Morning Blues

Kaelyn has been so difficult for many months on every morning. 
She refuse to drink milk, refuse to change into uniform and refuse to put on shoes.  From threats... to bribery ... to beating... nothing seems to work after a while!

Milk intake is very crucial for her age and she is already drinking so little milk (2 x 140 ml a day).  So to allow her to skip her milk in the morning is a straight no-no for me.  In order to make her drink her milk, it has caused mummy to be late for work every morning.  Sigh!!

My mind has been thinking of ways to make her drink milk eg. re-introduce her milk bottle, change her milk power, change into other flavours etc.

Mummy briefly mentioned about this problem to a colleague whom I met in the lift.  She suggested mummy to learn about Super Nanny's techniques.  After finding out more about Super Nanny, I've introduced the Naughty Corner (NC) for the last 4 days.  When the child's behaviour is unacceptable, she'll be warned to behave.  If she continues to misbehave, she'll be brought to the NC for 3 mins (if child is 3 YO).  When time is up, mummy will explain why she is at the NC and if she give in and apologise, the child will be taken out of the NC.  If not, the child will continue to stay at the NC for another 3 mins.  The cycle will continue until the child gives in. 

This little corner is the NC.  Kaelyn has to sit on the floor if she is being put at the NC.  NC has to be safe with no access to toys & TV etc.

This is not from Super Nanny - Mummy introduce a reward corner.  A sticker corner to reward her good behaviour.

The blue paper is a reward corner.. she'll take her sticker and paste it here proudly.

The first day, Kaelyn was at the NC for 2 cycles..it was not too bad.

Come Day 2, she was there for about 5-6 cycles.. I was very late for work and nearly gave up.  Luckily she gave in, apologise to mummy and finish her milk quite quickly.  To change her behaviour, I really need a lot of perseverance... and of course I need time to win the battle!

Day 3 & 4 - she was always sleepy and grouchy in the morning.. but these 2 days I saw some improvements.  When she gets her first warning, she will listen and cooperate quickly.  Kaelyn will also not forget her sticker reward after she accomplish her task. 

The Super Nanny techniques seems to be working well for now and hopefully I can tame this little princess of mine!  Fingers crossed!