Many moons ago, when M son was 2 1/2, I took him food shopping and the store had a “toys and gifts” aisle, because Christmas was just around the corner, and there were stuffed animals on the shelves.. and my son spotted one and asked for it… and I told him that I couldn’t buy it, but he could hold it while I did my food shopping and we would then return it to the shelf… so I finished and went back to the stuffed animal shelf, and told him we had to put it back now… and he didn’t cry or yell or carry on about returning it, but just looked at me with those sad eyes, and said, “But Mommy, me LOVE him”….. and I suppose you can guess what I did….
Many moons ago, when M son was 2 1/2, I took him food shopping and the store had a “toys and gifts” aisle, because Christmas was just around the corner, and there were stuffed animals on the shelves.. and my son spotted one and asked for it… and I told him that I couldn’t buy it, but he could hold it while I did my food shopping and we would then return it to the shelf… so I finished and went back to the stuffed animal shelf, and told him we had to put it back now… and he didn’t cry or yell or carry on about returning it, but just looked at me with those sad eyes, and said, “But Mommy, me LOVE him”….. and I suppose you can guess what I did….