Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can teach my 2 year old daughter not to say, "Mine" every second?
I know this is normal behavior for a 2 year old, I was just needing some good suggestions.
I too have to laugh because ryan is doing that too. he will grab something and hold tightly it up under his neck and say "mine!"
we have to try not to laugh at it because he looks so funny desperatly clutching whatever it is under his chin. :o)
~ t
There are no fixes for that! If that is getting on your nerves, then your going to go nuts with "NO!" phase.
Honestly, if she didn't do it I would be worried. :)
Hello A.,
I feel your pain! My 2yo is all about the MINE! It must be the stage they are going through, terrible twos, I guess. When she does that, I calmly tell her, yes, that is yours. For example, when I put her socks and shoes on, she snatches them up and says "MINE!" I calmly tell her "yes, dear, they are your shoes and socks but mommy wants to help you put them on." If she doesn't I just tickle her feet until she gives them to me!
So point is, let her know that they are hers and she does have the right of possession for certain things, but let her know that sometimes she needs to share. If she still does it, just let it go. Its just a phase.
Good Luck!
-Leanne
If she's not sharing, then acknowledge that is her toy, but she needs to share. Remind her that her friends share their toys.
If she's taking things away from people that are not her things, take it back from her & tell her it's not hers. Then ride the wave of the tantrum telling her it's not hers. If she wants it (& can have it), then teach her the proper way to ask for it instead of grabbing it out of someone's hands.
Ok, I have no suggestions I just wanted to share a laugh with you because I have almost 25 month old twin boys and everything is "mine!" all day every day - LOL - so I'm dealing with it, too :-)
I have an in-home daycare and 3 of my kiddos are 2 right now. We started saying "Lisa's turn" when they wanted to yell no or say mine. I said, it's "M.. Mary's toy, but it's Lisa's turn" and just repeated "Lisa's turn" when she would get upset. I did this with all the kiddos and it's working great.
Maybe you could say something about yes, it's your toy. Yelling MINE sounds mean. Let's talk nice and say "X's toy" or "X's turn" or something similar.
I know how frustrating it can be when they start exerting this independence and trying to dominate!
Have fun!!!
We used to have the same problem with our daughter (now 3). I found that whenever I told her no to the word mine she would scream and yell. What we learned worked best with her was allowing her to understand that if something was her's that yes it was hers but that she should allow others to share it with her, but if it did not belong to her I would tell her who it belonged to and say that they would be nice and let her play with it or share it for a little while. Of course we started off small with her getting used to the idea of doing it with Mommy and Daddy and slowly spanned out to friends and family. Now at 3 and with a new baby on the way she enjoys sharing her stuff with everyone and has even given up some of her favorite baby toys for her upcomming baby brother.
Welcome to 2. That's all I can say. She will get through this, as will you. They aren't ready to start sharing yet. No concept of it..that comes more at 3. Then other things go bad!
D.
