Hi !l Lately, whenever it is time to stop doing something Allison (22 months) loves, she cries and cries about it. Mostly, if she has watched enough TV (Dora, in particular) and I tell her we have to be done, if it is time to stop coloring or playing play dough, or if it is time to leave the park. All things she really loves to do and just doesn't want to stop! None of them are bad things.......even though I try to limit her TV time, it is incredible what she has already learned from Elmo and now, from Dora! She is learning Spanish! She'll just recite Dora all day long!
I always try distraction by having another fun activity to do or to say, "after we eat and take a nap, then we can color more". I don't always promise more Dora if she has already watched an hour of it. I try to always keep my promises too!
So, first of all is it considered 'bribing' to constantly be 'promising' "if we do this, then we'll do this" or "if you take a nap, then we'll watch Dora after that"??? Is that a bad practice? It isn't like I am bribing her with bad things so I think it is ok. I just try to keep her focused on the next fun thing we'll be doing when it is time to stop the current one. But it seems I am constantly doing this to avoid fits and tantrums.
She really is a well behaved little girl, like I said, she just loves some of these activities so much and doesn't want to stop! She is even dreaming about Dora, and the fact that I won't let her watch it.......she'll wake up crying "more Dora, more Dora"! I feel terrible, she's dreaming about her mommy not letting her do it!
All normal? Just entering the two's? How do you handle?
Shari
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I always try distraction by having another fun activity to do or to say, "after we eat and take a nap, then we can color more". I don't always promise more Dora if she has already watched an hour of it. I try to always keep my promises too!
So, first of all is it considered 'bribing' to constantly be 'promising' "if we do this, then we'll do this" or "if you take a nap, then we'll watch Dora after that"??? Is that a bad practice? It isn't like I am bribing her with bad things so I think it is ok. I just try to keep her focused on the next fun thing we'll be doing when it is time to stop the current one. But it seems I am constantly doing this to avoid fits and tantrums.
She really is a well behaved little girl, like I said, she just loves some of these activities so much and doesn't want to stop! She is even dreaming about Dora, and the fact that I won't let her watch it.......she'll wake up crying "more Dora, more Dora"! I feel terrible, she's dreaming about her mommy not letting her do it!
All normal? Just entering the two's? How do you handle?
Shari
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