Today was a little more difficult as we had to do some traveling, needed to be out of the door on time and the kids ended up having a nap in the car and wasn’t tired by bed time. But although I had to give myself time out and sneakily read Day 3 in the hope of gaining some new insight before Dinnertime I did not yell once. Id realize that towards the end of the day I talked to much and the magical spell of co-operation I enjoyed yesterday was broken. Lesson learned.

We have always had a good rhythm, regular meal and snacktimes and early bedtimes. My firstborn was a high needs baby and I soon discovered that regular rhythms calmed him down. Although the kids have good rhythms I do need to be more organized. I tend to leave chores etc and rather spend time with the kids but then I get stressed out if there are dirty dishes piled up, undone chores etc. So my task is to create a daily rhythm including chores and clean up to find a balance. And to have an early bedtime myself.