People always comment on how verbal Leila is and what a great vocabulary she has etc...which is all very true, but the child routinely cracks me up. She just speaks like a little mini adult and not like a 26 going on 27 month old. I'm sure this is in large part because I just speak to her non-stop and try to narrate everything we do in normal adult terms. And I drive Cesar nuts doing so - he's always saying "she's a little parrot just like you - you two guys drive me nuts..." Though I'd rather her be a verbally advanced chatterbox than not. Here are some snippets from our conversations as we got ready for daycare this morning:
In the bathroom to brush teeth...
"I want a treat (aka Candy) Mommy"
"Not now sweetie, you can have a treat after school"
" I want pretzels"
"OK sweetie, there are pretzels in the car, Mommy will give you a couple on the way to school, but then you have to eat your yummy pear and yogurt when you get there."
"I asked Daddy for pretzels yesterday"
"You did? Did he give them to you?"
"No, he gave me kind of an ummm...birdies" (Trader Joe's Toucan version of goldfish crackers)
Kind of...? What 2yr old knows the concept of and uses the term kind of? Then, downstairs to pack up her backpack and grab breakfast from the fridge:
"Sweetie, do you want Mommy to take the hat you made back to school so you can wear it with your friends?"
"Yeah. I made a pink hat with Miss Tahina. Kate has sort of a... yellow hat." (Again, "sort of..."? Sure enough I saw Kate's yellow arts & crafts visor in her cubby next to Leila's.)
And the child can take in the contents of our fridge in about 5 seconds and request the oddest things...
"I want pita and hummus Mommy! PitaPitaPita and hummussss....."
"OK OK, yes, it's only 7:45, but who knows what other protein you'll get in your body today, go ahead and dip your mini pita in the hummus..."
And Mommy's at work now with hummus smeared on her shirt sleeve, but what can you do!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment