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laken256
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How do your kids get along? Moms of 2
laken256
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I'm usually on the dec 11 board, but moms of 2 seem to be mostly MIA over there, so I hope you don't mind me asking this here!
I have a 3 yr old and an 18 month old who are best friends at home. They play together great, spending hours in their toy room laughing and wrestling and having a big time. One is never without the other and if one gets gummies or whatever, they immediately share with the other before I can even get more out.
If I take them anywhere, even to my mom's or grandma's house who babysit while I work, they fight constantly. They spend a lot of time at those particular places, so I wouldn't think it would warrant the 'new place and people' type behavior. But they push and fight and refuse to share and spend the vast majority of time crying or upset bc the other one touched them or played with a toy, etc. Its miserable to take them anywhere bc I spend the time breaking up fights, and I feel sorry for my mom and grandma who deal with this behavior the whole time I'm at work. I've even had people ask if they ever get along? And when I say they are best buds at home, they look at me with a 'you have to be joking' smirk.
Any ideas what's going on? I know in new places with new things, this could happen, but they spend as much time at my mom and grandma's house as our own! I'm just hoping someone can give me some insight or ways to help stop this. It's like they hate each other anywhere else besides our house!
I have a 3 yr old and an 18 month old who are best friends at home. They play together great, spending hours in their toy room laughing and wrestling and having a big time. One is never without the other and if one gets gummies or whatever, they immediately share with the other before I can even get more out.
If I take them anywhere, even to my mom's or grandma's house who babysit while I work, they fight constantly. They spend a lot of time at those particular places, so I wouldn't think it would warrant the 'new place and people' type behavior. But they push and fight and refuse to share and spend the vast majority of time crying or upset bc the other one touched them or played with a toy, etc. Its miserable to take them anywhere bc I spend the time breaking up fights, and I feel sorry for my mom and grandma who deal with this behavior the whole time I'm at work. I've even had people ask if they ever get along? And when I say they are best buds at home, they look at me with a 'you have to be joking' smirk.
Any ideas what's going on? I know in new places with new things, this could happen, but they spend as much time at my mom and grandma's house as our own! I'm just hoping someone can give me some insight or ways to help stop this. It's like they hate each other anywhere else besides our house!
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Re: How do your kids get along? Moms of 2
Oh man. I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 16 month old and they are only just barely beginning to play together. For the most part my DD takes anything DS has and 'plays' far too rough with him. Though the last time I fussed at her for sitting on him she turned and looked at me and said "why, he likes it" and sure enough I then saw him smiling :-/
ETA: Mine usually play better when out because they are both distracted or they have different friends to play with or what ever.