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This morning my 2 yo daughter and I went through a rite of passage. I call it that because I’ve gone through it with each of my munchkins. Unfortunately it’s not potty training; we’re still working on that.
It involves toy clean-up, crying, time, discipline, more tears [from both of us], and hugs at the end.
I expect my munchkins to pick up toys from a very young age, but they usually have help. It’s when I expect my child to pick up some things without help that we hit the brick wall.
With my son it was Legos, my first daughter toy dishes, and my second daughter a children’s card game. Yes, these times are still vivid in my mind - not theirs.
It’s always some toy they love to play with and scatter all over the floor [all over the floor!], by themselves. Hence the need for them to clean it up by themselves.
Let me tell you that I could pick it up by myself 3 times in the time it takes to get them to do it; but I know that once we are over this hurdle it will get easier for both of us.
It surely wrings me out!
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on Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:25 am
This is a great post, like you say you could do it yourself 3 times over in the time they take but I guess thats not the point lol
Exactly! I don’t want to pick up their toys for the next 20 years!
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Good job, Momma.
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Hang in there! One day, they’ll thank you for teaching them how to clean up after themselves.
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I truly hope so! Their future spouse might thank me too.
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Clean up time is one of my least favorite times at my house. Unless of course it’s right before nap time. Then I look forward to it because I know what’s coming next.
The thing that keeps me at it is that I love waking up in the morning to a clean floor!
on Nov 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Yes, your future daughter/sons in law will thank you. Especially the daughter in law!!!! Now, there are just a few more rites to experience before adulthood:
Clean up ~ check
Laundry ~
Cooking ~
Sewing ~
Home maintainence ~
Oh thanks - can you hear the dripping sarcasm?
on Nov 13th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Yes, we’ve been working on “helping” mommy with clean up, too. It definitely is a s-l-o-w process, but when I think of the
argumentsdiscussions my airman and I had after we first married (about where the dirty dishes, socks, and uniforms go *ahem* I promise he’s so much better about it all now!)… well, it’s a great motivator for me and any future children-in-law we may have! ;o)Arlenes last blog post..Irony
I really appreciate that my husband always puts his socks in the basket!