Jane has now learned how to say "no no no no no no no." What have we done? She doesn't quite get the "o" part down, but she changes her tone and furrows her eyebrows a bit and is very vehement. How did this all come about? We've let the food throwing on the floor thing become a bit of a battle. Our reasoning was this: we know she understands cause and effect (as evidenced by many of the games we play, her learning If Your Happy and You Know It, etc, etc). We know she understands simple commands like: Hold Still, Fold Your Arms, Clap Your Hands, Come Here, Give Me Five, Point!, No, and In Your Mouth. (She sounds a bit robotic, eh? She's definitely into that mimic thing full fledged!)
What she doesn't seem to understand is "not on the floor!" (and she doesn't understand You Can Do It when we try and encourage her to scoot and reach for a toy...it actually distracts her) She will look at the floor when we say this, even reach for the food she's dropped. But only about 30% of the time (on a good day) does saying or doing anything to stop her actually make a difference. *sigh*
Why is this such a big deal? Part of it is because I hate to clean. Part of it is I'm still pretty limited physically with the amount of physical stuff I can do. And part of it has to do with an attitude about food I want to cultivate in her.
Any brilliant suggestions?
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Marcee it comes with the territory. She will out grow it and one day you will be watching her put her own dishes in the dishwasher. If you make it a power struggle she will win. She just wants to show that she has some control and that she is independent. It doesn't last forever.
Colton LOVES to throw food on the ground. On the up side, I've read that at their age it is not a sign of disobedience, but a way for them to test their curiosity, explore, and learn. If you think about it as a way of exploring and learning then it makes it a little happier of a mess. Good luck!
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