My little Zo Ee is getting more demanding day by day. She is getting extremely persistent and will keep whining to get things her way; when she wants to watch her choice of VCD (some times), she wants her coloured pencils for drawing if she does see them nearby (keeping them out of her reach), she wants mummy’s attention or she wants Mummy/Daddy to read to her. She is not easily distracted from her wants anymore and will want them instantly too. “Phew! “
As for just now, she was persevering and pressing daddy to let her hold the computer’s mouse. When daddy took her away from the computer desk, she kept saying “ Mou, Mou, Mou, Mou,” and because she couldn’t reach it herself, she insisted daddy to carry her and directed daddy towards it. Once, she was at the desk with daddy, she was happily touching the mouse (mostly because she was attracted to the transparent mouse with a few led lights on it). She will repeat her whining if daddy were to take her away, not until she’s fully satisfied with her little exploration and imitation(imitating us using the mouse) of the day.
"Is it good or bad to give in to her demand?" It may not be good that we(daddy/mummy) give in to her immediately, especially if she is demanding in a bad way. Restricting her from touching a harmless object will only restrict her learning. So the best way will be to correct her way of asking, teaching her how to ask in a proper way, and supervise her little exploration with additional teaching/knowledge (what a mouse is used for or other related information about it). This is indeed the best time to give or add knowledge to her especially when she is most keen on the object/subject itself. To me, this is a good opportunity to teach, as baby will tend to listen and happily learn about thing that curious him/her.
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