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| Wow this sounds familiar! My five year old drops everything on the floor...toys, clothes, food and then walks away. One rule I have always enforced is "no food in the bedrooms" and recently I have told him he has to pick up his toys before he can play on the computer. That works great!
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| Beth, I hear ya! I am so struggling with my 5 yo boy right now. he leaves toys such a mess, drops food on the floor. And his main thing right now is that he doesn't like to go to the bathroom. So...he pees his pant instead! Arg! We've tried all sorts or rewards and punishments, and nothing has worked. Aye, boys are tough, aren't they.
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| Beth- hang in there girl!! Soon they will graduate and you'll miss them. Even sooner they'll be teenagers and they won't be home long enough to hardly mess up the covers on thier bed. I have a 6 yr old son, a daughter who will soon be a sophmore and a daughter who just graduated Saturday. The son is not nearly as bad as one of my daughters was. My son really works for those rewards and praise. Occasionally we have to clean together. I sit in the middle of the room and tell him where to put each item. Take to trash, take to sink, take to this toy box or that... My daughter (middle one) was the worst about hiding stuff, and still is. I have actually found a container of icing in her room. YUCK!! My kids have laundry baskets in thier rooms which help alot and also it's a rule that if I find a dish in thier room, then they have to do the dishes. That's made a big difference too. Huggs to you:) Been there, done that, feel for you, and reassure you that one day... they'll graduate and you'll wish you had them home dirty room and all:)
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EQUINN1975
5/20/07 7:25 P
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| I found the basics of food at the table only will keep food out from behind doors and that (this will take time and training) when you are done with a toy put it away. Have them help you clean the room. Unfortunatly with my boys the older children still cannot find the laundry shoot but the seem to find just outside the bathroom door LOL. The hardest part is enforcing what they need to do. If all else fails try rewards and punishment no TV or video games work well here. Going out for ice cream (you can get yourself a lowfat frozen yougart treat) or an extra hour of staying up on the weekend. My favorite reward is going to a movie.
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ELIZABETHLJONES
5/20/07 5:17 P
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Am I the only one who has to clean up their room with a shovel? They are so messy! My daughter is messy too, but in a different way. They write on things, tear thinks up.
I mean should you really have to tell them not to dump food behind their beds when they don't like dinner or not to hide their dirty underwear under their brother's bed when they have an accident?
HELP!
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