Mine!

Luke has actually always been pretty good about sharing his toys. Not that he likes giving them up, but he doesn’t get upset when someone takes a toy. If he really wants it he’ll just go over and take it right back. Well, when it comes to sharing with his sister we are seeing a new “sharing dynamic”.


If our baby girl takes something Luke was playing with, Luke doesn’t cry. Instead he’ll reach over and take it back, smack his sister or simply crawl away to get some other toy. It just depends on his mood. But….if Luke takes something that his baby sister is playing with she lets out a loud howl. You would think it was the end of the world.

In this process our baby girl has learned to have a “death grip” on most toys. So when Luke comes over, there are many times that he can’t get the toy out of his sister’s hands. Many times instead of the kids crying at each other like I would expect, they tend to laugh at each other instead. I guess it is good OT for Luke as well.

Luke’s all-time favorite toy is still his Curious George monkey. He used to wrestle him around and chew on him. Now Luke will hug his monkey and when he wants to take him somewhere he’ll grab on to his monkey with his teeth and take off down the hall. This is the one toy if you take it away he will definitely let you know he is upset, crying or instant “power searching” will begin. He doesn’t like that monkey out of his sight. The monkey is Luke’s and I don’t think it will ever be his little sister’s.