Over the last couple of days, we have witnessed Vivian combatting Gavin's rudeness with a little of her own.
Example one:
- Gavin crawled up to Vivian to take her toy as usual. He got up to her, grabbed her toy, and began to crawl away. Vivian then smacked him in the face. Hard. We're not sure if she meant to actually hurt him or if she was just trying to grab the toy back, but she was not going to be bullied anymore. Gavin cried and cried after being hit.
Example two:
- Gavin crawled up to Vivian and sat next to her. He didn't try to take her toys this time. Instead, he just sat VERY close to her and played with the toys she was playing with (but he didn't take them). She looked at him, screamed, and pushed him over with both hands. Gavin fell over and cried.
I'm not sure how you teach 8-month-olds how to share or how to be nice or how to not hit one another, but we should probably figure something out soon or we could have two kids with two black eyes if this persists.
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2 comments:
hmmm, from what I remember of E with others at that age (and just getting annoyed with not getting what she wanted in general) the best approach for us was intervening and distracting. i'd also say constantly demonstrating asking for a toy, and giving it to her, and helping her "give" a toy to gavin -- making up a game of taking turns (even though the turns are just a second long). it will take a long time but i imagine they will eventually mirror you to some extent. does that sound like a naive mother of one's answer?
love the advice ashley!
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