Comments on: Solid Food! http://www.baby-place.com/blog/2006/03/02/solid-food/ Cool Items and Must Haves for The New MOM or MOM to be. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Esther http://www.baby-place.com/blog/2006/03/02/solid-food/#comment-6 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:52:58 +0000 http://www.baby-place.com/blog/2006/03/02/solid-food/#comment-6 Great idea - also makes it harder for him to grab your shirt and make you need a bath if he's still strapped in! I found that when my daughter started taking her toys away from friends at that age it helped to suggest BEFORE the friend came that she put aside certain toys she did not want to share and put them in a side room. Not having to put favorite toys "at risk" when a friend came over seemed to make it easier to share the rest. Sometimes they just want to know they are still in control, even though they temporarily have to give this up to enjoy having a friend over. Good luck! Great idea - also makes it harder for him to grab your shirt and make you need a bath if he’s still strapped in!

I found that when my daughter started taking her toys away from friends at that age it helped to suggest BEFORE the friend came that she put aside certain toys she did not want to share and put them in a side room.

Not having to put favorite toys “at risk” when a friend came over seemed to make it easier to share the rest. Sometimes they just want to know they are still in control, even though they temporarily have to give this up to enjoy having a friend over.

Good luck!

]]> by: Sam http://www.baby-place.com/blog/2006/03/02/solid-food/#comment-5 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:06:24 +0000 http://www.baby-place.com/blog/2006/03/02/solid-food/#comment-5 Hey, that bathtub idea is a pretty good one! I will have to try that. Maybe you could strap him in and put him in the bathtub *before* he starts eating... Regarding your daughter, that hand-slapping is pretty risky. You are teaching her that violence is an appropriate way of solving problems. Your "solution" might be worse than the original problem. I have found that children don't learn serious self-control until the age of 4 or so. It is hard for her to resist! So do as I do and take a deep breath and say to yourself "she is only 2" and keep looking for a constructive solution. Hey, that bathtub idea is a pretty good one! I will have to try that. Maybe you could strap him in and put him in the bathtub *before* he starts eating…

Regarding your daughter, that hand-slapping is pretty risky. You are teaching her that violence is an appropriate way of solving problems. Your “solution” might be worse than the original problem.

I have found that children don’t learn serious self-control until the age of 4 or so. It is hard for her to resist! So do as I do and take a deep breath and say to yourself “she is only 2″ and keep looking for a constructive solution.

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