I won’t! And you can’t make me!

I’ve stopped requiring Jeremiah to shower.

We have been doing some radical changes around here lately.

I’ve stopped yelling…or rather I have stopped accepting that yelling is necessary and am working very hard to not use that type of communication.

I’ve also been picking my battles.

Jeremiah has been on major regression mode lately that has required a lot of fast thinking…and slow maticulous thinking. We were doing so many battles over basic living things that we have had to go as basic as possible.

This is now his daily schedule after school:

• He eats a simple snack (fruit, veggies, or toast, or nothing when he feels like it’s not worth it since he doesn’t get to have whatever he wants.)
• He does his homework at the dining room table, or spends 2.5 hours NOT doing his homework, which is apparently very exciting. No yelling or coercing from me or Dad. Sometimes a simple reminder.
• Dinner
• Writing sentences to fulfill a consequence that he earned 3 weeks ago that he is trying to wait us out on. It’s not working so well for him. I reminded him today that Thanks Giving is only 4 weeks away, and Christmas is only 4 weeks after that.
• Getting ready for bed. I always give him enough time to shower, but for 4 days in a row now he has chosen not to, and then gone away very sadly when I give him hugs and kisses and let him know that I will not fight with him on this, and that I love him weather he is stinky or not, but that I hope that he will chose to take care of his body.

Bed. Or tonight, turning his clothes hangers into weapons of war…pretend war that is.

Yup. That’s it. A pretty simple existence. Mom is now doing his chores, and the bathroom is BEAUTIFUL!

I have to remember to warn his teacher about the hygiene issues.

Thoughts? Tips?

Blessings!

Hannah

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