whacker......

ok so while casey clearly loves her little sister, she's been trying our patience lately because she insists upon whacking molly at seemingly every turn........it's really like a jekyl and hyde kind of thing - one minute she's patting her gently and kissing her, and the next she's yanking whatever molly's laying on over and giving her a good solid whack to the head.......i've tried yelling, to which casey just giggles........i've tried time outs, which casey thinks is a game.......i've tried being patient and reminding her to be gentle, which lasts about 1 minute until she does it again........so i enlisted the help of every mom we know with multiple kids.......we got a lot of replies and some great ideas, so i'll be trying those out over the next few days and weeks........one we've been trying is to give her positive reinforcement when she is gentle with molly - giving her a kiss and hug and saying how good of a big sister she is and how proud of her we are........i still haven't figured out the best way to handle it when she isn't so gentle.......but hopefully it's a phase we (especially molly) will get through soon.......