Thursday, September 22, 2011

How does setting up a bedtime routine relate to changing sleeping behavior?

I am not sure if I understand what you are asking...but here goes:



A bedtime routine is just that, a routine. For a child, probably something along the lines of eat, clean up, use bathroom, brush teeth, read book, go to sleep.



If you change one of those, lets say not reading a book, then a child may not feel %26quot;fulfilled%26quot; so to speak, and may not want to go to sleep and stay up much later. If a child already has a hard time going to sleep, and doesn't read a book before bed, then adding the bedtime story could help the child go to sleep faster.



If that isn't what you were asking, sorry.How does setting up a bedtime routine relate to changing sleeping behavior?
I was never one for bed time routines until my son was about 1.5. He would wake up all the time before the routine. NOw that I follow a routine for not only bed time but also nap time life has got so much better! He is much less cranky during the day and wakes up much much less in the middle of the night. Wish I would have figured it out sooner.

How do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?

My 5-year-old beagle/basset has taken to marking two places in our house. We adopted him four months ago from the SPCA, he is neutered, housebroken, and is not otherwise agressive. There are no other pets in the house.



I thought this might be separation anxiety, but he just did it this morning while we were sitting in the living room!



What can I use to keep him off these spots? Our apartment has white carpet, and our dog's pee is very yellow. Is there anything that will work to clean the stains? I've tried white vinegar, and Resolve pet-stain remover, and neither worked.How do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?
you can try something like Nature's Miracle (protein based enzymatic cleaner) but you must soak the area thoroughly and you may need to re-apply. this will help eliminate the odor as well as the stain, so that the dog doesn't keep thinking it's ok to go there. is he just marking (i.e. just a little squirt?) or is he relieving himself completely? if he's really just marking, try to catch him and interrupt him before he starts. if he's relieving himself, you will need to start over with housetraining. if he's marking, try using NILIF (nothing in life is free) to establish your leadership role with him.

i have included links for all of these. best wishes. and thanks so much for adopting.How do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?
Go to a pet store and look for a cleaner that says 'enzyme' on the bottle, you have to use that or the smell will linger and the dog will keep peeing there, if it doesn't completely remove the stain you might need to get a professional to clean your carpet or rent one of those carpet cleaner machinesHow do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?
Try the %26quot;3 Minute%26quot; stuff or the %26quot;Get Serious%26quot; - both sold at Petsmart. Worked great for us. Put down some of those puppy-wee pads in the spots to help prevent stains. Keep your eyes on the little guy! He's still new to your home, if you see him *approaching* those areas he's marking, tell him NO! and re-route him immediately outside. Praise him when he marks outside - every time he marks outside.How do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?
everyone offered good suggestions for cleaning the mess.



Here's another thing you can do to help.. invest in some belly bands. When he does mark, it will not end up on your furniture or carpet. It will help keep the odors and mess away until you can get him trained to stop.



you can find belly bands on ebay, and thru Drs Fosters and smith. Many rescues sell them to make extra money for the rescue.



Is there any way you can block off the areas he wants to mark?How do I clean up after and change the behavior of a dog who is marking?
Just because he's housetrained doesn't mean he can exactly TELL you when he needs to potty. You have to anticipate that. Dogs need to be on a predictable pee schedule both for your own sanity and for their well being. For instance, do you leave the water bowl out where he can drink any time? Understand that YOU control what goes into your pet. Also, remember to take him out about 30 minutes after giving him food or water....that's when he'll need to go. It sounds like he's not as house trained as you thought. My male dog did the same thing when I first got him from a rescue group. It was because 1) he wasn't house trained, and 2) he was in a new place with new smells and nothing smelled like HIM so he wanted to put his scent on things.....usually my clothes if they were laying in the floor!!! :) I understand your frustration! I bought 2 things at the pet store that saved me. 1 was spray that mimicks their own hormones that are in the urine....spray this where the dog IS allowed to pee. And I got puppy pads and put newspaper on top of them and then placed them by the door where he could get to it. Then I sprayed that stuff on top which told his sniffer %26quot;oh here's where I can go pee!%26quot; The next thing is to introduce it to him and then praise him like crazy when he successfully pees on the pad instead of on your carpet!! While this shouldn't be a permanent thing, at least then he'll have a CHOICE as to where to pee if he has to inside.....and it will save your carpets.

How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?

please explain how and why so?



Thanks for your answers!How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
Mental hospitals exist to provide medications and therapy in a strictly controlled environment. The point of therapy is to recognize you problem behavior or thought process and take what steps you can take to change that behavior. Something called cognitive behavioral therapy is a hugely popular approach to therapy. It is all about finding out what is responsible for an unwanted behavior and learning how to change it.



