Sufficient Punishment

For Mr 4 who squirted 80% of baby shampoo into bath so he could hake bubbles with it?

sorry wish I could help. DH put 80% of the shampoo in to make bubbles for DS. tongue will keep an eye on this thread though and may see something to punish DH too.

For Mr 4 who squirted 80% of baby shampoo into bath so he could hake bubbles with it?

If it was me and my child I would give a 4min time out and clearly explain why he shouldnt waste shampoo (opps lol)

my dd did this i just said sternly that is very naughty we dont do that. she hasnt done it since

my dd did this i just said sternly that is very naughty we dont do that. she hasnt done it since

Yes we've done that... was going to send him straight to bed... but then thought about it... it's not exactly a serious crime haha but I sure don't want it to happen again.

yeah its hard to punish something thats not exactly serious but is a real annoyance more than anything. like dd took the marg out to the dog for lunch today. how do you punish that its more cute than anything tryna feed him but naughty because she shouldnt have been in the fridge to start with!

Considering he had planned to make bubbles he probably hadn't thought that it was a bad thing to do. Unless it was something he'd been told about before I'd probably just explain that its not ok and now there's no shampoo left etc...


The lookout if the offense is repeated! smile

I would just explain that was not acceptable and why and then just move it out of his reach so he can't do it again. There are worse things he could have done.

Not a punishable offence in my book. Why shouldn't he make bubbles? lol I give him points for finding a solution on his own. tongue
I just explain why we don't want to waste it, if a time comes along where we have none then I can use that to reiterate the point. Basically though.....it would be sad if kids didn't do that sort of thing. Definitely not punishment worthy though unless they are constantly doing it and doing it after you have told them not to.

Personally I wouldn't punish for doing that, just give them a good talking to that it's a waste etc smile

I would just told him that he shouldn't do it, if he wanted more bubbles he should have asked Mummy. My 2 year old boy emptied a whole container of powder in the bath, up the walls & on the passage carpet. I just told him not to do it again because it's naughty & he just kept saying "powder mummy, powder" he was so excited about it being everywhere, how do you not find it amusing sometimes smile
I think we have to pick our fights, if we tell them off for everything eventually they block us out. Leave punishment for serious naughtiness.

I'd just tell him that it was wasting the shampoo and agree with OC that from their perspective you use it to make bubbles. My kids think the liquid soap is to make bubbles. They do these things and only learn from us telling them why its not ok, for things like this they didnt set out to be naughty, just have fun smile So yeah I think explaining why you dont do it is sufficient.

Yesterday I had to explain to my kids why playing with the barbie pool full of water on your bed is not ok roll eyes