I just have to share it. I could keep it and patent it but I am not selfish nor greedy. Here is how to entertain an 18 month old toddler.
- Give the said child a dozen green grapes fully aware that she will NOT eat them.
- Once the child has satisfactorily scattered them all over the dining room floor, then suggest that "maybe the cat would like to eat some grapes?"
- Then sit back with your cup of tea and enjoy a good quiet 10 minutes or so as the following happens. The child will then gather all the grapes, two at a time (one in each hand) and put them in a small pile in front of the cat. Once all the grapes are in the same pile (remember this will take at least 6 trips due to only carrying 1 in each hand), the cat will then take its cue and get up and walk away approximately 1.5 metres and sit down again.
-This simple move is enough for the whole process to begin again - remember - this is EXACTLY what you want - a time waster.
- This could continue for at least 5 or 6 rotations, depending on the patience of both the cat and the toddler.
- Below is an example of the subject toddler adding another element to the mix - a juice bottle.
- this particular toddler has also shown her ability to improvise, demonstrating the beginning of the 'choke hold' grip that is so popular amongst her peers. This photo, incidently was taking during the last of 5 rotations of this entertainment ploy, with both participants demonstrating their unwillingness to continue with the excercise.
Go Forth and Entertain!
How cute, Mia and Brie usually are quiet for that amount of time if they know their doing something wrong LOL.
About your comment on how do I get LO's & Pav's made they help!!! Mia sits in the room and cuts paper and Brie just crawls around touching things she shouldn't....
Posted by: Amie Taylor | March 20, 2007 at 08:12 PM
Very, very funny! You have a knack for humourous writing.
Posted by: nic | March 21, 2007 at 06:43 AM
i wish the cat could have eaten at least 1 grape or maybe had a sip of juice or even played with the bloody plastic 'T'. what does a girl have to do?
Posted by: cousin k | March 22, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Pussy didnt like the letter "T" I take it???? Our poor cat is called Sasha-Bubbles and it gets dressed up and shoved into prams and all sorts of things like plastic letter "T"'s thrown at it, these cats just dont realise how much they are loved!
PS: cats dont like it when their whiskers are "trimmed" by toddlers either!
Posted by: Leah-in-the-kia | March 22, 2007 at 09:13 PM
how do I send you my layout photo Jen?
Posted by: lisavc | March 23, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Grapes should be cut in half for a child this age. The are very dangerous if a child accidently shallows them, because the oesophagus is approximately the same size has the grapes. They would be stuck and the child could die.
Posted by: grandma | July 11, 2008 at 04:50 AM
I'm with you grandma! And what about that letter 'T', the poor child could choke to death on that, you know how everything goes in a toddlers mouth. AND worse still, what about having the cat inside with the toddler -What if that poor little girl goes to sleep and that cat curled up and went to sleep on her face. Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. That'd never happen in 'my day'. At least we knew how to look after our kids. Our kids learnt to ride bikes without helmets and travel in cars without seatbelts but at least we knew how to care for our kids.
Oh sorry, just about finished my rant when it dawned upon me that She knew her toddler would NOT eat the grapes...what a waste of good food! TSK, Tsk, tsk.
Posted by: GRANDpa | July 23, 2008 at 08:49 PM