She actually did it
M&M and Ebee are getting pretty good at trying to think of ways to distract and cheer up AJ when her brain is stuck. It doesn't necessarily work, but it's sweet to see them try.
This morning AJ was worried that something green on a bowl in the dishwasher was poison, and when accusing me of not believing her or caring about her when I didn't buy into it didn't work, she switched to crying about how Ebee never shares toys with her.
M&M tried to help AJ think of happy thoughts, while Ebee immediately ran and got several of her favorite toys to share with AJ, which rather deflated that particular escalation. Of course, then she didn't want the toys (even the one AJ had specifically said she wanted) and explained that really it was "the P-word" that she was worried about, and not Ebee's toys.
The amazing thing is that ever since I asked her to take a break from talking about poison, she has strictly avoided using the word--has said it maybe once, if that. It amazes me that she's able to do that so well.
It hasn't stopped her worrying about it, but she instantly became very good about freaking out about poison without actually saying the word. She'd be very good at that game where you have to describe things without saying a particular set of words. :)
Her brain works very well with "rules" that she can follow strictly. Now if I can figure out how to harness that to actually help her stop worrying . . .
This morning AJ was worried that something green on a bowl in the dishwasher was poison, and when accusing me of not believing her or caring about her when I didn't buy into it didn't work, she switched to crying about how Ebee never shares toys with her.
M&M tried to help AJ think of happy thoughts, while Ebee immediately ran and got several of her favorite toys to share with AJ, which rather deflated that particular escalation. Of course, then she didn't want the toys (even the one AJ had specifically said she wanted) and explained that really it was "the P-word" that she was worried about, and not Ebee's toys.
The amazing thing is that ever since I asked her to take a break from talking about poison, she has strictly avoided using the word--has said it maybe once, if that. It amazes me that she's able to do that so well.
It hasn't stopped her worrying about it, but she instantly became very good about freaking out about poison without actually saying the word. She'd be very good at that game where you have to describe things without saying a particular set of words. :)
Her brain works very well with "rules" that she can follow strictly. Now if I can figure out how to harness that to actually help her stop worrying . . .
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Posted by purple_kangaroo at 9:21 AM[Permanent link]
2 Comments:
Sweet Ebee and M&M. And fascinating. I wonder if there are rules for determining if something is poison? Maybe AJ's a scientist at heart.
Kevin, that's a good idea. DH came up with three rules for AJ to determine when she needs to worry about germs, and that helped immensely. We should think of something similar to do about poison. I think I'll make a new post about that. :)
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