Ok, so we sat and painted pretty glittery pasta...
We put 5 pieces in.
We have had a week of lovely behaviour in the hopes of new pasta, and sobs at the idea of losing any.
Nice n visual she seems to be responding quite well.
Today - the day to swap the pasta... I had a set amount that if she had it she could have a magazine - any less and she will get something else (dunno what yet).
Complete meltdown - she doesn't want to swap her pasta... she thinks its being "taken away" and is very distressed. Tried explaining that it was like pennies and she was giving them over for a magazine and then starting afresh, but she was still quite upset (she has now agreed to put them back into the starting pot).
How do I explain this better next week when we have the same problem?? I am aware that I didn't give her enough warning that this would happen (I told her when we set it up but not since)... is there any better way of explaining it??
She is 3.6 btw.