The pool next door opened again. We also went to a BBQ at Hadar and Yiftag’s house. but on Friday, after school, we went to the indoor “frog pool”. Elliot was finally tall enough to go down the water slide! He LOVED IT!
Ellliot does not like to share his toys which I understand is normal sometimes. But he takes it really far. He will tell me he does not want to play with the other children anymore and walks away, only because he does not want to share his toys. He will say “I want to play with you, daddy” because he does not want to share. I did not know if I should do anything or try to persuade him or just let it be. I try to persuade him to share, and explain that’s one way to make friends, but don’t know if that’s the right thing to do.
So yesterday, we went to the dollar store and bought 6 water guns. Then we drove to the indoor frog pool. We started shooting each other in the pool, using just two guns. Then I started shooting a strange boy to engage him and show Elliot how to play with strangers. The boy liked it and I offered him one of our water guns. His friends also wanted to play & all of a sudden we were playing with 4 other boys for 2 hours. Just by sharing.
Afterwards, Elliot told me how much fun he had. I said, “see what can happen if you share your toys? Those boys played with us because we shared”, trying to drive it home. But he started talking about something else right away. I’m not sure if it registered. I brought it up once more in bed, before sleep, with the same outcome. I know my actions speak louder than words, so I’ll keep doing things like this with him.
