tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post844110516309262633..comments2023-10-24T16:16:29.095+01:00Comments on Club 166: 5-4-3-2-1Club 166http://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-44577818705390743022007-03-14T21:54:00.000+00:002007-03-14T21:54:00.000+00:00We used to use the "Clean Up" song all the time fo...We used to use the "Clean Up" song all the time for cleaning up. It worked fairly well. We haven't lately because <BR/><BR/>a) mention of clean up immediately triggers discussions of <I>why</I> he can't clean up various things- "This structure is important, I took all day (10 minutes) to make it.", or "These things have to stay out. They are guarding my bed." I think breaking out into song at that point just gets him more upset.<BR/><BR/>b) The clean up song isn't really generalizable to other transition situations (though I suppose we could make up other songs).<BR/><BR/>c) Buddy Boy considers the song "childish" and thus doesn't really resond to it like before.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-33011665540633630402007-03-14T21:32:00.000+00:002007-03-14T21:32:00.000+00:00It sounds like he's getting something else to focu...It sounds like he's getting something else to focus on before the transition takes place. The counting focuses him on the 'count', disengaging him from the activity. I wonder if you tried a transition 'song' would that work? Like the Barney "Clean Up, Clean Up, everybody everywhere"<BR/><BR/>I dunno, I'm not a behavioral scientist, I just play one at home! Good luck, BillLIVSPARENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992662086465958685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-25152568009049567672007-03-14T13:58:00.000+00:002007-03-14T13:58:00.000+00:00Transitions are tough here too. We count up, not ...Transitions are tough here too. We count up, not as a punishment of course, and I think it helps him to acurately predict EXACTLY when the change will take place. It works well for us.<BR/><BR/>I figured this out in a wierd way. I was trying to get him out of the tub. It's unacceptable for me to pull the plug and I couldn't get him out. So I said "we'll count to 5 together and then you pull". And he did!mumkeepingsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359192887444530869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-85334125583237339902007-03-14T13:31:00.000+00:002007-03-14T13:31:00.000+00:00Transitions have always been our number one issue ...Transitions have always been our number one issue [as parents that is] It's one we're still working on.<BR/>Best wishesMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.com