With medications we can ideally get stable on our meds and hopefully get level headed enough to realize that we are better off if we keep taking the meds.



These are both examples of learned behaviors.How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
Hey,



I am going to start of by stating the reality that often they don't change their behaviour after being hospitalised. Some people have mental illnesses that can't be made better by a simple change in behaviour and those peoples who can often don't change after hospital anyway and it can very much depend on the hospital and the treatment and therapy that they offer. Many people who are hospitalised are not done so because they need therapy as this can be done outside of hospital as outpatient care, therefore many people who go into hospital are there simply to protect them from themselves in times of high emotions and danger and after a period of time has been spent in hospital when them emotions can be calmed down and perhaps released through talking etc then they are able to go home.



For some of course who do recieve good therapy from their stay in hospital may learn to pick up better coping techniques to help them help themselves and this can cause a change to occur. Some people who end up in hospital have perhaps never seen anyone for their mental ill health before being admitted to hospital and thus haven't had the chance to be told what to do to feel better, how to cope and also haven't had the chance to be removed from their situation and given some breathing space and this too can help.



A patients behaviour may only change if they learn something positive from their experience that they feel they can take with them and put to practice in everyday life.



best wishesHow do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
Therapy, medication, lots of support from friends and family, and luck. Mental illnesses can be caused by biological factors and bad experiences. Retraining the brain how to react in situations is not easy and can take years. Whether you are a friend, family member, or person being released, learning as much as possible about the condition is important. Specifically, you'll want to know what to look for before a relapse occurs. If your concerned that relapse is on its way, this is something that needs to be shared with the person's therapist. If you are a close family member of someone being released, you may want to consider counseling for yourself. This provides an excellent way to vent frustrations and focus on helping the person close to you.How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
I was in a psyciatric hospital for 6 days for cutting and suicidal problems.

like its really a personal thing. you learn a lot about yourself while your there and its all about if you want to get better. you can totally lie and BS your way out of the hospital, but if you honestly want to get better, you will.



I made a list of triggers and coping skills and stuff and I've opened up to my parents (I'm 15...lol) about telling them if I need help or if I'm having urges.



I'm also seeing pschitrists (okay wow. bad spelling) and stuff.



I reccomend finding some activities that are just pleasant for you. When I was at the hospital, I took up painting and journaling (they gave us a journal to write in) and just write down whatever you are feeling.



but yeah. it is hard to not relapse and fall back into old habits. its all about if you want to be better :)



good luckkk!How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
Last time I was in (2 1/2 years ago), most of the days were spent in classes that taught us better ways of doing things. They encouraged us to make a %26quot;tool kit%26quot;, a little book with information like stress relievers and other ways to react to things and affirmations and things like that. I don't carry or use my tool kit anymore, but a lot of what they taught has stayed with me. You have to actually DO these things in order for them to do any good. It's hard to get used to, but the more you do it, the more it will become more natural feeling and habitual.How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
they don't! they are just pumped full of brain chemical altering drug's that put them into a managable state for care in the community!How do people learn to change their behaviour after stay in mental hospital?
They figure out what is causing the behavior through therapy and try to find a solution or to cope with the feelings they have.

Yahoo Mail Beta: How to change the default behavior of "Show Images"?

Kind of irritating that I have to click on %26quot;Show Images%26quot; for every single email. How about a safe list that always show images or an ability to change the default behavior.Yahoo Mail Beta: How to change the default behavior of %26quot;Show Images%26quot;?
Go to your inbox and towards the upper right corner, click on Options, then Mail Options. On the left in that screen, click on Spam. Under Spam Guard:Show incoming images: check either the %26quot;Always, except in Spam folder%26quot; or %26quot;Only from my contacts and Certified senders%26quot; button and images will either always be shown or shown only in messages from addresses in your contacts. I have found that sometimes even when a message is from one of my contacts, I still have to click on %26quot;Show Images%26quot;, so your best bet might be the %26quot;Always%26quot; button. Hope this helps!

How can we effectively influence other people to change unwanted behaviors?

Serious patterns of behaviour rarely can be changed. Even if they do, it is not for a long time.



Only little things can change and the best way is when our own behaviour functions as an example to them. Little by little they can get influenced and start practising ways more close to the behaviours we have shown to them.How can we effectively influence other people to change unwanted behaviors?
you can't generalize like that: some people are more influencable than other, and those are divided into people you talk to and convince or people you need to show and lead by example.

