Saying things one time

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  • June 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm
    Nina
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    I am struggling with this.  Of course I had already instilled the habit of… mom will repeat herself when necessary.  So…. I am trying to break this and replace it with only once.  But what do you do when they seriously have no clue what you said because they weren’t listening.  Ex.  My dd was sitting on the couch.  I was feeding the baby.  I’m not sure exactly what she was doing, but I asked her to get me a jar of babyfood.  She gets up, goes to the kitchen, then stops and turns around and says, “What did you want?”  What do I do????

    June 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm
    Jodie Apple
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    I would make sure that I had her attention before I told her what I wanted.   For example:  “Susie, look at mom so I know you’re listening.”  Once she’s looking and you know she’s listening then proceed  “Please go to the kitchen and get me a jar of baby food.” 

    (I have to use this one on my hubby sometimes too!!Wink)

    June 2, 2010 at 4:41 pm
    Rebekahy
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    I have a daughter that’s like that – she’s actually VERY obedient and pleasantly helpful, BUT she can’t seem to remember what I ask her to do.  So, what I do, is first call her name, “Faith” at which point she knows she must look right away.  When she is looking at me, I give her the instructions, but BEFORE she goes to do it I have her repeat the instructions back – that helps SO much.  This is something you should practice, so have her do lots of little things for you throughout the day and then gradually build up to having her do a series of things all based on one set of instructions that you give her only once.  It sounds like your daughter isn’t trying to be disobedient she’s just thinking about other things (which I’m very guilty of myself!), she should be easily trained with your loving instruction.

    Blessings,

    Rebekah

    June 2, 2010 at 6:04 pm
    Nina
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    Thank you ladies.  I thought after I posted that is probly what I should be doing.  Just a little extra work on my end.  But it will pay off in the long run, right. 😉

    She isn’t trying to be disobedient.  Just trying to multi-task.  Got to love that. 🙂

    June 3, 2010 at 1:19 am
    the9clarks
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    I have two with auditory processing issues. I make sure I have eye contact before I give instruction, and then I say it again b/c they still didn’t get it. 😉 

    You can discern if your kids need repetition or they just aren’t paying attn tho. 

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