first sign of terrible two

pistoy had some sort of a meltdown last Saturday (11/17), while we were at a surprise bday part for my sis-in-law's dad.

jecobie didn't take a nap that afternoon, so he was already cranky to begin with at around 5pm (when the party started). we know it's only a matter of time before he'd explode.hehehe!

our nephew jude, was solving puzzles sa ipad nya. jecobie wants to do it too! nakikipindot! so i took out my kindle fire and loaded an animal puzzles app. while jecobie is solving a puzzle, jude joined in. pistoy suddenly screamed, held on to the kindle, and tried his best para hindi makahawak si jude. medyo hindi naiintindihan ni jude ang "no", so para kaming umaawat sa sabong. hehehe! jude keeps poking on the tablet, pistoy keeps screaming "no" (more like "wo" pa nga). pistoy finally cried buckets, and kuya pete finally subdued jude.

of course, there's a million suggestions from everybody around the table on what we have to do. i think i was more stressed by the comments from other people, than actually dealing with pistoy's meltdown. =P

we know at some point, this is going to happen. pistoy will meet a playmate who will not respect his ownership of things. welcome to the real world anak. =P in this jungle, even if you own something, it doesn't mean other people won't try to take it away from you. =P

at home, we're teaching pistoy how to share and take turns. he really is at that stage where everything is his. he used to cry when we play with (even just touch actually!) the toy train we bought him. we would say "share"... then say "pistoy's turn" and let him play. then we'll say "mommy's turn" and i'll touch the train for a very brief moment. when it's "pistoy's turn", i won't touch the toy. after around a dozen rounds, he finally got the concept.

the problem with the situation last saturday was, even when we're saying it's "pistoy's turn", jude was touching the toy. *lol* so maybe in jecobie's mind, "hey, that's not fair! it's my turn!". so when we're saying it's "jude's turn", pistoy won't let the kindle go. it wasn't really the perfect application of the "lessons" we were trying to teach him.

anyway, since then, jecobie would shout "wo!" when he doesn't want to do something. it's irritating! we try to pick our battles, but maybe it's time to bring out the stick. =P (or clear up the corner, in case we're just doing timeouts for now).

*sigh* this is another thing. i don't like punishing. but anyway, we gotta do what we gotta do.

so je and i had a brief talk that maybe next year, we need to enroll pistoy sa isang playcenter or something, so he can break into the social aspect of play. most of the time, he's ok when he's playing with grown-ups. he would even initiate by bringing his toys to them.

for now, the best we can do is bring him to playgrounds and parks where a lot of kids are also playing.

Lord help us! =)