Re: Hitting

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Kendra:

Thanks so much for the tip! I'm gonna give it a try. Abby loves to

give high 5's now so hopefully it'll work. I suppose Abby seeing her

daddy smack mommy on my tushy tonite (teasingly) doesn't help the

issue!!!!! Haha - I was SO mad at him, all of a sudden he whacked my

behind right in front of Abby!!! So low & behold 2 seconds later,

here comes Abby running at me with her little arm cocked back &

whopped me on my leg! It's funny now, but man, I was ever a little

on the p.o'd side at the time!!! What an idiot hubby is! He knew as

soon as he did it too he was in big trouble.

Ahhh, Hanna is now at the lovely " mine " stage, uggg. Next up

is " why " !

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad 6/22/01

MI

> > Well, we went to the ped., and the general consensus is Bad

> Temper.

> > The Ped. suggested that when I put Tommy down, I let him scream

for

> > about 10 min. and then go into his room...and sit and ignore

him.

> I

> > guess the idea is to relieve his separation anxiety while

letting

> him

> > know that the screaming isn't to be tolerated. When he

quieted, I

> > was supposed to comfort him, but only then. Well, I tried it

with

> > mixed results. After an hour with no end in sight, I tried a

> > desperation move. I put him on his tummy (only way he sleeps),

put

> > my hand flat on his back, and said " NO " in the same tone I use

with

> > my dog. 5 minutes later he was out like a light. Every time

he

> > would rear up and start screeching again I would simply

> repeat " no! " .

> > It would never have occurred to me to try that if I hadn't been

> fresh

> > off a strange conversation with my ped. about Infant Time Outs

> > (strange because I never really thought about disciplining a

BABY,

> > for crying out loud). Apparently 10 month old babies ARE old

enough

> > to understand simple commands. I'm not really much of a baby

> > disciplinarian, though...I think I'll leave the " no's " to

bedtime.

> > Also, Tommy has dropped to the 10th percentile for weight...18

lbs.

> > Gavin is 22.5, and they look very funny together!

> > Jill Ramos, Lost Wages, NV

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