Holley's question of the day...

holley79 wrote: Sorry I was just sitting here thinking how many questions I ask all the time. probably stuff I should know.

Scenario:

Last night I had Annika in her Bumbo seat (btw, she loves it!!) in the kitchen. I gave her two Tupperware bowls and a spatula. She was having a ball and I got to cook myself something to eat. (DH is out of town for reserve duty. ) Well she kept dropping the spoon and it would be out of reach so I would get it for her and hand it back. When Peanut (fox terrier) would go near the spoon she would squeal and I mean ear piercing. I thought maybe she was just excited about him being in the room or something. Well the little girl came over from next door. (Annika still isn’t so sure about her, she’s two and I have no clue where her mom was. This little two year old wonders off all the time. I finally took her home when I got done cooking. She was like, oh I didn't even know she was gone. ) Well when she would go to get the spoon, Annika would squeal and get this look on her face. (If looks could kill….) Are 6 month olds old enough to comprehend possessions? I didn’t think that started till they were older. I like to think she is just doing it to hear herself but the look on her face said it all.

If that is the case then how do you teach a 6 month old to share??

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I don't think she is old enough to understand sharing yet

holley79 replied:
I don't think so either. But is she old enough to know possession?

luvmykids replied: I think she knows she has something and doesn't want anyone else to get it, and it's not all that far away before you start hearing "Mine! Mine!"

coasterqueen replied:
ITA.

MommyToAshley replied: I think she is old enough to understand that she doesn't want anyone to have this new and neat object she has. I think babies understand much much more than we ever give them credit for.

What a cute story... she sure is a smart little bugger.

A&A'smommy replied: awwwwiee TOO cute lol but I agree with deedee

MomToJade&Jordan replied:


Jordan started to do the same thing at that age. Now if she's playing with something that she really seems to like and Jade takes it away she gets very mad.

holley79 replied:

I think it's funny how she gets something (not hers) and doesn't want to give it up.

CantWait replied: Well I think you've gotten your answer so I'm not going to add, but I did want to say it's a super funny story.

holley79 replied:
It was defiantly fun watching it. I just was not believing what I was seeing. Everyday she trips me out.

My3LilMonkeys replied: She is too cute!!!

And as for the teaching to share - probably wouldn't work as well with 1 kid/1 dog - but I started introducing the concept to Madison very early by having Brooke give her a toy and then take a toy from her - switching toys so they were sharing with each other. It took until she was about 10 months before she really "got it" and shared voluntarily, but since Brooke was going to take Madison's toy either way I figured it couldn't hurt.

holley79 replied: I think if the dog wants it bad enough he's going to take it. All I can say is: "It's going to be on like Donkey Kong" when she gets older.

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Boo&BugsMom replied:
I think so. Kids are smart.

holley79 replied:
Babies are a lot smarter then we give them credit for, that's for sure. Like I have already said, Annika cracks me up.