Wednesday, April 2, 2008
what to do
Does anyone have any advice on how to get Mariska out of this "MINE" phase!? She'll take stuff out of our hands, run away with it yelling that it's hers... or if you reach for her while she's holding something, she pulls it away and yells "mine" or "my book"... I don't know what to do... any thoughts????
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Slap her silly! j/k
All I can say is to immediatly correct her and don't let her have whatever it is she is "mining".
Another idea - get cracking on the baby making - it works wonders for this kind of stuff. Have you ever noticed the spacing of our kids? Once Emily gets on her high horse, I guess we'll just have to get a dog.
It's not for lack of trying on our part that we don't have another! If I could I'd go back and have our second by the time she was 18 months (when we could still get medicaid!)... life was much easier when we were poor, funny huh?
We do correct her if it's not hers. But if it is and she's playing with it alread and says it's hers I verify it, "yep that's yours"... the other day she was saying, "It's MY couch" to Brent and he took her off and calmly said, "no it's not your couch, it's mommy and daddy's couch, we just let you sit on it"... I laughed really hard (not where she could hear)!
You can always correct her on the manner in which she is saying "mine" regardless if it really is hers or not.
Every time she says "MINE!" should be immediately rewarded with an entire day of no meals. Or better yet, just lock her out of the house for the day. She'll learn REAL quick that way!
Or I guess you could go with Amber's advice... :)
No, I think you've really got something there!
I don't know what to say on this one. Nate Jr's not there yet, but If its not the "Mines!" I'm sure something else will be an issue for correction.
I do the same thing with Lily...no matter WHAT she has, I tell her, "No, It's mommy's/daddy's. You just get to use it." (My parents used to tell me, "It isn't YOUR room. I own it. You just get to live here.")
I read that this is the age when they're way into the "MINE!" bit. Just keep trying to teach her the whole sharing concept...even if you don't want what she's "MINE"-ing...ask her to share with you. If she's being really obnoxious about it...take away whatever she's hording and tell her why. Two year olds aren't stupid...but they also can't be expected to follow/know all the rules like pros.
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