As Mihaela, Noah and I were playing this morning (Saturdays are mommy's morning off where I let her sleep in and I get up and take care of the kids), Noah was playing with a toy. When Mihaela saw it, she wanted it and took it away from him. I immediately took it away from her, gave it back to Noah, and instructed Mihaela that she had to share and Noah was playing with it first and she had to wait until he was done playing with it, blah-blah-blah.
Mihaela then went and got another toy out of Noah's toy box, brought it over to Noah and offered it to him. When he grabbed for the new toy he had to put the toy Mihaela wanted down. She quickly gave up the new toy and grabbed the one she wanted now that Noah wasn't playing with it.
Who would've guessed that a 22 month old could develop a plan that consists of redirecting her brother's attention to another toy and then execute it so brillantly. As a father I was both amazed at her ingenitity and resourcefulness and saddened by her selfishness.
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I will defend miss Mihaela. I don't see the selfishness. I think it is splendid to offer a more attractive object for the oppurtunity to exploit HIS SELFISH NATURE in order the get the object he now felt was passe in light of her new offering.
I say... Yay Mihaela
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