Helping tidy up toys? Forget it. Helping with meal preparation? oh yes!
Paige asks to help whenever I make anything. This involves pouring cereal, spreading peanut butter, putting frozen strawberries in smoothies, etc. Sometimes it is a real stretch to get her to help when it involves meat or a knife. For instance I made coconut chicken the other night and obviously did not want her to bread the raw chicken. So I got her to help "spread out" the french fries on the pan. She would not leave me alone until she could help with something. She just prances around saying "I want up up up up up!! I want to help you!!" So I just make something up that I pretend is a big help.
In the pictures above she opened up the peanut butter jar and spread globs of peanut butter on the bread and stuck the 2 halves together (yes they were cut into hearts...I copied this from my mom who would do things like that for me when I was in High School...how mortifying).
I'm happy that she is getting into the helping mode now before the baby comes. It's nice having someone pass you a towel after a shower. She likes to do things like that.
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Great start...she looks so cute sitting up there "helping". You are so right...it will be wonderful when you can get her to go into the baby's room and get something you need. Perhaps picking up the toys will come together soon. Remember though, each time you pick up toys, you need to say, come and help...to re-enforce your need. I expect that the toilet training is complete, how is that going???? Love Gramama
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