It also depends on the behavior you are trying to change: some are easy others not.How can we effectively influence other people to change unwanted behaviors?
unwanted behaviors maybe due to some psychological factors. we couldn't say a persons behavior normal if it does not conform to a society, however normal to him. behavior is taught, it is carried with emotions, so therefore, it is necesary for us to go more deeply in the context of emotions, to touch their lives. they might be disturbed, depressed, which made their actions classified as unwanted. Therapy (includes family, society, professionals) often times tackles with the emotions. Try to reach out their inferiorities.. try to make them feel understand. and the best thing is equalize their feelings with love and proper care. Unwanted behaviors are the result of their unmet needs. They might feel fixated, and its not easy for them to cope with such disturbances, but anyhow, trust can help a lot. try to make them feel they are important and they exist. focus more on their achievements and limit yourself on hitting them.
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  • How does evicting someone change their behaviour?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7



    Browns says difficult people may be evicted... but doesn't seem to say what happens to them then.How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    It doesn`t do anything by evicting them it just shifts the problem else where

    New tough prisons need to be built the tax payer wouln`t mind there tax going to something good

    longer tougher prison sentences without early release

    anyone caught with a bladed object in public should face and seve 6 years in prison without early release,

    causing harm to anyone with the bladed object should be 12 years in prison

    the government need to also make young people realise that knife crime is not the answer

    even bringing back national service to teach some of themHow does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    Who cares? If they can't look after their kids, the kids will be put ionto care and the parents can fend for themselves - maybe this will make them take responsibility for their children, instead of foisting it onto others in the community.

    I am so sick of hearing %26quot;There's nothing for the kids to do, I can't watch over them 24 hours a day, etc etc%26quot;

    Well for their information, you should know where your kids are, who they are with, and take them to swimming pools, or just out to the country with a picnic - give them responsibilities in the home, with rewards and consequences if not carried out - in other words, put some time and effort into raising young people who are part of the community, not wreckers...How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    They can starve for all I care, people must be held responsible for their anti-social behaviour especially if they are living of subsidies paid by the taxpayers.How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    It's just more of Brown's rhetoric since he has no more idea what to do about the present criminal behaviour that the man in the moon.How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    It doesn't. The same threat came with the ASBO's adn Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, if the person doesn't adhere the family is supposed to be evicted. When this happens, the council then do not automatically have to rehouse, which they would in other circumstances, as it is deemed that they made themselves homeless. Of course this will not improve anyone's behaviour. In my experience what usually happens is the vicitms or neighbours who are suffering because of a 'problem' family are moved instead, as in many cases so many neighbours have to give evidence and are then victims of 'retribution'. And of course the problem family can then claim that their circumstances have been made worse by the Council, neighbours etc.



    Anyway, a shorter answer would be it is suppposed to be a deterrent, and make the parents be more responsible. Only usually in these cases the parents don't give a ****. So it will never work.How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    good question......... i certainly think that trouble families should not be given social! housing and should definitely be given a three strikes and your evicted situation at the very least. i saw my street go from a lovely peace full street of friendly people, to a hell hole and a crime ridden dump inside of a year!! and all because of a few houses being given to social miss fits who would not! mix in and become part of the community. what do you do with these people?..........i would say stop them breeding might be a good start. and perhaps a pest control man who comes around and sprays some thing that solves the problem???.....sorry but i have very little time for the idiots. they make peoples life a misery and then expect sympathy and understanding. its a frigging joke!!How does evicting someone change their behaviour?
    They have to go to the soup kitchen, and be pissed on whilst they sleep in shop doorways.

    9 week old sudden change in behavior.?

    My 9 week old was sleeping through most of night. She was hardly fussy except when needing something. She started daycare 5 days ago and almost immediately she will not sleep for more than 30 minutes, she screams for hours at a time. The daycare says she does not do this there. She actually stays awake from 6pm-2am now. What shall I do? suggestions on how to fix this? should I be scared, worried? PLEASE HELP!!9 week old sudden change in behavior.?
    I would ask the daycare if she is sleeping a lot when she is in their care... perhaps she has just mixed up her days and nights. My son did this and it took about a week of really long nights before we got him back on track again!



    Good Luck!9 week old sudden change in behavior.?
    It is probably just the change in environment. Babies are very sensitive to their surroundings. Eventually she will get used to it.9 week old sudden change in behavior.?
    It might be that daycare is allowing her to sleep too long during the day. So when she gets home to you she isn't sleepy anymore.9 week old sudden change in behavior.?
    give up work and look after her yourself, she is too young to be in daycare.9 week old sudden change in behavior.?
    I think it's the day care!

    Take her out of it for a week and see if there is any change to her going back to her old routine!

    I don't like daycare. I don't trust the ppl enough to take care of my child the way he should be taken care of. But that's just me. Plus I've had and also my sister have has really bad things happen to us in daycare that also why I do not trust them!!

    But many other parents do, which is fine. But I say maybe take her out 3days-a week and see if she goes back to her routine with you. Also I think a 9 week old is way to early to be without their mother!

    Hope things work out for you!