The Grumpy Song

(Trying to get him to make a grumpy face)

A few months ago I invented the Grumpy Song. Early Bird was throwing a lot of tantrums with a lot of "no, no, no." He would say "no" to everything offered. He even said "no" to cake and cookies one time! I needed something to distract him and break the "no" to everything mindset. So to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It" I sang "If you're grumpy and you know it then say "no." At first he would keep saying "no" to the song. But once he figured out that he was participating in the song he changed it to "unh uhn" and "grrrr" and I changed along with him. After a few times through he started singing along with "If you're grumpy and you know it then your frown will surely show it." After a few more times he initiated "If you're happy and you know it." After that it only took a few more times through the happy version and he was ready to go and be good.

It took doing this with his tantrums a few weeks to a month, but now he somtimes starts it on his own, and it doesn't take more than 3 grumpy versions before he's ready to sing the happy song.

And it's really hard to sing "then your frown will surely show it" and make a big frown without smiling afterwards. :)


To the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It"

If you're grumpy and you know it then say "no."
If you're grumpy and you know it then say "no."
 If you're growing and you know it then your frown will surly show it,
If you're grumpy and you know it then say "no."

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