To have a 1 year old play in the playroom by herself for about 10/15 minutes at the end of the day?
She's the last one out, and I usually start dinner. Until recently, she was content to sit in an excersaucer or chair nearby and do puzzles or something. Lately, she gets really crabby about it, so I've been putting her on the other side of the gate. Now she's hysterical. She has a room full of toys, but wants OUT. She's already had snack, so I am not going the crackers route. Besides, when she goes home, they have to either tag-team (dad cooks!) or go the crackers-in-the-highchair route. She'd be so full of crackers she wouldn't eat dinner.
She cannot be out, because she pulls everything out of cabinets, climbs things, tears things down, etc. She'd climb up the oven like a hamster.
So, I've been caving and going in there to play with her then getting her coat and shoes on just before arrival (this is pretty new behavior, and I haven't decided whether or not I'm being reasonable, which is where you come in). I really would like her to play independently for 10 minutes or so.
She'll be a year on Monday, btw.
Also: I accidently hit post before I was ready, so I went back and rewrote some of this. Sorry if that's confusing to anyone.
She's the last one out, and I usually start dinner. Until recently, she was content to sit in an excersaucer or chair nearby and do puzzles or something. Lately, she gets really crabby about it, so I've been putting her on the other side of the gate. Now she's hysterical. She has a room full of toys, but wants OUT. She's already had snack, so I am not going the crackers route. Besides, when she goes home, they have to either tag-team (dad cooks!) or go the crackers-in-the-highchair route. She'd be so full of crackers she wouldn't eat dinner.
She cannot be out, because she pulls everything out of cabinets, climbs things, tears things down, etc. She'd climb up the oven like a hamster.
So, I've been caving and going in there to play with her then getting her coat and shoes on just before arrival (this is pretty new behavior, and I haven't decided whether or not I'm being reasonable, which is where you come in). I really would like her to play independently for 10 minutes or so.
She'll be a year on Monday, btw.
Also: I accidently hit post before I was ready, so I went back and rewrote some of this. Sorry if that's confusing to anyone.
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