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Could you share an icecream with a 5 and 3 year old
like a dish of icecream. with 3 spoons. Without there being whining/fighting/drama over it?
"It's my turn! Sara is eating it all! I can't reach!"
etc etc.
Sometimes the most basic_shit turns into a fiasco with us and it drives me INSANE.
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Re: Could you share an icecream with a 5 and 3 year old
I feel like most of the time I get 2 kid size but my son in particular doesn't eat v. much ice cream and I hate the waste. So today I figured we'd share a regular size. But I guess they were both hungrier than I thought. And it was 'regular' (not soft serve) so it was hard/awkward.
That's what I can see now. But it annoyed me SO MUCH at the time. Kids whining about ice cream. It's a treat!!
Ummmm...no...never...
but the whining might come from me....lol
But seriously, no, my kids would fight over "he got a bigger bite" and "I get the last bite!"
Were you watching us?? That's exactly what Christopher was saying!! (except 'she')
Hmmmm, three people sharing is tough. Dd1 and I will share an ice cream cone. Neither she or I would eat the whole thing and its a fair back and forth. But I don't think that is an uncommon problem, very normal behavior as annoying as it is.
The bickering would drive me too. If I were in that situation, I would have a. gotten another bowl and divided it, or b. told them that if they can't behave there would be no treats. I would give one warning and then tossed the ice cream if it happened again.
I took it away temporarily while I lectured them but couldn't follow through with throwing it away. I figure throwing away ice cream for what on some level I understand to be age appropriate behavior is just mean and I'd regret it during my 'whatifsomethingawfulhappenstooneofmychildren' middle of the night panic fests.
It would end up exactly as you described if I tried to do that with my kids, I'm sure. We've had arguments before because they felt that the amounts of milk poured into their cups was unequal. Sharing a bowl of ice cream would be a disaster!
But I completely understand your motivation for trying it - it's usually so much more economical to just share a larger serving rather than several small ones.