"The Chart" Comes Into Play Again...

Ever since Phoebe turned 5, she seems to be going backwards. The child never put anything strange in her mouth as a baby or toddler, but she decided to try tasting sand in the backyard not long ago. And she's been acting kind of pouty and whiney. If she wants to do something, or stay up past 8, and we say no, she puts her head down. I always made it a point not to buy things for Phoebe at the store if she was with me, I didn't want her to begin to expect something each time we went somewhere. Well she did great with that but lately she wants to get something, not toys or anything huge, just candy at the checkout line. I don't get much pouting out of her, but she tries with the "but Mom"... which she never used to do. So with these little changes, and a few others, I'm trying out "the Chart" again, before things get out of control. We set a goal of 10 stars, once she gets 10 stars, she gets a reward. She chose "family outing" as her reward. Well she took it very seriously all week and she got her 10 stars by Friday night, she even lost the 2 stars she earned on Monday. So let's hope we can keep this going! And if I know my girl, we will!