tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696496724271056053.post724592315921595193..comments2023-09-28T03:06:31.614-07:00Comments on Between the Lines: Survival Gear Part IIShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038370158284663729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696496724271056053.post-56804208750179458452007-04-20T13:33:00.000-07:002007-04-20T13:33:00.000-07:00Built-in playmates, built-in adversaries - the joy...Built-in playmates, built-in adversaries - the joy of twins! My boys change by the second - best friends one minute, trying to draw blood the next. I have one who tends to be much more aggressive - he usually gets whatever he wants when it comes to stealing toys from his brother. The more timid of the two tends to just cry for a minute and then gives up and finds another toy. However, I did walk in to find my "timid" one hitting my more aggressive one this morning. This time the shoe was on the other foot and he definitely had a smile on his face while he was doing it. I try to teach the whole "sharing" issue but sometimes (shhh, don't tell), I just let them fight it out (without blood-shed, of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696496724271056053.post-87723451023151175332007-04-19T13:53:00.000-07:002007-04-19T13:53:00.000-07:00Oh, I feel like you're writing about happenings in...Oh, I feel like you're writing about happenings in my house. Thankfully we don't have very many doors in the playroom for them to fight over. We actually screwed the fishtank doors closed -- nothing we need in there anyway. <BR/>As I write this, JT is screaming because Merry Leigh took tried to knock him out of the "rocky chair." Usually we take toys away when they fight over them. Getting two of one thing doesn't help, either. We have two Elmo chairs, but they always want the one the other one has.<BR/>ML tends to bite, so letting them work it out on their own usually results in poor JT owning a new set of teethmarks on his left arm.<BR/><BR/>MeribethTeachable Momentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402201633337348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696496724271056053.post-36953123388932080192007-04-19T12:18:00.000-07:002007-04-19T12:18:00.000-07:00Not an hour passes without a fight. It makes me c...Not an hour passes without a fight. It makes me cherish those moments when they play together nicely. I have learned to stand back when they fight over a toy and let them figure it out. It is very hard, especially when you see the instigator steal the toy. In the long run they will be better off learning how to deal with such situations. I do intervene when the "violence" begins - biting, pushing, hair pulling. Distraction seems to help. Who knew this woulod start so early, but like you said...there are two in the same mindset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696496724271056053.post-76391236330311565522007-04-19T07:35:00.000-07:002007-04-19T07:35:00.000-07:00Fighting over toys is so hard....my boys are the s...Fighting over toys is so hard....my boys are the same age as yours, so we probably have no wise words, but if I am sitting there with them when they try to just take the toy away and it obviously upsets the one having it taken away, I just firmly give it back to the original owner and encourage the taker to share, knowing full well that their sweet little minds probably can't comprehend it yet, but I figure it is never too soon to start trying! :)<BR/><BR/>BeckyBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454639432087388839noreply@blogger.com