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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe I'm in the minority, but I start using my silly voice and do silly gestures. It gets their attention (1, 3, and 5yr old). Then I sneak in pulling off their pjs and replacing it quickly with a shirt - still using a silly voice/pretending to be the PJ Fairy or Sock Fairy or whatever I can improv at that moment. I'll pretend to put their shoes on too sometimes or put their shoes on my hands and "walk" my hands to their feet and then slide them on.

I don't know...to me, it is much easier to save my voice of doom for more critical things. We get out of the house on time and keep on schedule/routine/where we need to be so it does work.

My 5 yr old is just starting to understand the concept of time, but my younger kids don't. Say "10 more minutes" means nothing to them. I could set the timer for 1000 minutes or 1 minute and it doesn't really register which one is 10 minutes.

I also emphasize. "Larla, I know you and Larlita are having so much fun with barbie and the horse, but it's time for XYZ now. How about barbie finishes riding the horse and then we'll get everybody into the car b/c XYZ is starting soon/waiting/ whatever". [/quote]

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