Comments on: How Madison plays

By: dawn, aka cuddly, aka mushmush

dawn, aka cuddly, aka mushmush — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:50:33 +0000

hey, isnt that the wonderful amazing grace?

i love that character.

By: chanie

chanie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:14:33 +0000

love this post since my kids are like this too - we have a whole bookcase full of ‘junk’ outside for making things out of and using as toys. my daughter recently make herself a dollhouse out of old boxes, other throwaway stuff, and magazine clippings (i know the crafty stuff is slightly different, but it shows a willingness to look at things in different ways, i think)

and - thanks for linking to the gun post. i think my feelings are even more complicated, living where i do; extremely difficult to have a gentle boy in this ‘macho’ society. (i could write much more about this)

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:09:23 +0000

Oh, update on our gun situation - we got squirt guns, he played with them for two days and now has no interest. Typical!

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:08:37 +0000

Jamie was a little like Noah when he was younger, and still gets anxious about doing new things “right.” But yeah, I’ve had to pull back from being too bossy about Jamie’s play. I’ve also realized that he is more willing to try something if I’m not standing right there. If I’m around, he’ll make me do the puzzle, but if I leave the room and come back ten minutes later it’s done without my help. We’ve been moving a lot more toys up to his room and lately he goes in there and shuts the door and does his own thing for ages. It’s a neat development.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:46:27 +0000

Really great post- as was the post about Noah from 2002! I really got a lot out of reading that. with Wendell at 3, we’re not quite there yet, but i can see it coming..