For the uninitiated, they're tiny chocolate biscuits in the shape of teddy bears and they're regularly used as a reward for good behaviour in our home. It is simply stunning what a single tiny teddy bribe (did I say bribe? I meant reward!) can do to exponentially increase Jasmine's dinner consumption.
Jasmine was rewarded two chocolate teddies about an hour before we met up with friends this weekend. She gobbled up the first one, then looked at the second one for several minutes before announcing that she was saving it for Matilda. She put it in a safe place, and there it stayed. For an HOUR! It must have felt like a lifetime for Jasmine because she returned to it several times to check it was still there, patting it and speaking a few words of encouragement each time (to herself or to the teddy I'm still not sure). And when Matilda arrived, she gave it to her. My heart just melted.
You can see the girls had a brilliant time playing together. Seeing Jasmine enjoying herself with her friends is one of my happiest motherhood experiences.
Whilst I'm quite partial to a teddy at times, I've got to say that some of the other things they tried this weekend weren't to my taste.
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Awwww... our two little chickens! How cute are they! (And the girls look pretty adorable too.... boom tish!)
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics. So sweet. Hey they did some study with young kids and marshmallows. They put a marshmallow on the desk in front of a bunch of kids and told them they were going to leave the room for a few minutes. If thee marshmallow was still there when they got back, the kids would be rewarded by getting a 2nd one. Predictably, most of the kids munched them up and missed on on getting a second. But the study was longitudinal in some shape or form because they later used it to prove that the kids who didn't eat the marshmallow were more successful in life! Restraint, what a wonderful quality, shame i don't have any. Sounds like Jasbo's got it in spades. A whole hour! She's going to be the first ruler of Mars or something amazing.
ReplyDeleteWell, she's the ruler of our house most of the time so she's getting some good practice for Mars!
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