Eli Training
I worry sometimes about Eli’s behavior, but on the whole he is an extremely well-behaved kid. He says “please” and “thank you,” and follows most of our directions. A few weeks ago we were at the supermarket and the woman behind the meat counter said of Eli, “He minds so well!”
Since I am a generous and kind soul, I will show you how we manage Eli’s behavior.
The trick is to start cage training at an early age. Pretty soon your child will be comfortable with a pet-like existence.
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Comment by Missy Krebs
On the whole topic of Eli’s behavior, I just read Stephen’s post from the 9th. For the record, I disagree with the know-it-all at church. I thought Grace’s toughest age was about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2. So you can tell her that your other know-it-all friend says she’s wrong and it does get better. So there.
I’ve also found that when you get mad and don’t want to spend time with them, they get you back.
And also, every child is so wildly different that all this advice is useless anyway. As the nurse from my last delivery told me when I couldn’t get Lydia latched on, “hey, we’re not cats.”
Posted on October 11, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Comment by Limax
Oh man…. I laugh at this sight. Maybe this is the trouble we’ve had with Halia and Travon… but the bird wouldn’t share his cage.
Posted on October 11, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Comment by Fahmi
Is a box okay? Otherwise, we will run out and get a cage this weekend!
Posted on October 11, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Comment by Misty
Nice with the cute baby in the box and all but for serious training you need the crate. They can liberate themselves from the box at any time.
Posted on October 11, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Comment by Geof F. Morris
Okay, see … I’m waiting for the hate mail on this one. Maybe Dooce could send you some of her haters?
Posted on October 12, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Comment by Rick
“They can liberate themselves from the box at any time.”
Eli proved that he could do this… not through actually opening the crate himself, but rather by getting all snifly and stuff when I actually closed the door on him.
Posted on October 12, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Comment by Trish Morris
This is fantastic. I am still trying to get Geof to learn.
Posted on October 22, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Comment by Geof F. Morris
The sound that you just heard was me crapping my pants.
Posted on October 22, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Comment by mother
I am reporting this, if you are kidding or not,I just seen a case on tv from parents who are now in jail for doing that for real.
Posted on August 8, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Comment by Stephen
Hey, Geof, look! It only took 10 months for the hate mail from someone who can’t read for context or tell what was going on from comments!
Posted on August 9, 2007 at 7:30 am
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[...] Back in October we were hanging out at Rick and Jessica’s house and Eli looking for something to amuse himself with, crawled in to Molly’s crate. [...]
Posted on August 9, 2007 at 8:26 am
Comment by Geof F. Morris
Stephen: The Interwebs move slower as they leave Alabama, maybe?
Posted on August 9, 2007 at 11:01 am
Comment by hanna
lmao that is too funny
Posted on November 13, 2007 at 8:43 am