How many of you give warnings?

[Crayola kiddies]

Thanks guys .... I have 5 of my own and I'm telling ya I wish I knew with the first what I know now .... But truely it's a learning process and every child is different but they are also all the same ... They thrive on consistency and scheduling .... That's really what we do all day ....
Now with my own kids they have learned to tune me out and so when I ask them to do something like put on their pjs or come for dinner and when they don't move or even acknowledge me in ten seconds I say "one" in a louder voice and their feet hit the ground running cause they know if I say two the shit hits the fan .... I have to be the disclipinarian in my house because hubby doesn't seem to be able to find his big boy panties. For my daycare kids ... Well they know the routine cause we do the same thing every day so they know what comes next and they are ready. I never have to count but I have one 18 month old that is testing the boundaries .... Takes toys, pushes, tackles, shoves off chairs and I say "no don't (whatever he's doing) and when he ignores me he is removed instantly. It'll come eventually!
I had a daycare dad tell me one morning that he was having a tough time with his three yr old listening in the am so they are starting the three strike rule.... I just looked at him in disbelief .... He questioned me and I said well its your child so you need to decide what's best but to me all that's teaching him is you can do it twice before your going to do anything about it... He just said " huh!" I'm sure he thought about that on the commute to work and I'm not sure how they proceeded it I never heard about the three strike rule again from them.