Learning Her Manners

Cassidy says:

• Thank you
• Excuse me
• Please
• Bless you

She coughs into her elbow (with just a gentle "elbow" reminder).
She's learning to finish chewing before speaking.
She's learning to ask politely before helping herself to someone else's plate or drink.
She's saying "Thank you for ........." with only a light prompting of "do you have something to say
to Nana and Papa?" (Tonight she said, "Thank for park and horsies," after their
post daycare trip to the park to ride the carousel.)

We are working on:

• Excuse me after burping or tooting
• Getting that darn finger out of her nose --not a problem except when she's congested, which seems to be ALL THE TIME.
• Putting her boogies into a tissue instead of her mouth --YUCK!
• Learning appropriate behaviours for home versus in public (for example, pulling down mommy's clothes to see freckles, or nipples, or belly buttons, or underwear, etc.)
• Drinking at mealtimes without spitting our milk or juice all over the table just so she can wipe it up with the napkin.
• Tipping our plate over when we are done eating rather than pushing it gently away and saying "all done".