Since Eli was about Maddie's age, we've worked on the issue of self-control. For us, that means Eli folds his hands in front of him and doesn't talk or make other noise. This is something we've tried to teach as it is a necessary skill for doctors' office visits or school or church. When we started, we'd ask that he held this control for ten seconds at a time, usually right after a meal. He eventually worked up to a minute or so, but then we got distracted with moving and Maddux being born, and other consuming things like that. It came to my attention a few months back that Eli was seriously out of practice where self-control was concerned. Also, Maddux is now at the age when she needs to start learning it, so I decided to tackle them both at the same time.
Mad Dog is working on it. It helps that she has a great example in Eli. She is at the ten-second stage now. Eli has been able to demonstrate self-control for five full minutes so far. Awesome!! I am so proud of him! Recent company threw our practice a little off, so we're back down to a minute or so (usually after meals), but we're working our way back up!
Since Eli was about Maddie's age, we've worked on the issue of self-control. For us, that means Eli folds his hands in front of him and doesn't talk or make other noise. This is something we've tried to teach as it is a necessary skill for doctors' office visits or school or church. When we started, we'd ask that he held this control for ten seconds at a time, usually right after a meal. He eventually worked up to a minute or so, but then we got distracted with moving and Maddux being born, and other consuming things like that. It came to my attention a few months back that Eli was seriously out of practice where self-control was concerned. Also, Maddux is now at the age when she needs to start learning it, so I decided to tackle them both at the same time. 
Mad Dog is working on it. It helps that she has a great example in Eli. She is at the ten-second stage now. Eli has been able to demonstrate self-control for five full minutes so far. Awesome!! I am so proud of him! Recent company threw our practice a little off, so we're back down to a minute or so (usually after meals), but we're working our way back up!
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