Sharing Monster

Yesterday we had a playdate with our best best best friends, you'll hear me mention them often. Auntie, Uncle, M (Zoe's bestie mcbesterson) and V (who just may be Oliver's future wife). We spend so much time together that our families have just about merged. I can go into all of this in a future post, but this one is about sharing, or really the lack thereof. 

At this particular playdate Oliver and V were at each others' throats when it came to sharing.

Zoe was an awesome sharer, still is. Top notch, could put it on a college resume if anyone still cared about that once she hit college age. So I was TOTALLY UNPREPARED for my little sharing monster.

MINE + NO = crying so hard his lips turned blue and no sound came out for a good 15 seconds. That is Oliver's response to sharing with V. Everything was MINE and everything was dramatic.

                                            This was over a toy camera, seriously.

"It's age appropriate" "He'll outgrow it" "Ignore him" "Tell him you understand" 

This is some of the advice I've received, and as much as I appreciate it, what I really want is for the behavior to GO AWAY. It's so irritating, right? 

I don't believe in making excuses. It is age appropriate and he better outgrow it. I'm happy to ignore it, and frankly I don't really understand (I mean, it's a toy, go get another one).

I do get the big picture. "That's mine, you can play with something else." But when will he outgrow it? Because in the meantime, I'm stuck with a sharing monster.