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Way to go Ellie...who says the right incentives don't work...the lay person may

see it as bribery, bt it works Abbie is sitting and likely won't need very many

more 'incentive days' with gramma!!!!!!!!1 jennieFrom: Ellie [mailto: ellirnr@...]To:

@...: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:23:33 -0500Subject:

Abbie sat up!!Woooohooooo!!! Abbie has been sort of sitting for a

while.... sits up but then keels over sideways or backwards. We've all been

thinking, she seems to be strong enough but doesn't see any advantage to

sitting, she can play/crawl/etc. just as well lying down. My husband and I had

Abbie over the weekend while her parents were working (and, OK, deer-hunting, he

got one) and I was thinking, obviously she's strong enough, what can I use to

motivate her to keep the sitting position??? AHA, what Abbie loves best (besides

love)..... food!!! So I got her little dish and spoon and sat her on the floor

and she opened her little mouth and I gave her some peas. She keeled over. I

offered her another spoonful and she opened her mouth and I said, " No, Abbie,

sit up, " and sat her up again and she opened her mouth and I gave her more peas.

She keeled over and we went through the routine again. I showed her how to sit

herself up sideways from an on-the-floor position and we started again. After

about half a dozen tries at this, she stayed sitting up. She's start to list to

port or starbord and I'd show her a full spoon and she'd right herself and get

her food. She'd put her hands on the floor in front of her and sit like a dog

and I'd show her the spoon and say, " Abbie, sit up, " and she'd take her hands

off the floor and straighten her back and open her mouth and get her food.

Eventually she sat for about 15-20 minutes, since she'd apparently figured out I

wouldn't give her any food unless she was sitting up. I showed her parents when

they came to get her and they were floored. Abbie is sitting!!! She already

could, she just didn't know she could, or didn't see why she should, but now she

is sitting.Yayyyyy, Abbie!!!!Ellie, grandma to Abbie DS/10 months[Non-text

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I was told by BJ's preschool tht it is called " behaviour management "

now, not bribery ;) ehehheheheeehehe

Jennie wrote:

> Way to go Ellie...who says the right incentives don't work...the lay

> person may see it as bribery,

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Aussie Leis- mum to BJ - 6- alternating between devil and angel- ds, Natasha 22

months - fits the rhyme - there was little girl who had a little curl- and

8 weeks- slowly sucking brains from head outta my breast :)

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