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I can't eat the Heart Cereal!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 115240" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Totoro,</p><p></p><p>I went through the literal interpretation thing with difficult child. When he was about 3 we were walking through the grocery store. He pointed to a box of chocolate chip cookies and asked me (loudly, of course) why they had famous "body parts" in them. Of course, he did NOT use body parts, he yelled ANUS. He pestered me for the entire day about exactly what famous person died and let his body part be used for cookies.</p><p></p><p>It took a LONG time to get him through this. It did give me a stash of chocolate he avoided like the plague though.</p><p></p><p>OK. Hope you got a chuckle, sounds like you needed one. </p><p></p><p>I do totally know what it is like to have a child want to go into a book to get away from us mean people. difficult child was SO like this. But, to a certain extent so was I. I still remember being frustrated that I couldn't have sleepovers with Dorrie the Good Witch. (Only title I can remember is Dorie and the Pin Witch, but there were lots)</p><p></p><p>Maybe if you explained the hearts are just made to LOOK like animals, the way a sugar cookie cut out to be a bell doesn't really ring, to help find healthy ways to help live animals? Does this make sense, or just to me? We often worked this way with difficult child.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It never ceases to amaze me when docs think we should not have input, and the sense to know when something is wrong with our children. Or ourselves. </p><p></p><p>If at some point you want to put a Lion on the wall, my mom had a great technique for this. She used an overhead projector to put a picture of a wooly mammoth on the wall of our den when I was a kid. She made a transparency and then projected the image to do the pencil outline. Took a long time to paint (I was maybe 4 and wanted to help SOOOOOO badly! Poor mom!) mostly because my dad was working 2 jobs and I wasn't in school. Anyway, after you get all settled (not sure if you are planning to move or not), this can be a GREAT way to do inexpensive murals. Esp if you have my level of drawing/painting ability, which is none.</p><p></p><p>I hope you get a break today. </p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 115240, member: 1233"] Totoro, I went through the literal interpretation thing with difficult child. When he was about 3 we were walking through the grocery store. He pointed to a box of chocolate chip cookies and asked me (loudly, of course) why they had famous "body parts" in them. Of course, he did NOT use body parts, he yelled ANUS. He pestered me for the entire day about exactly what famous person died and let his body part be used for cookies. It took a LONG time to get him through this. It did give me a stash of chocolate he avoided like the plague though. OK. Hope you got a chuckle, sounds like you needed one. I do totally know what it is like to have a child want to go into a book to get away from us mean people. difficult child was SO like this. But, to a certain extent so was I. I still remember being frustrated that I couldn't have sleepovers with Dorrie the Good Witch. (Only title I can remember is Dorie and the Pin Witch, but there were lots) Maybe if you explained the hearts are just made to LOOK like animals, the way a sugar cookie cut out to be a bell doesn't really ring, to help find healthy ways to help live animals? Does this make sense, or just to me? We often worked this way with difficult child. It never ceases to amaze me when docs think we should not have input, and the sense to know when something is wrong with our children. Or ourselves. If at some point you want to put a Lion on the wall, my mom had a great technique for this. She used an overhead projector to put a picture of a wooly mammoth on the wall of our den when I was a kid. She made a transparency and then projected the image to do the pencil outline. Took a long time to paint (I was maybe 4 and wanted to help SOOOOOO badly! Poor mom!) mostly because my dad was working 2 jobs and I wasn't in school. Anyway, after you get all settled (not sure if you are planning to move or not), this can be a GREAT way to do inexpensive murals. Esp if you have my level of drawing/painting ability, which is none. I hope you get a break today. Hugs, Susie [/QUOTE]
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