The freak out is an almost daily occurrence, at least it has been recently. This week we all cracked. None of us can take it anymore and we're on a quest to eliminate the freak outs. So, I created a deal with Squirt that we are going to set goals to avoid freaking out. For each day she keeps her cool she gets a stamp on her calendar. If she can go an entire week without freaking out she will get a (small) surprise on Saturday. We started Tuesday and until today she had earned her stamp every day.
I whipped up a crazy simple calendar in illustrator and she loves it (It looks off here because I had a printer glitch on the last row of dots).
It's a minor miracle.
My favorite part is the spot for her to write in her own goals. At this point I have no idea what notes we'd want to write in, but it's there just in case.
I honestly had no idea how much the stamps would mean to her, but when she didn't get one today she was a complete wreck. It's been good motivation to remain rational through minor disappointments and I'm hoping it will help her think a little before she reacts.
I don't know if it will last, but I sure hope so. For now, I'm drinking up my small successes and enjoying four consecutive freak-out-free days!
If you would like to print a May calendar for yourself, you can get it here.
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