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Now
that my youngest son is eight-and-a-half months, I'm starting to get impatient. I want him to start playing with his
big brother and give me little peace already! But, coincidentally, three-and-a-half seems to be an age that carries a
lot of need for having mom - and his toys - to himself. Or maybe it's just Everett?
Today I've been hanging out in
Everett's room with the two of them, and I've been spending a lot of time negotiating. "Everett, can you please
let Truman play with just one of your pieces of toy food?" I'll ask (with the emphatic "no" as a
response). "Well, then, Truman, why don't you play with all these great baby toys!" I'll say, pulling Truman
away from the oh-so-precious toy kitchen. "Truman, please put down your brother's hot dog!"
I've
been minorly successful in getting them to play "together." Everett will throw a ball to Truman and giggle
uproariously when he crawls after it (unless, that is, the ball has been designated as "special" for the
moment). And the physical play is hilarious, although it devolves quickly into terror (Everett most likes to tickle
Truman by shaking his head on his tummy, a lot funny and a little frightening).
When do siblings start playing together? I vaguely remember friends telling me that their boys started playing together when the youngest was 18 months... and that's a long way off. I'm eager for Everett to let go of his possessiveness and Truman to stop having to put everything in his mouth. I'm eager for them to enjoy each others' company with fewer mediations from mama. I'm very much looking forward to the brothers' relationship changing from abstract and silly to tangible and fun. Any thoughts on when that will happen?
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1-11-2006 @ 5:54PM
Susan said...I wondered the same thing for a long time. My sons just turned two and five and they are only now really playing together. It became easier for them to play together when my two year old started to talk. Till now, any playing together required a LOT of parent mediation.
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1-11-2006 @ 7:07PM
Melissa said...My oldest is 4 and we are in constant battle over this. My youngest is 18 mo. and wants to play with anything that is in her sister’s hand and especially if it is her sister’s toy. My oldest is convinced that her toys are hers and only hers and that she should get to play with her sister’s toys as well, when ever she likes, without sharing. This has been really bad since Christmas. I say "Maya, that toy is Nata's, so you have to let her have it, since you won't let her touch yours", at least 6 times a day. And that is sad, since my kids spend all week days in daycare. Oh well, soon Nata will get old enough to be able to tell her sister what she thinks. Actually that won't be any better. I will probably have this problem with them until they move out. It will just be about different things.
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1-11-2006 @ 8:14PM
suburban misfit said...I think it depends on the kids involved.
My son was enamored with his sister from the moment we found out I was carrying a girl. They've been best friends since she was cognizant of another human being (her first smile was directed toward him, he made her laugh first, etc.). They are three years and two months apart in age.
They've been playing "together" since she was about 8 or 9 months old, and by "together" I mean that she'd play with her toys next to him while he played with his stuff. And if she grabbed something, he'd just let her have it. Rarely anything was labeled off-limits.
They're 8 and 5 now and are playing Polly Pockets together as I type! Before that they were playing with Lego.
I'm just really, really, really lucky.
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