3/18/08 - The World At Her Feet

Now that she can crawl, Amanda can get into almost anything that interests her. She’s started pulling on drawers and grabbing at the letter magnets on the fridge, which her big sister had carefully arranged by color.  This is rather unsettling to Eva, who has been used to playing with her toys without much interference from Amanda.  Now little sister can crawl over to explore whatever she is playing with (and try to take it from her), and Eva is getting a little possessive.  I don’t let Amanda take toys from her, but it’s harder to convince Eva not to take toys away from Amanda.  Either she fears little sister will hurt the toy in some way, or she doesn’t want her to put it into her mouth, or she’s simply convinced it’s hers, and doesn’t want Amanda anywhere near it.  Whatever the reason, sharing is a very difficult concept for toddlers to grasp, and even harder to practice.