Timmy was having some.. behavioral issues yesterday. We went to the grocery store to restock on food after daycare, as we do about once each week. Timmy was alright until we got to the yogurt aisle. As I was putting the various cups of yougurt into the cart, Timmy began, "Want Yougurt. I want Yougurt. I want Yougurt". Unfortunately, no amount of, "We need to pay for it first" or "When we get home" or anything of the sort was enough to quiet the demands. By the time we had gotten to the car, this was going on for 10 minutes or so, when Timmy got the, "No yougurt now, and if you keep asking, none for the rest of the night" speech. This did nothing to stop the requests, though. Timmy was very upset when we got home and was told "No" to the yougurt. Well.. not quite upset. Throwing fits, really. Three time-outs later, and Timmy was sent to bed 45 minutes early. Without his youghurt.Today was quite a bit better. Timmy asked for yogurt on the way home from daycare, but only had to be told once that he'd have to wait until we got home. I don't know if it was yesterday's escapades or just the lack of proximity to yogurt that was the difference, but he got his yogurt this evening.
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Deja vu. The same thing happened when I took Tim to the grocery store. We had a VERY repetitive yogurt conversation that lasted from the dairy section to the kitchen table. "Yogurt?" "We have to pay for it." "Pay for yorgurt?" "Yes, you can have some when we get home." Start over, "Yorgurt?" "When we get home." "Get home yogurt?" etc.
When we got home he ran straight for his chair. He was trembling he was so excited about getting that yogurt. Yogurt is Tim's crack. I'm glad I had a spoon ready or he would have snorted it.
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