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<\/a><\/p>\nJaia is a good kid. \u00a0A really good kid. \u00a0And I’m not just saying that on the blog to make people believe it. \u00a0She really is. \u00a0Our naughty stool went virtually unused for months on end because we just didn’t need it. \u00a0No problem was too big that a conversation about it wouldn’t solve it.<\/p>\n
And then she turned three. \u00a0I won’t say it all went to hell in a handbasket (that’s a ridiculous saying, I wouldn’t say it even if it were true…or made sense), but things have changed a little. \u00a0Our quiet, sweet, sensitive bean has acquired a voice. \u00a0A loud voice. She can be stubborn and if she wants something to go her way, she’ll let you know.<\/p>\n
So, after having our quiet, sweet, sensitive daughter all along, Dan and I were fairly unprepared for such a change. \u00a0It wasn’t an every day occurrence, but the episodes were far more frequent than we would have liked. \u00a0Dan and I aren’t really punishers or voice raisers so we suddenly found ourselves in quite the predicament. \u00a0The naughty stool re-emerged with less than glowing results. \u00a0Talking calmly and quietly went ignored. \u00a0The silent treatment was laughable. \u00a0 We were at a loss.<\/p>\n
And then I saw it. \u00a0On one of my favourite blogs, a mom talked about the warm fuzzy jar she used for her kids. \u00a0The (very) simple concept is this: Kid \u00a0does something awesome without being asked or follows directions without whining, etc and they get a ‘warm fuzzy’. \u00a0We are using pompoms as our warm fuzzies. \u00a0Pretty coloured ones, just cause it’s more fun. \u00a0(White cotton balls would work just as well). \u00a0Once the jar is full, The kid gets a reward. \u00a0Depending on how your household works, this can be whatever you and your family deems reward-worthy. \u00a0A day out at the movies, a new toy, kids choice of restaurant. \u00a0Whatever.<\/p>\n
So far it’s been brilliant. \u00a0Jaia works hard to get the warm fuzzies added to her jar and she takes pride in each one she adds. \u00a0She already seems to be back to her old self. \u00a0Tantrums have faded and are few and far between again. \u00a0It’s been lovely. \u00a0So much so that …it gives me the warm fuzzies. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Namely, the Warm Fuzzy Jar. \u00a0That’s what we’ve instituted in our house and it works like a charm. Jaia is a good kid. \u00a0A really good kid. \u00a0And I’m not just saying that on the blog to make people believe it. \u00a0She really is. \u00a0Our naughty stool went virtually unused for months on end because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}