My eldest child was a pretty amicable sharer, most of the time until her little sister came along and then all bets were off. She would only show interest in something once her sister’s little mits were clenched around it. And then all of a sudden, a desperate need to possess said thing would take hold of her and she would not be able to contain herself until she got it.
It would have been easy to let the bigger (slightly noisier) kidlet to get her way because the littler one was so easy going that she really didn’t seem to mind. But I didn’t. I made sure she knew that anything that her sister happened to be holding wasn’t automatically fair game. And now I’m glad that I did because the little one isn’t so quiet anymore and she’s starting to protest when things are taken away from her. I’d rather not have two protesting children at once if I can possibly help it.
So when I was sent this Giggles Push Along Hippo from Colorific, I had concerns. Because it is just the kind of thing that the big girl would be all over like a rash.
But it’s also something that Piper loves. She’s still crawling so she can push it along and all the wheels spin and it doesn’t roll away from her too fast. It’s a great crawling toy. And being a bit retro, I love toys made out of wood instead of plastic. Riley surprised me though, she showed Piper how to play with it. She decorated it with Christmas stickers, and occasionally she also plays with it. But whenever Piper wants to play with it, she hands it over quickly. I like to think that I’m doing something right, because it helps me sleep at night.
Riley wasn’t totally left out though, Colorific also sent her some Crystal Sparkle Body Art
She loves fake tattoos. Or too-toos as she calls them. It’s possible that this presents softened the blow of the whole hippo situation and it had absolutely nothing to do with my parenting skills. I choose not to think about that too hard.
Disclosure: I was sent these items to review. All opinions are my own.