Thoughtful Thursday: Positive reinforcement

So... there was a morning that Jeremiah didn't want to brush his teeth. Instead he just wanted to eat his breakfast and continue with his day..

I just asked him casually "Come on lets brush our teeth before we can eat"

He would give me a firm no.

I would then say, "Well, then you're not going to get breakfast"

Again, he would shout 'No!'

I went upstairs and called him up. He hesitated for a bit, then started doing this little dance he does at random

I copied him, and kept saying 'Come!" with a big smile on my face.

He came, up, went to the sink and went 'Teeth"

Normally I would just shout and yell until I have to force him up the stairs..

But sometimes we have to take a different approach to things and you see that we get the result that we want!