"
(drink milk)
"No, done.
(what hurts, Ivan?)
"...body. Bunny. Sleepy."
(nap)
"...water. Ty-nol. Mommy, ty-nol."
(No, Ivan, we're not having Tylenol right now. Want to read a book?)
"...book. Book.....builder. Builder."
(You want to watch Bob the Builder?)
"...builder."
(mom note: Yes, we've caved and are letting him watch Bob the Builder during this flu, to keep him calm and entertained. Hopefully it isn't creating a monster...but I think "TV only when you're sick" isn't such a slippery slope. Plus he only is interested in it for like one half-hour episode. I'm rationalizing. Screw that, I'm the mom, and it's my decision so I'm standing by it so there.
Ahem.)
The language stuff, as you can tell, is pretty amazing in how far it's come. Mom gets it now. We can have real conversations, conversations where we're actually communicating with words. There are some funny in-jokes...she used to refer to me as "sleepy bunny" when I acted all tired, so now if hI sees someone yawning I'll say "Bunny?" as in, "are you a sleepy bunny?"
I can count to ten, and know some colors most of the time. I sing a couple of songs, sort of.
Like this one:
"Donna farm. Donna farm. Eee-iii-ooo. Tao, tao. Moo. Eee-iii-ooo. Ship, sip. Baaaa. Teekat, teekat, meeow. Eee-iii-oooo."
I give and receive things saying "Takooo;" if I hurt you and someone tells me to say sorry, I say "Sowee, ei-ei-ei" and will try to pet you.
Mom says I give amazing, heart-achingly sweet and genuine kisses and hugs.
I was in a bit of a mommy phase, but interestingly since this fever started I've wanted daddy more.
3 comments:
You know, our nearly whole parenting adventure to date has taken place on the slippery slope, and we're much happier for it. Don't offer, don't refuse unless you have a time-sensitive reason to do so is our TV policy. I have come to believe that the best way to make people crave something is to limit it. Some days Katya does watch more Sesame Street, and eats more moderately healthy cookies than I might choose if I were Queen of the World. But she also asks to do random art projects I haven't introduced, has learned the alphabet from TV, and often hollers for eggs. Besides, if I want her to learn to follow her interests, she is inevitably going to want to spend some time doing things I'm not interested in. When I get creeped out by how much interest she has in Ernie, I just remind myself that I would be 100% charmed and proud if it were Babar. There's not much difference--we read great tie-in educational books, act stories out, etc. Whenever I wish she was eating more of something, or doing more of something, I just try to make it more attractive. Sometimes it's just a push to get outside. If I feel disengaged when she's watching TV, I cuddle or grab toys to act out what they're doing or make a block tower next to her or make conversation about the story. So much of the anti- writing falsely assumes that your kid is always engaged in some amazing activity if you're not watching TV, usually with you. Really, throughout the world and history, much of a toddler's day is sort of repetitive, and the adults are busy doing that thing they need to do to survive. I still fantasize about a no TV life, but I also value not restricting access to things we have unless there is a serious risk, and reading research has convinced me that there isn't. I totally respect your policy for you guys, but just wanted to let you know it's good down here too. :)
You are so awesome.
We don't really have a policy per se, I have just been trying not to start it too early. From now on I know he'll be asking for it from time to time, and I'll probably take something like your approach.
going with the flow seems to be a valuable parenting mazim. Which is nice, because it sure is easier than fighting the current all the time.
Aw, thanks. My kid and my friend's two both started repeatedly expressing interest in TV by turning it on themselves at around 14 months. To me, it makes more sense to respond to interest than to wait for an age that seems somewhat arbitrary.
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