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How did/will you handle

little_mrslittle_mrs member
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Teaching DC#1 that certain things are for DC#2?   I'm talking about things like the boppy, bouncer, or swing.  DS was running around with the boppy today.  I have the bouncer sitting in the pack n play & he's interested in it but I don't want him to think it's a toy.  I also don't want him trying to climb in the swing.

How did you handle this?

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  • jnksmomjnksmom member
    I didn't make a big deal out of DS playing with the boppy, bouncer, baby gym unless DD was using it at that time. I did teach him not to climb in the swing though because I didn't want him getting hurt. I just told him it was for sissy and he could get hurt if he climbed in it/he was too big for it. JMO but I felt like not allowing him to play with/touch anything that DD would use would make the jealousy worse and make him feel bad towards DD. We had bought all gender neutral items so they had been DS's.
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  • JARbabyJARbaby member
    I didn't. IMO #1 has a right to touch and explore these things. We are just starting at 2.5 to deal with this and the concept is hard because of the point in emotional and moral development. I think you are going to drive yourself batty to try to get this point across when your LO does not even know what mine and yours means.
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  • Brit1017Brit1017
    Ditto the pps- as long as DS isn't going to hurt himself and DD isn't in the gear at the time, I let him play with it. Sitting in the swing is the only thing he is really not allowed to do. His favorite place to sit and watch TV the past few days is in DD's infant carseat- it's really funny.
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  • kgb1411kgb1411 member

    I'm still trying to teach DS that daddy's blackberry isn't his.  Bouncers, swings, and boppy's look like toys.  I don't think he could get that they aren't his.  Pretty much I physically stop him if he tries to climb in the swing, carseat, or bouncer while the baby is in it. 

    I never leave them in a room alone together. 

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  • cotnercotner
    I tried to keep DD away at first to no avail.  I finally let her put her monkey in everything and that helped a ton.  I told her that the monkey could stay as long as DS didn't need it, but if he did we just moved the monkey to another thing.  I think it made her feel more apart of things and let her be mommy to her monkey.
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