Bryce's latest thing is asking why? He asks us why repeatedly and for very obvious things. For example, I'll ask him to sit in his chair to eat lunch and he'll ask why. Or, I'll ask him to take off his pants when we go into the bathroom to go potty and he'll ask why. I know it is a completely normal thing for kids to do, but it gets a little old.
We finally have Bryce sleeping in his own bed all night long. Faith spent the night in her own room for the first time on January 23rd. My goal was to make Bryce stay in his room all night as soon as we moved Faith. However, Bryce ended up getting a really bad cold so I had to delay things a week. With Faith doing so well in her own room, we finally told Bryce that he couldn't come into our bed until the morning. We first did this on Saturday the 31st. I wanted to do it on a weekend night so Nathan could help if he gave us a hard time. Surprisingly the first night he woke up only once. He cried for about 15 minutes and then finally got back into his own bed once he realized we were serious. The second night he woke up twice and cried, but each time it was only for a few minutes. Hopefully each night will keep getting better.
Bryce has been on an every other day nap schedule. For some reason he hasn't been napping two days in a row. When he doesn't nap, he is still spending at least an hour and a half in his room sitting quietly or reading books.
For the majority of the past month Bryce's behavior really improved. However, the last week he has not been listening, telling us no, and purposefully doing things he knows he is not supposed to do. I'm not sure if he is acting out again to re-test the boundaries or if it is because he was getting over a cold and Faith and I were both sick. We keep trying to be really consistent in giving him timeouts and taking fun activities away from him as consequences.
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