SamTalk

Sam is not allowed to play with pretend guns at daycare. We have extended this rule to our house as well. Sam knows that if he pretends he has a gun then he gets a time-out. Yesterday while playing with legos, Sam built something that quite resembled a gun. He was then pointing it around the room making shooting noises. This was our conversation:

Me: SAM! What are you playing with!?
Sam: (looking me straight in the eye) It's NOT a gun.
Me: Well, what is it?
Sam: It's a toy.
Me: What kind of toy?
Sam: A lego toy.

Sigh...

Potty training seems to go perfectly well for Sam at daycare, but at home, he is often less than interested. At daycare, he gets an M&M for using the potty chair, so we have been trying the same tactic at home. One night, while I was cleaning the bathroom, he wanted to go potty and did so. Afterwards, he was waiting in the doorway and said "Why are you doing all that cleaning when you should be getting me an M&M. What's that all about?"

We're working on asking for things "nicely"!