Consequences?

I think someone (AR) may be reading a little too much into The Boy's behavior. Sure he likes to make his sister laugh, but I doubt if there was ever a sense in his head that he might suffer consequences as a result of his couch-jumping behavior. This is our problem.

We try to let The Boy know there are repercussions for what he does, but he doesn't seem to care. The other night, for example, I got more upset taking away all his toys and books and bed buddies - including blankie! - when he refused to go to bed than he did losing them. Halfway through the process, he started helping me cart the stuff out! Most disheartening. And while his behavior has improved somewhat, at least at bed time, he doesn't seem to be in any rush to earn his things back, especially if it means listening to his mommies and doing what they say.

He was a good boy this afternoon, though, and after he played by himself for a while, allowing me to get some work done, I said he could have one of his toys back. I thought for sure he would go for the motorized dump truck with remote control he had already earned back and lost again at least twice since that fateful night, but he pointed to something else.

What could possibly be more appealing than a motorized dump truck with remote control? He pointed to a pair of plastic hangars that somehow got mixed in with his stuff.

This is our problem.