![]() “Chloe, if you will stay buckled in your seat, then we can stop at the market for a treat!”Īfter three attempts, I realized this was a futile exercise. “Chloe, if you will stay buckled in your seat, then we can make bread when we get to Grandma’s house.” I said, “Chloe, if you will stay buckled in your car seat, then as soon as we get to Grandma’s house, we can play with play dough.” She was not convinced! I finally decided to try the if/then approach. I used every idea I could think of to convince her that remaining fastened in her car seat was a good idea. I found myself sitting in a car, parked on the side of the road, having a power struggle with a three-year-old. ![]() I repeated the same steps, but this time before I could even get back into the car and fasten my own seat belt, Chloe was already standing up! We started again but had gone only a short distance when she was out of her seat again. However, before we reached the end of the street, Chloe had unbuckled her seat belt and was standing up, looking over my shoulder, and talking to me! I pulled the car over to the side of the road, got out, and buckled her back into her seat. I buckled Chloe into her car seat, secured my own seat belt, and drove out of their driveway. So the best help I could give was to take her daughter Chloe home with me so her mom and new baby sister could have some quiet time. ![]() After getting her oldest daughter off to school, we decided that what Jen needed most was rest. When our oldest daughter, Jen, brought her third daughter home from the hospital, I went to her home to help.
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