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Right now my group is very young and I spend a good part of the day just changing diapers, warming milk, spoon feeding, etc. I have 6 kids total including mine (3.5, barely 2, almost 2, 10 months, 8 months, 10 weeks). Both of my 2 year olds are very babyish in that I can't trust them to do any big kid activities without careful supervision (no playdoh, no crayons, that sort of thing). There is also a lot of crying in the house but it is rarely ever just one of them. The 3 youngers all cry to sleep, not angry crying, just crying and fussing to calm down but even at 15 min. each kid, each nap thats a lot. The older 3 are going thru some small issues but added up, its a lot of whining, fussing at each other, shouts of "my turn" and the such. I already decided not to take anyone younger than my youngest DC kid because I would love to be able to actually do stuff with them and not as much of the baby caretaking of feedings and bottles and lots of naps. I am really trying to get each kid to do as much for themselves as possible for their age (like learning to hold their own bottles) but besides that I guess it is just time and patience. Anybody else have a really young group too?
Maybe off topic but one issue is that one of the 2 year olds is in therapy for delays. She is progressing well with walking (finally took a step at 18months), talking, showing independence and such. The problem is that the therapist and the mom are encouraging her to speak up for herself by using phrases like "mine", "my turn", "stop it!" and that sort of thing but she brings her new "skills" here and I all of a sudden have a slightly aggressive child on my hands. She hoards toys and just waits till someone comes by so she can shout out her new phrases whether she has been approached or not. This is shocking to me because she has always been the one that played the best with others until lately with this push from mom and therapist to use these specific words. She will walk by someone and just start swatting her hand at them until the get hit and that sort of thing. The therapist has come here before and I have seen her in action with this little one and she does encourage her to speak aggressively. If someone accidentally or on purpose takes something from this DCG, the therapist will tell her to go get it back and tell the other kid "no, thats mine!" and I don't see that as a great solution to toy snatching in the first place because of course the other kid shouts back "no mine!" and then they get in a tussel and I have to break it up. By the way, the therapist only came here 3 times and I agreed to this on a trial basis but the trial is over and she is not doing therapy here. Any thoughts on this issue?
Maybe off topic but one issue is that one of the 2 year olds is in therapy for delays. She is progressing well with walking (finally took a step at 18months), talking, showing independence and such. The problem is that the therapist and the mom are encouraging her to speak up for herself by using phrases like "mine", "my turn", "stop it!" and that sort of thing but she brings her new "skills" here and I all of a sudden have a slightly aggressive child on my hands. She hoards toys and just waits till someone comes by so she can shout out her new phrases whether she has been approached or not. This is shocking to me because she has always been the one that played the best with others until lately with this push from mom and therapist to use these specific words. She will walk by someone and just start swatting her hand at them until the get hit and that sort of thing. The therapist has come here before and I have seen her in action with this little one and she does encourage her to speak aggressively. If someone accidentally or on purpose takes something from this DCG, the therapist will tell her to go get it back and tell the other kid "no, thats mine!" and I don't see that as a great solution to toy snatching in the first place because of course the other kid shouts back "no mine!" and then they get in a tussel and I have to break it up. By the way, the therapist only came here 3 times and I agreed to this on a trial basis but the trial is over and she is not doing therapy here. Any thoughts on this issue?
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