sarah who is about 18 months older. She is a good little swimmer and showed Jordan how she could go off the diving board.
A little history is that last year Jordan refused to go off the diving board in her swim lessons-both sessions. She had a hard time even "diving" off the side of the pool. Just refused. Once she stood on the board, but that was it.
So we are all just hanging out in the water and out of the clear blue she says to me "mommy, I want to go off the diving board."
Off we went. I kept quiet and let her take the lead. Sarah went first, then Jordan did it!!!! She came up all happy and was quite proud of herself. And confident enough that she did it a few more times.
We celebrated by stopping at Dairy Queen on the way home. Woo Hoo Jordan!!
So you see, it has to be her idea.
2 comments:
Now you just need to find a way to make the things she needs to do...."her idea"! Then you'll have it made :) Good luck!
Maybe the peer pressure will work with Lizzie during this swim session.
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