punishments

It has been a while since I've posted.

We've had a birthday, Micah had a major allergy thing going, and both Chris and I have had sinus infections. First Chris and I'm on medicine now.

I thought I'd write about what happened today.

First, a few weeks ago, I told Micah's teacher that she could use Micah's Kindle privileges as leverage when Micah wasn't listening. Well, today Micah lost all Kindle time.

Music class is kind of rough on Micah. I think it's the noise. He loves music, but I think 3 to 5 year olds singing is probably rough on him. I need to make a mental note to mention to Megan that music time is probably a good time to use the weighted vest.

Anyway!

There have been several occasions when Micah insisted on leaving the classroom during music. Him and Megan would walk around some. Today he stayed in class. He was sitting on a chair and not with the other kids. No big deal until he started swinging his legs. He accidentally kicked a kid. He was told to be careful and not swing his legs. It happened again and this time a little girl cried. He was put in time out. After time out it happened again. That is when he lost his Kindle for the day. I honestly think he should lose it for a week, but I think he is too young for that.

Now, I feel horrible that a little girl got hurt from this. Poor thing. But, in Micah's defense...I think he saw a big reaction to something he did and didn't understand that he hurt someone.

Megan told me what happened and we talked to Micah. I explained that he hurt his friend and that he doesn't like to get hurt. Micah then apologized to her. I told Micah that he has to listen to Mrs. Megan and because Micah didn't listen and because he hurt someone he did not get to play with his Kindle. I felt like he understood, at this point, that he hurt her. It's part of why he needs socialization. He is such a happy kid, he interprets a lot of emotions as happy or funny. Once I explained, he realized it wasn't a joke.

Poor Megan. Micah was a little upset with her. He didn't give her a smile when we left.

I was really dreading bedtime because Micah spends about 30 min in bed playing with his Kindle. It's a good bedtime routine. When he went to bed today, he knew he didn't get his Kindle. He said, "No Kindle cause I made crying." (He is working on pronouns) He didn't cry. I sang to him, kissed him, told him about tomorrow, and that was that.

I think it was a successful punishment.