i had to discipline laurel for the first time yesterday. she has the habit of chucking her cup from her high chair. after numerous stern no's (this is enough for vienna, who's more sensitive to tone and noise), hand swats and showing her where to leave the cup---laurel just smiled/laughed and continued. so i gave her a flick on the cheek. not painful, but it got her attention. she cried. it happened a few more times before she stopped the bad behavoir.
this morning, she didnt throw the cup once. it felt bad making her cry (seeing her sad, sweet face) but she has to learn and respect. and she's old enough to understand.
for the most part, we've only been doing redirection for bad behavior (for pushing, snatching, etc), but sometimes it's not enough. discipline with love, so we wont have bratty kids that are no fun to be around.
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