reward, reward, reward!

ok, just a simple one,

i mean, the reward,

i know about the reward chart, even the other day, when we went to babies' paediatrician,

he mentioned about it,

i read about it, and i thought they're complicated,

i read about it, and some said, it's as bad as punishment, anyway,

let's talk about the complicated part...

i read about reward chart, and a lot of charts shared online...

but then, i didn't know where to start, cos, all of them are complicated...

and most of all, baby's still a little bit too "small" to use one...

do they really understand the thing "reward"?

anyway,

it just happened...

and i didn't plan for it...

it just happened...

i was trying to potty train baby, not the hard way, but something like the "natural" way,

though, i thought, if she's ready for it, it'll be so easy,

but i want her to think that, it's not a difficult thing and make her be "ready" for it, of course, i can see that, she's not all that ready for it...

and because of this potty thing, though she understands, and though she nodded her head when i talked about it to her,

she refused (in a way) to do her poop for 2 days... (usually that happens in the weekends only when she "overplays")

so, when she was sitting (first trial, failed, but it's ok, i didn't comment much, just wanted her to get used to it!) on her potty...

i was talking to her...

then, it reached the "reward" thing...

cos, she's talking about food,

she's like me, has a sweet tooth,

she loves anything about donuts, cupcakes, muffins... (yum!)

since they're anyway, nothing good to be eaten...

to discourage in a way, also, to train her to do something that we want her to improve...

as i was reading some chinese parenting thing...

in fact, reward, doesn't have to be complicated...

one thing at a time, that's the key word...

so, i told her,

if she can poop in her potty,

then i'll give her something, after she collects it like 10x, then, she can redeem her cupcake/donut/muffin or whatever from her father...

yes, that's simple...

so, today, we got a little bit crafty,

basically i just take some hardpaper, cut to strip, and get some punchers, (i got from daiso, it's like RM20 in popular bookstore, and RM5 from daiso, serve the same thing, ie. punch! to some shape, what we have is clover, musical note, and star, i think, that's enough, of course, i got that, not for this reward purpose, was using it for something else!)

and quickly gave her a punch,

as a start...

then, just to check if she understands the whole thing...

(well... after that, i think, she understands, just don't think it's that "important" afterall...)

i asked her why she got that little punch in her "reward card"!

only the second time, she got it right...

oh, that's not for the potty thing,

that's for her "crying" problem when she gets up...

of course, since we've kinda identified the cause, it's "easy" to tackle...

so... one thing at a time!

remember?

we'll see...