I could learn a lesson today, from the baby days of the past. My daughter used to sneak out of her bed in the middle of the night and get into ours on a regular basis until I had the discipline to end this situation with my battle plan ready. I would calmly sit on the floor right outside her room and whenever she was ready to cross the threshold would pick her up and put her back in the bed. She would cry and throw a tantrum as I continued this pattern until it finally broke for the night or was it nights. Breaking the pattern took a great deal of patients and calmness for there were times when she would forget her lesson but eventually she learned the painful reality to stay and sleep in her own bed.
Today although these babies have physically grown up their use of tantrums helps them get what they want. Who wants to challenge that annoying colleague it’s better to give them the toys and walk away for who has the time and energy? If instead we ignored their outburst and calmly put them back in their crib they wouldn’t have power over us. Even if it takes extra time and effort initially isn’t it worth it to deal with the situation head on so we all could have a more peaceful sleep and work environment?