Unwrapping presents
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Quinton who is 2 and a half wants to unwrap presents as soon as we wrap them.
(we havent even wrapped any of his). I just suggested we wrap up some things
from his room to put under the tree and so we are going to try that. Anyone
else have any ideas. . .he is very focused and adamant about unwrapping them,
and will continue to insist, and then have a tantrum if we dont say he can. .
. very hard to redirect. Any ideas are appreciated.
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(we havent even wrapped any of his). I just suggested we wrap up some things
from his room to put under the tree and so we are going to try that. Anyone
else have any ideas. . .he is very focused and adamant about unwrapping them,
and will continue to insist, and then have a tantrum if we dont say he can. .
. very hard to redirect. Any ideas are appreciated.
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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Jocelyn Vilter
I can totally get why a 2 year old wouldn't have the patience to "wait until
Christmas". Maybe you could not put out the presents until it's a little
closer to Christmas eve? Maybe you could find older, forgotten toys of his
to wrap, and put one of those a day under the tree for him to tackle? Maybe
you could intersperse those with a few new toys? I'd only put out one a day
though, rather than have to tell him no no no all the time. It could be
sort of like an advent calendar for him.
Jocelyn
Christmas". Maybe you could not put out the presents until it's a little
closer to Christmas eve? Maybe you could find older, forgotten toys of his
to wrap, and put one of those a day under the tree for him to tackle? Maybe
you could intersperse those with a few new toys? I'd only put out one a day
though, rather than have to tell him no no no all the time. It could be
sort of like an advent calendar for him.
Jocelyn
> From: lite2yu@...
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:02:58 EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Unwrapping presents
>
> Quinton who is 2 and a half wants to unwrap presents as soon as we wrap them.
> (we havent even wrapped any of his). I just suggested we wrap up some things
> from his room to put under the tree and so we are going to try that. Anyone
> else have any ideas. . .he is very focused and adamant about unwrapping them,
> and will continue to insist, and then have a tantrum if we dont say he can. .
> . very hard to redirect. Any ideas are appreciated.
Cindy
lite2yu@... wrote:
just too frustrating for them (or as Alex would say frusterating - that
extra syllable sums it up for him). They are 6 & 4.
I have them help me wrap gifts for others and that isn't a problem for them.
They help with the tape, they decorate the wrapping paper and make the gift
cards.
Hope that helps!
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
>We don't put out the gifts for us until Christmas Eve - it was
> Quinton who is 2 and a half wants to unwrap presents as soon as we wrap them.
> (we havent even wrapped any of his). I just suggested we wrap up some things
> from his room to put under the tree and so we are going to try that. Anyone
> else have any ideas. . .he is very focused and adamant about unwrapping them,
> and will continue to insist, and then have a tantrum if we dont say he can. .
> . very hard to redirect. Any ideas are appreciated.
>
just too frustrating for them (or as Alex would say frusterating - that
extra syllable sums it up for him). They are 6 & 4.
I have them help me wrap gifts for others and that isn't a problem for them.
They help with the tape, they decorate the wrapping paper and make the gift
cards.
Hope that helps!
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
Samantha Stopple
We celebrate Winter Solstice. So we put the presents
out the next morning which is kind of like a new year
for us...the begining of the next solar year. The
gifts represent the hope joy for the new year. When we
get gifts from friends and family they can be
unwrapped as we recieve them. The kids love to play
solstice and birthday and wrap and unwrap presents
it's lots of fun.
Does anyone rememeber liking to wrap presents as a
kid? My sis and I even helped wrap our own presents
that went under the tree. Wrapping and unwrapping
gifts is so fun. When I was little I was quite
offeneded when the gifts from Santa under the tree
weren't wrapped. I said "Santa should wrap his gifts
like everybody else!" Well he must have heard my
request because after that Santa's Gift's were
wrapped ;)
Samantha
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out the next morning which is kind of like a new year
for us...the begining of the next solar year. The
gifts represent the hope joy for the new year. When we
get gifts from friends and family they can be
unwrapped as we recieve them. The kids love to play
solstice and birthday and wrap and unwrap presents
it's lots of fun.
Does anyone rememeber liking to wrap presents as a
kid? My sis and I even helped wrap our own presents
that went under the tree. Wrapping and unwrapping
gifts is so fun. When I was little I was quite
offeneded when the gifts from Santa under the tree
weren't wrapped. I said "Santa should wrap his gifts
like everybody else!" Well he must have heard my
request because after that Santa's Gift's were
wrapped ;)
Samantha
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Send your FREE holiday greetings online!
