p.s. I am a fellow Eagle. MS Maternal/Child health, '97 College of Nursing. It is reassuring to reach out in this format (something I have never done, and am not accustomed to doing) for information and support, especially when it comes to your own experience as a parent. :-) Thanks again!
Thank you Dr. Kennedy. I appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. I will let you know how it goes with the cheerios. We talked about this with him last night and he said he was playing a joke. We are not ones to live in the past and we always talk about choices but we did have him follow-up with his teachers today with an apology which we felt was important. Because we're addressing his behavior and want a change, we will start with cheerios tomorrow to ease the stress on him. We are in the process of our second adoption and have been talking more about the baby lately which I think was a huge trigger. We have backed off of talking about that in front of him. My husband and I also decided to dedicate much attention to him last evening and tonight. We try to do this every night, but it is a good reminder about quality time.
Thank you again and I'll let you know how the cheerio exercise goes.
JSMom315
To be frank, it sounds like you have already come upon a very useful method to address this. Please let us know how the situation unfolds.