9.02.2010

Exposure Therapy

In one of my more brilliant parenting moments (please note intended sarcasm) I decided to start "exposure therapy" with Dean to treat his deep aversion to grass. I learned about exposure therapy from a reality show - at the time I concocted this whole diagnosis & treatment in my head it sounded COMPLETELY legit and then I said it out loud to my husband. So...we went to a park yesterday that has an enormous grassy prairie-like area. After we played on the swings, tried to eat various found objects and played on the slides we began our therapy. Here's how it went...

{How the heck am I going to get out of this?}
{AH-HA...narrow cement step. Safe!}
{Walking the little cement plank. Up and back}
{Up and back. This process went on probably 8 times.}
{Hmm...Mom's camera bag. If only I could get to it without touching the grass.}
{Placed back into the middle of the grass & immediately headed back to the cement.}
{Grabbin' a drink before we head home}
{Walking along the sidewalk at home}

6 comments:

  1. hahaha he is so funny and adorable! Those pictures are awesome...thanks for sharing:)

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  2. Wow. He really doesn't like it. :D But I think it was a great idea. :D

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  3. Great thinking Mom...ease him into it one step at a time. Just a suggestion--try a picnic in the grass? He'll discover fun things happen in that green stuff. ;D Hugs, Peggy

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  4. Hi, New girl here...

    We went through this except with sand - my daughter asked me the other day "Do you remember when I didn't like the beach" Oh yes, I thought she would never get over it. Little baby ways are so cute.

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  5. That's too funny! Caden used to not like getting water on his head while bathing. Then we took him to to park two days in a row and he ran through the fountains like a mad man. Now he climbs into the shower with me, fully clothed, before I even have a chance to stop him. He loves getting wet!

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