After continuously watching little bug tear the house apart night after night, I decided that I'd teach her to clean her toys up after herself. Yes, all of you experienced parents can start laughing now.
I figured I've been picking up after her for almost 16 months, so she should be ready. Plus she likes putting things into bags, so a win-win, right? Here's how it went down. Before I put little bug to bed, she had pulled everything out of the lower two shelves of our kitchen cabinet and had tossed/stacked/hidden items all over the living room and dining room. I picked up a few things and then showed little bug how she could put the paper packets of grits back in their box. She put one in and I cheered for her, so she ran and got another one, cheer, that's when she figured out how to outsmart the system.
She would put the packet of grits halfway into the box and I would prematurely cheer for her, then she'd pull the packet out and run around the kitchen island. She'd run back to me and repeat the cycle. Needless to say, the rest of the evening went the way she prefers, which is her watching as I pick up the rest of her mess.
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