Repetition

One learns through repetition. But is there such a thing as too much repetition? A-chan seems to just get stuck on something and I am generally put through my paces as we repeat an action over and over and over. And over. I know that she is having fun and I love to play, especially the silly fun games that she invents. However it's also beginning to drive me batty sometimes.

The game yesterday was having her Satsuki doll run (be moved by me) all over her train table calling (as close to the voice in the movie as I can get) "Mei? Where are you, Mei? Mei, wake up!" Then as soon as Mei wakes up (stood up by A-chan), she immediately went to sleep again and we started over with the searching and calling. Now if this had only happened a couple of times it wouldn't have been so bad. But we continued the game for almost an hour. My attempts to get her to continue on with the scene instead of running reruns were completely ineffective. Ketu's attempts backfired with her asking to read the book and then minutes later going back into the routine. I was soooo tempted to hide the dolls today. But she seemed to have forgotten the game already.

Another example: a big floor puzzle that I have to help her put together every morning. It's not so bad, really, and it's a nice time for me to spend with her. But I can only take so much of doing the same puzzle. I feel bad complaining about it now, though. Am I a horrible mother because it's driving me nuts? Or does every mother feel the same way and that is why toy consumerism is as healthy an industry as it is? (please, a new toy will make it all better. something new and different, anything, please?)