I don’t understand what it is about toddlers (and maybe it’s with all children) that they must have things assigned to them. As in, this is my cup, this is my chair, this is my book, this is mine, mine, mine. Everyone has everything assigned to them. Tonight S was over here and we were outside. We have a swingset that has 3 swings. The left one S usually sits in, Emma sits in the middle and Lexi usually sits in the one on the right. Fine.
But today Lexi wanted to sit in the middle one. S got in hers but Emma would not even sit in Lexi’s on the right. She whined, "But Lexi’s in myyy swing." I say, "Emma, these swings don’t have names on them, you can swing in that one." You know, she stood there and watched S and Lexi swing instead of swinging in "Lexi’s" swing?
The girls got up and played on the slide and then made their way back to the swings. This time Lexi sat in the middle, Emma sat on the left in S’s and S would. not. swing on the one on the right. She sat there with a scowl on her face the whole time. I kept trying to explain they were missing out on swinging time by standing there and they needed to share and blah, blah, blah. I don’t get it. They would rather sit there, miss out on swinging and pout than get in "someone else’s" swing.