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December 2010 Moms
keags5496
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I got judged...
keags5496
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We went to the library this morning to get some books and play. The kids section at the library is great and has tons of toys and puppets for the kiddos. It was quiet today and it was just us, a mom with an 18 month old, and a mom with an 18 month old and a 5(ish) year old.
Evan is not doing too well with sharing and he was in rare form this morning. Everything was "mine" and "I don't have to share". I was doing my best and trying to teach him to share. The mom with 2 kept kind of chuckling to herself in a sympathetic been-there way. The other mom kept looking at me like "your kid is obnoxious. you're a bad mom". I kind of hope I run into her in 6 months when her kiddo has hit 2. Gr...
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Re: I got judged...
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Fwiw I was the mom who dragged her screaming 2 year old through Target last Wednesday so I could get milk for A and a couple things for dinner. I made the mistake of going in to Michaels first for some craft stuff we were going to make valentines projects for DH and I let A walk through the store since J was in the stroller. Well it was a lot of practice of staying with me, not touching anything, and listening. We made it through and he did ok, only a couple meltdowns when I told him he couldn't have a few toys he saw. But when we put our bags in the car it was an epic meltdown he DID NOT want to shop anymore for our target in and out errand. I gave him a few minutes to try and compose himself in the parking lot. Then I put him in the car, which he promptly was happy and pushing the dashboard buttons and dials, put J in my carrier and A in the stroller since he wouldn't listen and he cried/melted down the remainder of our VERY brief target run. I got my fair share of looks but oh well.
I think E picked it up at DC because we don't say it at home at all. I hate that its part of his vocab and we certainly don't encourage it, but it is what it is.
Like when some of my friends start sighing when another kid is making a scene at a restaurant or something. I always point out to them that they are just lucky that they aren't the ones dealing with it, and I could very well be that mom, so they better be nice!
It's great when people think "My kid will never do that", I just want to say HA!!
Lily is usually pretty good with sharing. We were over at my sisters and her husband (my BIL) kept taking things (like grabbing things out of her hand) from Lily and saying "mine". He wanted her to take the stuff back but she had no idea what to do. We never say mine at home. We will say this is mamas or daddy's, but never mine. I kept asking Lily if she would like to "share" with uncle A, because she knows that and is always willing to share. I told him we don't do that at home, but he continued to do it. So now she takes stuff and says mine. My BIL is a grown man in his 40s. And they wonder why their girls never wanted to share when they were young, they still don't and they're 13 and 16.