10 minute glimpse

A lot of you often ask how you keep younger siblings from interfering with older siblings projects/play etc.  I think it's impossible to avoid it at all times, but there are many things we can do to hopefully make the situation go over a little more smoothly.  Here is a 10 minute glimpse into our day on how some of these things are played out.

A little background....

This morning my oldest built a fort and my middle girl had knocked it down.  I ended up setting it back up but my oldest was quite frustrated.  My middle girl also took off all the clothes on the babies... and it was close to lunch/nap time.  I knew their would be some conflict, so I started taping.

You can clearly see my oldest is frustrated and having some big feelings.  She is also pushing my middle girls buttons many times throughout the beginning (pulling her picture apart, calling her naked girl, etc.").... which kinda trickles down into how my middle girl treats my youngest.  You can see the whole mood change in the middle of the video just simply by stating what had happened and talking about it.

Typically, I would be more involved in play.... especially with my youngest instead of video taping.


The video is kinda long but I hope you find it helpful.

Ages here are 4 years, 2.5, and 14 months.

Click on link below to watch video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnFbmQN8Eg

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