I have to say that I love hearing my idioms come out of little, tiny mouths. I don't remember Big Sis doing this nearly as often as Minnie 1 and Minnie 2 do, so perhaps it's the 2nd child syndrome that MommyTime talks about below. Whatever the reason, they always make me giggle.
“Oh, Minnie 1,” I call in a sing-song voice.
“What?” responds the 2-yr-old in trouble in the other room.
“Come here!” I say.
“Just a sec!” she calls back. Oy vay.
or my current favorite…
“Minnie 1 loves Mommy TOOOOO much!”
“SO much” I correct with a kiss
“Nooooo, TOOOOO much!”
In our house, the “serious” reprimands often begin with “No, MA’AM!”, as in:
“No, MA’AM! We DO NOT poke our sister in the face with a fork!” or
“No, MA’AM! We DO NOT pour our soup all over Mommy’s freshly washed floor!”
Minnie 1 has recently begun using the phrase as well…
“No, MA’AM, Soph-Soph! No hit me!”
A few nights ago, poor overworked, underpaid, and slightly ill Husband stretched out on the couch to watch the girls play. Just as he closed his eyes to doze off, Minnie 1 marched across the room, hands on her hips, and waggled her little finger in his face.
“No, MA’AM, Dada! No, MA’AM! You NO sleep!”
Poor Dada. I can’t wait to see what she starts to say next…
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Life of the Second (and Third) Born, part 2
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3 comments:
Ha ha ha. "No Ma'am, Dada" reminds me of the time Son had mastered the correction of the canine. He was about the Minnies' age. "BAD DOG" was his favorite phrase. We were riding in the car one day, and he inadvertently dropped his toy. He said, very sternly, "BAD DOG, finger!"
Oh, I like that! Minnie 1 often says things like, "Minnie 2 oranges. Me oranges too also."
I don't think that it's 2nd sibling per se, just that there's an older sibling in the house who say things with a great deal more redundancy than parents do. Think about it, how many times do you say "nooooo, MINE" to a child? Probably never - or at least not often. Now how often does Son say that to Daughter? Probably a lot. So naturally it's a phrase that the 2nd child hears at this mimic age way more than 1st child did.
I may not be a child psychologist but I work with them so it's gotta qualify me for something, right?
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