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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone brought their frisbee thing to our small but adequate 0-3 playground. I was there with my 18 mo-we were by ourselves initially.   I was happy when another kid showed up with his dad. In fact, I know the kid. He's threeish.  He and his dad started playing frisbee. Of course my DS was interested and once he saw them, he didn't want to go down the slides etc.  The dad wasn't particularly welcoming, and neither was the kid.  As soon as my son stopped what he was doing to watch them, the kid shrieked "no baby no baby!"  Every time my son made a move in the direction of the frisbee, I had to grab him and redirect him bc given the reaction when we LOOKED at the kid, I can't imagine the reaction if my son had actually made physical contact with the frisbee. It got especially annoying because I took him to the other side of the playground equipment (and was literally carrying up the steps to the slides because he really wasn't interested and just wanted to play with the other kid), but their frisbee kept landing near us, and I had to correct DS 2-3 times.  "Larlo is playing with that toy". "That's Larlo's toy" etc.  The only other time I experienced this was at a larger playground, and a dad brought his son and a soccer ball.  They were kicking it around, but several kids immediately asked to play, and the dad graciously made a ball game for all of them instead of just trying to play with his son.  So anyway, what's the etiquette?  I found it quite annoying that this pair showed up to a toddler playground with their own toy. We ended up leaving the playground early because it was such a hassle to keep distracting my kid from their game. [/quote]

In your shoes, I would have allowed my kid to watch the bigger kid.

Why not?? 
Your kid wants that toy? Must your kid have everything he wants??
That's what happened to Sam Ellis. He hadn't heard the simple "no" word when he was a tot like your boy.

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I don't know who Sam Ellis is. Anyway if you read my post, you will see I said no several times, told him it was the other child's toy, redirected him, and physically moved him to the other side of the play equipment. I have no issue telling my child "no". However, it was annoying to have to do it in this context (although I still did it). [/quote]

Parenting 101:
Never repeat "no" or you condition or kid to not hear you the first time.

You *need* to google Sam Ellis of North Potomac. 
He had also been conditioned by his parents to ignore the word no.

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The OP's 18 month old is going to grow up to be a drunk driver because at 18 months old he doesn't remember everything the first time? You're nuts.[/quote]

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