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June 2012 Moms
alizabethanne
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Would you be annoyed...
alizabethanne
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If a friends LO kept taking away and drinking your LOs bottles and sippy cups?
Maybe I am overreacting, but it keeps happening when we hang out with another couple and their DD, who is 7 months older. I have expressed to them that I don't like it (maybe too nicely?)...but its just met with with "Oh its ok... we don't mind if she drinks formula." My DD still eats every 2-3 hours so its almost unavoidable that I have to feed her while we all spend time together. I just don't feel right telling someone else's kid "no" when their parents basically are saying "Yes" to the behaviour.
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Re: Would you be annoyed...
Hmmm.... tricky one!
Me personally, I've never had trouble telling other people's kids "no". It's the teacher in me, I guess...and I've been around kids my whole life.
Could you try saying something to the little girl like "ooo I'm sorry sweetie, but LO needs to drink all of her bottle so she can get big an strong like you! So please don't drink it, as it's hers!"
That way you aren't saying "NO" exactly. Good luck!
BFP: 10/27/2011 | EDD: 6/30/12
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If the child tries to take your LO's bottle, just say "that's LO's bottle" if you're uncomfortable saying no. I would also try not to set it down on the table. Hold onto it or put it away when you're not using it.
Also try not to use sippy cups in this situation because I'm guessing your LO drops it and that's when the other kid grabs it.
Yes exactly! DD is trying to hold her own bottle and learn to use a sippy and the other LO comes up and takes it away. Then I am stuck trying to decide if I should pull it out of the other kids hand. I have tried to leave it for her parents to do but they think its cute. This also only happens at our house. When we are out I can tuck them back into my diaper bag.
First we had eachother.5.27.11
Then we had you.6.16.12
Now we have everything.
This.
We are friends with a couple whos son does this to DS all the time (he also steals toys and pinches) and they don't do anything to stop him. I used to have to tell him "No thanks, thats not yours." Or "don't pinch him, that hurts the baby" all the time. Now its less frequent, I think he's starting to catch on.
Thanks everyone. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overreacting.
I will just have to confront the parents in a more forward way and tell the kid no myself. Its just annoying to have to tell people something that should be a no brainer. They just dont get it.
For our playgroups, sippies get passed around between the toddlers. It is what it is when you have 8-15 kids playing. Usually we all try to keep the kids to the right sippies but sometimes it doesn't work. Bottles are a different story. Formula is expensive and to have another kid taking it would drive me a little crazy.