Today I was sitting on the couch and Finley walked right over to me and hit me on the hand. It didn't hurt, but we've been teaching him not to hit or kick or punch or slap or pinch...the list goes on. He knew he wasn't supposed to do it as soon as he did it because he put his head down. I took his hand said, "Finley, you know you're not supposed to hit Mommy". I was going to leave it at that and let him go on playing, but he pointed over his shoulder and said "Ess?". I thought he was pointing to his room to go play, but when I said "yes" in answer to his question he went to his time out spot and sat down.
I was very surprised and also relieved to know that he knew there was a consequence for his actions. On the other hand...maybe he's also telling me that time out isn't so bad!
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