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Sock puppets

oehlsena
oehlsena Member Posts: 52
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in I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)
Sometimes whenever my LO has outbursts or aggression, I put on a sock puppet to talk to her. She will talk back to the sock puppet and it seems to calm her down.

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  • zauberflote
    zauberflote Member Posts: 272
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    I wish I had thought of that for my mom!!!
  • dayn2nite2
    dayn2nite2 Member Posts: 1,135
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    I bought a hand puppet of a dog and my mother loved it.  I would make barking sounds and she’d kiss the dog’s face.

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