Failure: Yesterday morning we met some friends at a local park. We played on the slides for awhile, then my son wanted to go swimming so we went down to the beach. Everyone else joined us a little bit later. We spent more than an hour at the beach and then people started to disperse to go home since lunch time was fast approaching. I gave my son notice that we were going to go soon...two families left...I packed up all our stuff...the third family started walking...still no son coming...so I gave him a final warning that we were going and started walking. No problem so far...just normal slow to transition. We had a long walk back to the car and I stayed in the moment with him...looking at flowers...looking at ants...rolling on the big hill. We got near the car and I stopped to take off his swimsuit and put on diaper. He wanted to pee on the grass. I explained that we shouldn't pee on the grass in the public park and that he should ask to go to the bathroom or wear his diaper. He chose the bathroom and I'm feeling good. Go into the bathroom, he sits, and starts asking tons of questions about what stuff is...I patiently answer...then he keeps repeating them and banging on the garbage lid in the stall...he is NOT thinking about peeing...I tried to be patient and wait it out (we had now been trying to leave the park for 45 minutes). When we finally got out of the bathroom he wanted to drink from the fountain which was broken. After explaining 3 times that we had water in the car, I lost it. I said we are done here and picked him up and marched to the car, he was shrieking. Not a proud moment.
Success: My husband came home for dinner and said he wanted to go for a bike ride after dinner. So we packed ourselves up and got out the door. As we are trying to load my son in the bike trailer, he became obsessed with wanting to ride his "new bike". It is a bike that has been hanging in the garage for years and will be the bike he will graduate to when he doesn't need training wheels anymore. Mind, he is not even 3 yet and just started riding a small bike with training wheels a month ago. I explained that bike is too big for him but we can try it on the weekend. He kept obsessing about it and wouldn't get in the trailer. My dh went to pick him up and put him in and he started screaming. I said to wait and just let him walk for now. I told my husband to start riding. My son came and held my hand and walked along the street with me. Soon he stopped obsessing about his bike and started wondering where daddy had gone. I used that to my advantage over the next few minutes saying that we could find daddy and surprise him if ds would get in the bike trailer. He couldn't climb in fast enough and we went on to have a great ride.
I wish I could get endings like that all the time. Sorry this is so long
Kris
Success: My husband came home for dinner and said he wanted to go for a bike ride after dinner. So we packed ourselves up and got out the door. As we are trying to load my son in the bike trailer, he became obsessed with wanting to ride his "new bike". It is a bike that has been hanging in the garage for years and will be the bike he will graduate to when he doesn't need training wheels anymore. Mind, he is not even 3 yet and just started riding a small bike with training wheels a month ago. I explained that bike is too big for him but we can try it on the weekend. He kept obsessing about it and wouldn't get in the trailer. My dh went to pick him up and put him in and he started screaming. I said to wait and just let him walk for now. I told my husband to start riding. My son came and held my hand and walked along the street with me. Soon he stopped obsessing about his bike and started wondering where daddy had gone. I used that to my advantage over the next few minutes saying that we could find daddy and surprise him if ds would get in the bike trailer. He couldn't climb in fast enough and we went on to have a great ride.
I wish I could get endings like that all the time. Sorry this is so long
Kris
Kris, sounds awesome!
