Category: toddlerisms
A Toddler, a Hat, and a House of Birds
We went to the zoo. These are the players. This is who we went to see. This was what the sign on the door said. This is what she did. Apparently, I forgot that toddlers can’t read.
Mama Foofed!
My daughter, Bear, had quite a vocabulary by 17 months of age. At 17 1/2 months, she was trying to put two words together, but they were often separated by a very large pause as she tried to connect the two ideas in her head. One evening a few weeks ago, I took Bear upstairs…
Peeing in the Tub
I always make Monkey go potty before he gets into the bathtub. Usually, he complies. Sometimes, he goes and then once he sits in the water, he looks suspicious – as if he hadn’t completely finished emptying his bladder yet. Monkey and Bear often bathe together (at what point does that become weird?). I have…
The sky’s the limit, kid.
The doorbell rang. Dinner had arrived. Monkey ran to the door with his new Hess helicopter in one hand and an airplane in the other. “Mama? Can I show him my new helicopter?!” The delivery guy looked in and said, “Ooh, nice helicopter and plane!” as Monkey zoomed them around. “Thanks!” said Monkey, beaming. “Do…
They MIGHT Be Giants
I had this conversation with my toddler a while back: Me: [singing] Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch / Who watches over you / Make a little birdhouse in your soul… Him: Mama? Who’s singing this song? Me: It’s a group called They Might Be Giants. The two main guys are named…