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This morning when DCB was done with his breakfast, he got up from the table, took his napkin to the garbage can, opened the lid.... and stood there. He kept looking at my sister and me, waiting for one of us to tell him to put his napkin in the garbage, even though he clearly knew what to do. :confused:
A little background on DCB, he is 2 1/2, very smart, but DCM does everything for him. He has been in our room for months, and eats breakfast with us four days a week (throwing his own napkin out and all, every day). And he is very stubborn.
So he stood at the garbage for awhile, closed the lid, sat down next to it, opened it up again, etc, etc, all while looking back every so often to see if we were going to say anything. Once or twice, one of us said "do what you need to do and you can go play with the toys" or something like that, and he would just look back at the garbage can. He did eventually decide that was no fun and threw his napkin out, but he stood there for quite awhile. So, knowing that he knew to throw his napkin out, how long would you have let him wait before you told him what to do? Or would you have told him right away?
A little background on DCB, he is 2 1/2, very smart, but DCM does everything for him. He has been in our room for months, and eats breakfast with us four days a week (throwing his own napkin out and all, every day). And he is very stubborn.
So he stood at the garbage for awhile, closed the lid, sat down next to it, opened it up again, etc, etc, all while looking back every so often to see if we were going to say anything. Once or twice, one of us said "do what you need to do and you can go play with the toys" or something like that, and he would just look back at the garbage can. He did eventually decide that was no fun and threw his napkin out, but he stood there for quite awhile. So, knowing that he knew to throw his napkin out, how long would you have let him wait before you told him what to do? Or would you have told him right away?
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