on the other hand, there is one reason this phone has caused contention in my life. enter owen. owen loves looking at the pictures and videos on my phone and with no help from myself or ryan has learned how to easily find and play angry birds all on his own--he's not even 2! here's where the problem lies: whenever owen gets even a glimpse of my phone he thinks he should have it. he doesn't just ask for it, but immediately whines and screams for it. i hate it. i'm especially aware of it when we're in public, the grocery store for example. my mom called real quick when we were at the grocery store yesterday and i could hardly hear and talk to her because owen was grabbing and whining so much. or, i pulled it out to check a small grocery list i had put on my phone. i couldn't even look at it because owen was grabbing at it and screaming so much.
now, i'm not opposed to owen enjoying my phone here and there. in fact, i love that he loves looking through the pictures and videos and i think it's a fun thing for him here and there. but, i am opposed to him thinking he owns it and should be able to use it whenever he wants. and, even more so, i am opposed to entertaining my child with electronics all the time.
maybe it sounds silly, but it really is a thorn in my side right now. he asks for it all the time but gets upset when i tell him no. i'm trying to figure out how to teach a toddler who has no sense of reasoning a balance. i feel like i never let him use it as entertainment now because i don't like how he acts when it's time to put it away (same screaming and whining) and yet it seems like he flips a lid when he sees it because it's such a novelty.
any thoughts? i'm actually very serious in looking for suggestions. tell me what you do. i don't like this love/hate relationship.
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Oh. My. Heck@! I have the exact same problem--except I have TWO kids fighting over my iPhone! I'm glad it has stuff that can entertain them, but when I need it (at the store, at church for scriptures) and they want it, it freaks me out! Just yesterday I said, "I wish you guys realized this phone is MINE and not YOURS!" Ha ha, I guess we'll continue with our love/hate relationship! Let me know if you get any fabulous feedback I can use!
Yup. We've got the same problem over here. Except my 2 boys to have an old iPod that is technically 'their iPod'. But they don't want that one. They want mine. Spencer is a maniac.
I don't know the solution... this new generation of kids... good grief!
i NEVER let O play with my phone. Ben lets her all the time and thus, she whines also....i hate it, so she knows that she is NOT TO TOUCH my phone!!! i only let her look at it when i have it in my hand. she can't touch. seems to do well for me. as for ben, he is always having a problem with it, and when she breaks it....oh well! :)
We have the same prob with the ipad--Lucy thinks it belongs to her. I am still old school and have my free flip phone, but Andrew has the iphone and yes, we just have to repeatedly tell her that it's not her turn or that daddy has something important to do on it. She does have one of my old phones to play with at the house that I even charge up for her to play with. No easy answer at this age though--good luck!
Nate used to want to play with mine just as much, but over time, it's worn off. He still loves to from time to time, but he doesn't care as much. Maybe that will happen with Owen?
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