Anonymous
Post 05/03/2013 14:26     Subject: Bsby takes toy from other baby at playdate
Anonymous wrote:My 20 month old is getting the concept of sharing now but it is something we have reinforced since he was very young. He will offer to share without being prompted and if we cue him he is pretty good at it. OP at 5 -8 months you don't need to do anything. By 10-12 months you can start to reinforce it by talking through what you are doing and explaining how sharing works. For us by 15 months we were actively supporting sharing behavior - reminding him what to do, modeling it, and having him go through the steps. As I said he has caught on himself in the last month or so and you can see that he gets the concept. He is a pretty socially attuned child though in general and based on what others have said, he may be on the early side to grasp this.



You have a happy-to-please 20 month old. They can all be like that. Your child is not "sharing" yet. He barely understands a toy is his.
Wait another 2 years. Then post.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2013 13:11     Subject: Bsby takes toy from other baby at playdate
Anonymous wrote:Okay, great! I don't have to worry about it right now. Thanks for the feedback. This wasn't even on my radar, and then some judgmental comments on here to someone else's situation made me wonder if I was ignoring something I should be paying attention to.

Yeah, 11:56--I don't want to be that mom!


Don't judge social norms by the inane rantings of people on DCUM, OP. That's the best advice I can give you.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2013 13:04     Subject: Bsby takes toy from other baby at playdate
Okay, great! I don't have to worry about it right now. Thanks for the feedback. This wasn't even on my radar, and then some judgmental comments on here to someone else's situation made me wonder if I was ignoring something I should be paying attention to.

Yeah, 11:56--I don't want to be that mom!