Couple More Minutes

Evan is starting to learn that he can negotiate... Whenever he is in the bath and it's time to get out, we usually say, okay, you can stay in for a couple more minutes. Well last week at the lake when I was telling him it was time to get out, he said, couple more minutes. I gave him a couple more minutes, but then of course he still freaked out when he had to get out of the water. Well a few days ago, he was playing with his new bike out on the deck and I told him it was time to come in. He said, couple more minutes. I told him okay that I would set the timer for a couple more minutes, then he needed to come right in when the dog barked...the timer we use is on Gary's phone and a dog barks when the time is up. I set the timer for 2 minutes and when the dog barked, Evan came right in the house. I was proud of him. So then bedtime rolls around and you guessed it, couple more minutes. We set the timer and the dog barked and Evan did NOT go right in his room, in fact he had a major freak out session. I guess we are still working on the art of negotiation. We'll keep trying. :)