Lately I've had trouble with Trey not wanting to share with Kayelynn. He will take her toys away from her, even a rattle or teether. So I have felt like a broken record lately preaching on share, share, share. This morning I fixed him a pancake. Sometimes he likes to eat them plain. He calls them "pancakes I can hold in my hand". So I left him in the living room watching PBS and nibbling his pancake. Kayelynn was very happy, scooting all over the living room. I took this opportunity to fix myself some breakfast. Can you guess what happens next?
I came back to the living room after toasting myself an english muffin. There was Kayelynn, still happy and cooing (actually growling, my baby doesn't coo). She was surrounded by shredded pancake. When she saw me she gave me a big toothless grin which revealed bits of pancake in her mouth. I tried to fish it out but she had gummed it into mush and swallowed most of it. She seemed okay (very pleased with herself actually). So I turned to Trey.
"Why did you let Sister get your pancake?" I asked.
He very honestly answered. "She wanted it and I am supposed to share". Ughh. He chooses now to remember what I've said. So now we have a new lecture...No feeding Sister!
The Thing I Have Been Wondering
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It has been a rough year. That is no lie. We have had one challenge after
another, and if this were a dark comedy one would recognize that it has
been fun...
1 comment:
Pick your battles. I don't know if I would lecture too much on this one. I know she shouldn't have that pancake yet but praise him first for sharing. Then just let him know that sometimes the big boy food he eats can make sister very sick and he should ask you first before she eats it. Otherwise babies have to eat special food and he gets to eat big people food because he is growing up to be such a big boy and he wants to be a great big brother and take care of a protect his baby sister and not make her sick. He did try to be good, didn't he.
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