At SS7's school he can get either a smile face, straight face, or a sad face based on how many times he gets in trouble. When I was disciplining him, he would be punished for anything less than a smile and we ended up with mostly smile face days. Once DH took over, he decided that SS7 has been doing much better and he would only be punished for sad face days.

Last week SS7 was so bad that we got called to a parent/teacher/principal conference this week. As punishment, we kept SS7 home all weekend instead of letting him go to his grandparent's house. DH and I talked to him about being in trouble and how we had to go see his principal. DH was certain he'd come home with a smile today. I thought: fat chance, he hasn't been disciplined so he thinks DH will let it slide again. I was right. SS7 came home with a straight face for not following directions several times today.

DH is so frustrated. Which puts a big fat smile on my face because he's finally starting to understand how I feel.

As if SS7 wasn't in enough trouble, at dinner SS7 started with the "my stomach hurts" and "I have a headache" because he didn't want to eat his veggies. DH is one of those that does not believe in wasting food but if SS7 complains enough he'll let it slide. But not tonight. DH sternly told him to finish his dinner. SS7 dared to start his tantrums and force himself to throw up. DH, fed up, finally told SS7 "It seems like you're in trouble all the time because you're bad all the time. Finish your dinner. Now. And this time you can't tell grandma that New Mama is being mean to you because I'm the only one that's punished you for weeks and you're still bad!"

SS7 finished his dinner and went straight to bed.

DH talked to me and told me he hasn't set the parent/teacher/principal conference up yet because he's really worried they're going to tell him they don't know what to do with SS7 anymore. He doesn't know what to do with SS7 at this point.