Sharing

My boys are in a sharing phase that I hope lasts forever... they've spent the last hour trying to make each other drink their water and feeding each other cheerios. They're pretty good about sharing in general, but there's days where they're possessive and crabby wih each oterh too.. I just love the calmness of happy sharing kids today.

 

:wub: Enjoy it while it lasts! :lol: Mine will share their juice, their snacks, their lunch...just don't ask them to share toys sometimes! :lol:

 

Jen .. thats awesome ! Mine are terrific sharer's even at 6 yrs old and it sure makes life a LOT easier. One thing I tried really hard NOT to do is to interfere too much when it came to one taking a toy from another. I really thought it would be best if they handled it themselves .. and I think it worked. But whatever you are doing .. keep it up ! I hope it lasts like ours did.

 

Yeah, I am pretty slow to interfere over toy fights unless someone starts with hitting or hair pulling. I figure as they get older they'll have to learn to take turns. I do sometimes enforce turn taking. Right now I am also trying to capitalize on the sharing trend and ask them to give a toy to their brother... soemtimes it works, sometimes not. They're pretty proud of themselves when they do share though!

 

:yahoo: for sharing! that's one thing i like about having twins - they've had no choice but to come to an understanding of the concept early on. :laughing:

 

So nice to hear with the weeks I've been having that there are good days ahead . Thanks for the wonderfully positive story!!!

 

:wub: It's so awesome when they start to share and help each other out!

 

Henry tried to share goldfish tonight by shoving them into Jacob's mouth. I am not sure if the intention was good or not....

I hope the phase lasts a long time for your guys. It is a great thing.

 

I love love love sharing. My girls are pretty good about it especially with juice and food. They want me, the cat, daddy, and the new baby to have whatever it is they are eating. Pretty cute. They are also pretty good at sharing toys on their own too, but for the most part all we have to say is "share with sissy" if there begins to be an issue that pretty much resolves it.

My favorite thing is that Callahan will walk up to her sister and just take something from her and then in her sweetest voice she says "thank you". I figure as long as she is being polite about stealing toys I can't get too mad

 

That is awesome, I hope it lasts!

My guys are my only kids, and I'm not around many others, but at Christmas I noticed that they were quite a bit better about sharing than their cousins (who are singletons and older). I don't know if this is because they're twins, or because they're just superior children (KIDDING!! ), but I figure they must be getting good practice for later in life.