We gave Rachel a timeout this morning because she was being especially obnoxious, crying when we told her she had to sit in her chair to eat breakfast instead of walking around with a portion of Drew's scone.
When she wouldn't stop shrieking, I took her to her room and shut the door. She cried and cried and cried and cried, and after about 10 minutes -- way longer than I should have waited -- I went in to retrieve her. She held out her arms with such a concerned look in her eyes that I said, "sweetie, were you afraid we'd leave you?"
She nodded.
"We will NEVER leave you, Rachel," I said, cuddling her close. It took her about 10 minutes to recover and be cheerful again. But later today, when I suggested she might need another timeout, she said, "no timeout!" and instantly started behaving.
We've also started something new at dinner, since we are sick and tired of making Rachel separate food. Tonight I made beef stroganoff while Drew took Rachel to the park, and when they returned everything was ready. I spooned out some noodles and beef for Rachel, which she of course refused to touch. But at least she tried the noodles. She ended up eating two jars of squash and some challah and we called it good for the night.
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