{"id":3449,"date":"2009-11-19T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T05:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2009-11-19T00:53:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T05:53:40","slug":"coping-with-frustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=3449","title":{"rendered":"Coping With Frustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bad_Tobin\"<\/p>\n

Now that Mika is able to express herself in writing, the skill is being used for good … and bad. This note was slipped under the bedroom door while she was having a timeout for hitting her brother with a wooden brick over the head.<\/p>\n

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Tobin on the other hand shows promising signs that maybe there is a wee bit of light throughout the tunnel of the “terrible twos” we have recently entered. For once, he has been able to laugh at himself<\/em> when he realized that he threw an overly dramatic fit … but those moments are rare. Today however, he was able to put his frustration into words for the first time: I stopped him from munching more than a couple of raisins before breakfast – a house rule because otherwise we would go through a tub of raisins every other day. Predictably, he dissolved into a puddle of tears and dramatically pounded the kitchen floor with his fist. I told him to stop fake-crying as this is what we go through e-ve-ry morning and he said: “Nein! Mami \u00e4rgert Tobin!”<\/em> (No! Mami is upsetting Tobin!) and proceded with his dramatic performance … just long enough to make his point. Then he took off and played with Mika until breakfast was ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that Mika is able to express herself in writing, the skill is being used for good … and bad. This note was slipped under the bedroom door while she was having a timeout for hitting her brother with a wooden brick over the head. … Tobin on the other hand shows promising signs that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[3,356,316],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t