Sharing is Caring

Top 5 Signs My Toddler Understands the Concept of Sharing:
5. He empties out his toy basket and brings them all over to me, stacks them on and around me, thus creating his own live toy box.
4. He insists that I have a sip from his sippy. As in he shoves the spout into my mouth.
3. He takes off his fully saturated pull-up and gives it to me for disposal.
2. He offers the baby his paci, strokes/pats his head in the stroller or in their car seats, and "borrows" his rattles/toys.
And the number 1 example of sharing:
1. He takes a sip of water from his sippy, spits it into his play cup, and then pours it into my water glass.

This last demonstration occurred this morning. We went for a run and when we got home, I strapped the baby into his highchair for his routine smorgasbord of rice cereal. Before getting started, I poured myself a glass of water and placed it just out of reach of the baby (but clearly not out of reach of the toddler) on the highchair tray. Over walks the toddler. In a flash, I see him take a sip and then spit it in the cup. As I reprimand him for spitting anything other than his toothpaste, he pours it into my glass. Now I know I've been a mom a long time because I actually contimplated drinking the water anyway. I figured it wasn't in his mouth that long. But even I couldn't stomach the idea. So after the baby chowed down on his man sized portion of Gerber goodiness, I got some fresh water---in the same glass.

And I thought just days ago that my children were selfish...