The latest cure for video game addiction

When John was two he had a speech therapist that came to our home until she determined that a behavioral therapist would serve us better, go figure.  On her last visit she left with a word of warning, "Beware of video games. Sensory kids get sucked in." Whatever. 

Fast forward a few years to see John constantly "gaming".  He's literally afraid of being bored, so if it's not the DS, the XBox, the Computer, or the IPad, he's freaking out.  We tried an electronic game free day and it lasted maybe five hours. 

As Dr. Phil would say, video games are John's "currency". As I chased John, who was chasing the obnoxious 4 year old at the park (who actually deserved to be chased by someone twice his size) the only thing that stopped him from pounding the poor kid was my shout, "Ok, no video games!" He froze and then turned his wrath toward me. Crisis averted.

So... after years of my urging and his refusing, out of the blue he picked up his bike and began to ride.  Like anything else with this kid, he had to do it in his own time and by himself.  The next day we went and got new (bigger) bikes for John and Kitty.  Needless to say, the video games have taken a back seat to the new world of riding bikes. It helps that we had the best spring break weather--it was in the 80s all week.  Today, not so much.

Oh, and guess who is nine months old?  The second nine has gone way faster than the first nine!

Love that Chickie.