Yes, that is precisely what I meant.
So Evan’s had this pesky cough for a few days; it’s really worst overnight and first thing in the morning. I’ve tried to take this occasion to teach him to cover his mouth when he coughs. As it so happens, I’ve come down with this same cough myself, so I’ve had plenty of occasions to lead by example. A few times I’ve covered his mouth to try to reinforce the idea.
Yesterday when I took him to day care, I was signing him in at the front desk when he started coughing. I gently reminded him that he was forgetting to do something.
So he calmly walked over to me, grabbed my left hand, put it over his mouth – like I’d been doing at home – and coughed.
Well, he was kinda getting the idea. I don’t even want to think about how he handled this problem after I left him there…… Read more