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In a message dated 12/9/2001 4:14:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
JVilter@... writes:
maybe. . . I like those ideas. . thanks a lot. Yesterday was soooo intense
for him because we had a family thing where we were doing a Pollyanna gift
for the adults. BIL was supposed to bring things from the dollar store for
the kids (three two year olds) and of course he forgot, so the inlaws brought
one thing for each of them. The problem is they were done, and the kids
especially QUinton, was looking to unwrap the rest of the gifts under the
tree, which was totally freaking out FIL, who is a complete control freak. I
would have wrapped up a bunch of stuff for them if I had known. . . anyway. .
.needed to vent I suppose. . . .
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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JVilter@... writes:
> ? MaybeThat's what I was thinking, and getting a few things from the dollar store
> you could intersperse those with a few new toys? I'd only put out one a day
> though, rather than have to tell him no no no all the time. It could be
> sort of like an advent calendar for him.
>
maybe. . . I like those ideas. . thanks a lot. Yesterday was soooo intense
for him because we had a family thing where we were doing a Pollyanna gift
for the adults. BIL was supposed to bring things from the dollar store for
the kids (three two year olds) and of course he forgot, so the inlaws brought
one thing for each of them. The problem is they were done, and the kids
especially QUinton, was looking to unwrap the rest of the gifts under the
tree, which was totally freaking out FIL, who is a complete control freak. I
would have wrapped up a bunch of stuff for them if I had known. . . anyway. .
.needed to vent I suppose. . . .
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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In a message dated 12/9/2001 4:20:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
crma@... writes:
some others. . .and he just wants to unwrap anything. . .He loves tearing the
paper, and Papa was getting a little frustrated with just wrapping something
and then having it torn open. He is fine now. . . fascinated by his sisters
new clothes and trying them on.
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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crma@... writes:
> I have them help me wrap gifts for others and that isn't a problem for them.That's what he and his Papa were doing. . wrapping gifts for his cousins and
> They help with the tape, they decorate the wrapping paper and make the gift
> cards.
>
some others. . .and he just wants to unwrap anything. . .He loves tearing the
paper, and Papa was getting a little frustrated with just wrapping something
and then having it torn open. He is fine now. . . fascinated by his sisters
new clothes and trying them on.
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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In a message dated 12/9/01 2:49:03 PM, lite2yu@... writes:
<< He is fine now. . . fascinated by his sisters
new clothes and trying them on.
Wrap his breakfast.
Wrap his lunch.
Wrap the toilet paper up (it comes wrapped when it's new anyway, usually).
Wrap his toothbrush. When he leaves the room, wrap up his pajamas and his
pillow.
It will be so big and crazy he'll get over the urge, probably. He'll be
sated.
I did that with marty when he wanted fries daily and lots--was going through
every drive-through around, getting just their smallest pack of fries, and
excitedly zooming off to the next place. He finally said "No more fries,
mom, please."
Sandra
<< He is fine now. . . fascinated by his sisters
new clothes and trying them on.
>>Wrap his clothes every morning!
Wrap his breakfast.
Wrap his lunch.
Wrap the toilet paper up (it comes wrapped when it's new anyway, usually).
Wrap his toothbrush. When he leaves the room, wrap up his pajamas and his
pillow.
It will be so big and crazy he'll get over the urge, probably. He'll be
sated.
I did that with marty when he wanted fries daily and lots--was going through
every drive-through around, getting just their smallest pack of fries, and
excitedly zooming off to the next place. He finally said "No more fries,
mom, please."
Sandra
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In a message dated 12/9/2001 5:29:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
thanks for the suggestion!!!.
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lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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SandraDodd@... writes:
>Laughing my butt off here Sandra. . . YES!!!! Quinton will LOVE this. . .
> It will be so big and crazy he'll get over the urge, probably. He'll be
> sated.
>
thanks for the suggestion!!!.
living in abundance
lovemary
I cannot judge my own path and SELF, having the knowledge that I have chosen
to come here to experience these specific issues and grow, learn, and
Remember Who I Am.
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Nancy Wooton
on 12/9/01 1:02 PM, lite2yu@... at lite2yu@... wrote:
Christmas Eve. ;-)
We developed a tradition of not putting the gifts under the tree until
Christmas Eve, only partly because of disorganization. It kept both dogs
and children from helping themselves (my old Airedale would *eat* Christmas
presents - and tree ornaments!).
One year, when Alex was maybe 2 and Laura 5, we bought one of those small
table-top trees. I set it on a card table, then put red corrugated paper
all around the legs, so it looked like a big box. I got really wide green
ribbon at a craft store to make cross-shapes on each side, and a huge bow on
the front, so overall it looked like the tree was sitting on a present. We
then stashed all the presents inside the big box. It was a fun way to deal
with having absolutely no storage space in the house for hiding goodies, and
kept the tree out of reach of children and animals.
