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Story Time at the Library

Sept1799Sept1799 member
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Hello ladies.......

This morning I was able to get out of the house with my ds and dd and go to story time at the library... My mom came with me....

We did the infant/baby one with ds and then did the toddler group with my dd.

During the toddler one....my dd was going up to other children and trying to touch them or give them a hug....I was right behind her and telling her you can't touch people, they need their personal space. Some children voiced their concern to my dd they did not like being touched....a

Other childrens mothers looked at me like why are you correcting my dd... they said my dd or ds goes and does the same thing.....I just said well I am trying to teach her that everyone needs his or her personal space......and then I walked away....

I was constantly following my dd and correcting her for either touching someone else or yelling during the story time....I even took her out of the room 3 times because she was being too loud......and as I did this many parents looked at me strange. No other parent followed their chld or told them not to do something.............

Am I nuts for trying to teach my child this?? I am wondering why I was getting the looks for trying to correct her.

Again this is my first time at a toddler story time, the last time I went was when dd was a baby.....

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  • emiliemadisonemiliemadison member
    Well, it's toddler story time. They EXPECT toddlers to wander, be loud, etc. It's ok to keep her from touching other children if they dont like it, but really, you dont have to hover around her preventing her from doing any possible thing that someone may not like. Let her be a toddler, this is what they do :)
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  • kaydee77kaydee77 member

    imageemiliemadison:
    Well, it's toddler story time. They EXPECT toddlers to wander, be loud, etc. It's ok to keep her from touching other children if they dont like it, but really, you dont have to hover around her preventing her from doing any possible thing that someone may not like. Let her be a toddler, this is what they do :)

    I agree with this, my DD plus others wander all over the place during storytime.  As long as she's not hurting anyone no one seems to mind.  The only time the librarian wants people to leave the room is if someone is screaming/crying and won't calm down, because that can be pretty disruptive.

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  • offbeatmamaoffbeatmama

    imageemiliemadison:
    Well, it's toddler story time. They EXPECT toddlers to wander, be loud, etc. It's ok to keep her from touching other children if they dont like it, but really, you dont have to hover around her preventing her from doing any possible thing that someone may not like. Let her be a toddler, this is what they do :)

    This. I tried library story time a few times with my DS. He, of course, did all of those things. I tried to correct him and was really embarrassed because all the other kids were perfect little angels that sat in one spot and listened quietly. I ended up just saying F-it and I don't go to that story time anymore. As long as the other kids weren't getting upset I think the touching thing is normal. Same thing for talking. I would correct it if it were excessive or particularly loud (my kid is a screamer - he's happy he just likes to yell so I kind of constantly try to get him to be quieter).

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  • ChelzChelz

    My kid turns away from others trying to hug or kiss him, but I wouldn't be mad if your LO tried to do so.  My LO is shy so storytime is good for him and definitely other moms let their kids do "almost" whatever they want.  The librarian will correct the parent if the child goes by their table/displays, or pulls on the decorations on the wall, and one child that got upset, she handed that child a stuffed animal in hopes to help calm him down.

    Try to go again and see what happend!

    Story time is really great for them!

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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    I guess my thought is maybe you following her & talking to her & stuff was more disruptive than what she was doing?

    I try to get mine to talk softly and learn that way but if I have to 'have a talk' about something I leave the room. They know that if they do xyz we have to leave storytime (basically major disruptions or DS running out of the room constantly which used to happen) but otherwise I let them walk around a litlte if they want. The only thing that bugs me is if a kid is really going all over the room, touching the books on the table, going up to the woman telling the story and touching the book in her hand, etc (i saw this happening last week) and the mom barely even acknowledges it. 

    It gets better though with time- our first time was a disaster, DS SCREAMED when we went in the room & refused to stay but DD wanted to stay so I had to stick her right in the doorway so I could see her while I looked at books outside with DS. second & third time we had to sit next tot he door b/c he kept running out and getting books and bringing them in (ended up with a stack of like 8-10 next to us by the end) and then I finally put my foot down on that and now they behave well but it took him awhile.

    GL! I'd say just talk to her about good behavior during storytime before going & let her have a little freedom but if she gets out of control take her out of the room to talk & see if she improves. 

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