Hah, that's great!
Both my toddlers and my dog know if I say "Aaahhhhhh!" in a rising voice that they have to stop what they are doing, immediately. The kids jump higher than the dog. I can't remember who I began that with but it keeps everybody out of the trash can.
My wife laughs at me because I picked up that quiet Cesar Milan "shhhtt!" thing he does to pull a dog out of a drive or misplaced focus...I started unconsciously doing that with my kids all the time...have not started nudging them with my knee or hand yet...but I am considering a prong for my oldest kid.
Actually he's useful in reminding me about bad instruction. He'll go up to Annie (he's almost three, she's about 9 mos.) and give a kind-of hand signal and a very lisped "sit"...she'll sit or lay down...and he'll continue to repeat it over and over and over. I hate that she's getting mixed messages but really like that she'll respond submissively to him.
The youngest (14 mos.) is just a trouble-maker...his favorite came is to take anything remotely shaped like a ball and throw it through the baby gates into the kitchen, where Annie spends her indoor time. Last night he pitched about 20 plastic easter eggs in there on the tile while Annie was in her crate going nuts. They are great pals, needless to say.
Both my toddlers and my dog know if I say "Aaahhhhhh!" in a rising voice that they have to stop what they are doing, immediately. The kids jump higher than the dog. I can't remember who I began that with but it keeps everybody out of the trash can.
My wife laughs at me because I picked up that quiet Cesar Milan "shhhtt!" thing he does to pull a dog out of a drive or misplaced focus...I started unconsciously doing that with my kids all the time...have not started nudging them with my knee or hand yet...but I am considering a prong for my oldest kid.
Actually he's useful in reminding me about bad instruction. He'll go up to Annie (he's almost three, she's about 9 mos.) and give a kind-of hand signal and a very lisped "sit"...she'll sit or lay down...and he'll continue to repeat it over and over and over. I hate that she's getting mixed messages but really like that she'll respond submissively to him.
The youngest (14 mos.) is just a trouble-maker...his favorite came is to take anything remotely shaped like a ball and throw it through the baby gates into the kitchen, where Annie spends her indoor time. Last night he pitched about 20 plastic easter eggs in there on the tile while Annie was in her crate going nuts. They are great pals, needless to say.
