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Sharing

lewispmlewispm member
in July 2012 Moms

I know its hard to teach a 1 year old the concept of "share" but what are y'all doing to encourage sharing?

K attends MDO 3x a week with 5 babies in his class and his teacher says he gets along really well with them, but whenever I am with him, he seems to have serious issues sharing with kids his age. He tries to take their toys and throws tantrums if I intervene or give it back. He is not mean, just very set on getting the toy he wants regardless of who is playing with it.

I try to remove him from the situation and redirect him and he usually calms down in a matter of minutes, but I really want to prevent the outburst from occurring rather than just distract him from it.

Do y'all have similar issues? How do you handle it? Thanks!

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  • pinkangelmoonpinkangelmoon member
    Oy, I need some tips too.  Nobody better take Liam's little green ball or he will fight for it.  I usually try to distract them with something else, and encourage taking turns, but it doesn't always work out.  If no agreement is reached I usually end up taking the toy away, so nobody gets the toy. Mean mommy here.  This is why we have almost two of everything in this house 8-|

    I also give them a ton of praises when I see them sharing. 
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  • nesenotesnesenotes member
    Emery likes to do the pretend offering and then run when you go to accept thing to other kids. So mean. I tell her no if you offer you have to share. Don't run away. And I make her go share it. It works sometimes. Shes getting better about it. Thankfully she doesn't get upset if a toy is snatched from her by another baby.
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  • aylafsu88aylafsu88 member
    We are working on sharing.  It is hard because when LO sees a toy/stick/rock that some other kid has she wants it.  What we try to do at home is do 'pass' the item to mimic sharing.  If LO has a toy I ask her to show it to dada or bring it to mama.  When she hands it to me I hold it for a minute and then pass it back to her.  I usually say something like "thank you for sharing your toy with me."  It seems to work for the most part if we are out at the park or at someones house.  Occasionally there is something she absolutely won't share (like a girls baby doll at the park on Sat) and I have to take it from her which results in a huge meltdown.
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