Just bought a digital timer ..

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Does anyone use something like an egg timer or digital timer to help their

kid's? My 5yo DS takes so long brushing his teeth every night that it becomes a

battle. He will dink around for 5-10 minutes and then take 2 seconds to

actually brush, if he will. He gets mad if I stand in the doorway to watch him

and he will not let me help him. So we prompt him over and over to get busy and

then he gets and doesn't brush. I thought this might help to with setting

limits on activities and for use in timeouts. I would love it if anyone has any

stories of success or things to not try with a timer. Thanks