I'm feeling very deflated after plucking up the courage to go to my firstmother and toddler group in 4 months...
Since ds was about 18 months he has had BIG issues about sharing car toys. Fine with sharing anything else... So today we arrive at a new group where we immediately spied the ultimate nemesis: the little tikes ride-in car thingy.
It was unoccupied and ds spent the first 20 mins jealously driving it around. Evidently he forgot himself and was distracted by the toy kitchen, so another child hopped in. Queue 30 mins screaming and sobbing. I took him to another room immediately to calm down and tried to explain repeatedly that when we went back in if another child was playing with it he would have to wait and take turns, this only served to escalate the screams!
As it was the first time we had been to the group I was feeling VERY unsupported so issued a 10 min warning to calm down or we would have to go home. This had no effect so in the end, we left.
I was hoping this was a phase and after our break over the summer he may have got over it, esp as he is sharing quite well with his cousin now.
I don't know whether we should go back next week because I know it will happen all over again, and woah betide we get there and someone else is already in the car... I'm not sure if repeated exposure will desensitize him so to speak, or if we should find another playgroup. I'm terrified of packing him off to nursery next year with this unresolved and him having learnt new aggressive behaviours to get his own way while I'm not there to referee!! Help!!
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Ground swallow me up - mother and toddler group hell with 2.8 ds
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redclover79 · 16/11/2006 15:47
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