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Originally Posted by Gracie2006 Any acknowledgment of the crying will only reinforce the behavior. That means talking to or looking at your baby, touching your baby, taking your baby out of the pen just tells your baby that if she cries, she will get attention. Gracie still cries if she is locked in her pen and I am at home. I just ignore her until she is quiet, then I go pet her and talk to her. Make the pen a fun place to be, with lots of toys, food and water, and of course the pee pad. Don't use the pen for punishment. In time she will learn to like going to her "room". In fact, when I tell Gracie to "go to room" 9 times out of 10 she will. Her pen is the only place that I feed her. |
i agree... you can't pay attention to him when he cries.. just ignore him.. when is he being quite then you can talk to him or look at him when you pass by.. otherwise you are just reinforcing that he is crying.. and when you put in him and take him out.. dont' make a big deal about it.. it is just something that happens and he will get used to it.. put toys in there that he donesn't normally get so he will be excited to go play with them!