Nancy
> Quinton who is 2 and a half wants to unwrap presents as soon as we wrap them.Sheesh, you're efficient! If you were like me, you'd be wrapping 'em
> (we havent even wrapped any of his). I just suggested we wrap up some things
> from his room to put under the tree and so we are going to try that. Anyone
> else have any ideas. . .he is very focused and adamant about unwrapping them,
> and will continue to insist, and then have a tantrum if we dont say he can. .
> . very hard to redirect. Any ideas are appreciated.
Christmas Eve. ;-)
We developed a tradition of not putting the gifts under the tree until
Christmas Eve, only partly because of disorganization. It kept both dogs
and children from helping themselves (my old Airedale would *eat* Christmas
presents - and tree ornaments!).
One year, when Alex was maybe 2 and Laura 5, we bought one of those small
table-top trees. I set it on a card table, then put red corrugated paper
all around the legs, so it looked like a big box. I got really wide green
ribbon at a craft store to make cross-shapes on each side, and a huge bow on
the front, so overall it looked like the tree was sitting on a present. We
then stashed all the presents inside the big box. It was a fun way to deal
with having absolutely no storage space in the house for hiding goodies, and
kept the tree out of reach of children and animals.
Nancy
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In a message dated 12/9/2001 1:49:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
lite2yu@... writes:
mother-in-law handed my daughter a pile of pape. My daughter started
shredding them and making a mess (German house - tidy is a drastic
understatement - they vacuumed TWICE a day there <G>) and the MIL indicated
to me that THAT was what she'd given them to her for -- she said, "Children
NEED to tear paper."
She was a teacher of young children - didn't speak too much English and we
could not really have a conversation about this. But she was adamant that it
was absolutely good for Roya to sit and shred paper. She kept her well
supplied.
--pam
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lite2yu@... writes:
> That's what he and his Papa were doing. . wrapping gifts for his cousins andWhen my oldest was a year old we went to Germany. My husband's brother's
>
> some others. . .and he just wants to unwrap anything. . .He loves tearing
> the
> paper, and Papa was getting a little frustrated with just wrapping
> something
> and then having it torn open. He is fine now. . . fascinated by his sisters
>
> new clothes and trying them on.
mother-in-law handed my daughter a pile of pape. My daughter started
shredding them and making a mess (German house - tidy is a drastic
understatement - they vacuumed TWICE a day there <G>) and the MIL indicated
to me that THAT was what she'd given them to her for -- she said, "Children
NEED to tear paper."
She was a teacher of young children - didn't speak too much English and we
could not really have a conversation about this. But she was adamant that it
was absolutely good for Roya to sit and shred paper. She kept her well
supplied.
--pam
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Joseph Fuerst
I know I'm way behind here, but this made me smile! All my little ones
LOVE to shred paper....and as they get bigger they like to cut it into tiny
shreds.....it can be nerve wracking when there's shredded paper everywhere,
but still kind of amusing. Favi=orite shredding material for toddlers are
the shiny ads in the Sunday paper....I wonder if it's the crinkling sound
they make...?...
Susan
LOVE to shred paper....and as they get bigger they like to cut it into tiny
shreds.....it can be nerve wracking when there's shredded paper everywhere,
but still kind of amusing. Favi=orite shredding material for toddlers are
the shiny ads in the Sunday paper....I wonder if it's the crinkling sound
they make...?...
Susan
----- Original Message -----
From: <PSoroosh@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Unwrapping presents
> In a message dated 12/9/2001 1:49:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> lite2yu@... writes:
>
>
> > That's what he and his Papa were doing. . wrapping gifts for his cousins
and
> >
> > some others. . .and he just wants to unwrap anything. . .He loves
tearing
> > the
> > paper, and Papa was getting a little frustrated with just wrapping
> > something
> > and then having it torn open. He is fine now. . . fascinated by his
sisters
> >
> > new clothes and trying them on.
>
> When my oldest was a year old we went to Germany. My husband's brother's
> mother-in-law handed my daughter a pile of pape. My daughter started
> shredding them and making a mess (German house - tidy is a drastic
> understatement - they vacuumed TWICE a day there <G>) and the MIL
indicated
> to me that THAT was what she'd given them to her for -- she said,
"Children
> NEED to tear paper."
>
> She was a teacher of young children - didn't speak too much English and we
> could not really have a conversation about this. But she was adamant that
it
> was absolutely good for Roya to sit and shred paper. She kept her well
> supplied.
>
> --pam
>
>
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