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my precocious kid
The fact that the prince hit "why? ... why?" four days after he turned two and a half is not evidence of precociousness, I know. Our walks home from day care now generally feature conversations like this one:
PRINCE: I want to stop in the middle of the street.
ME: No, we can't do that.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It's not safe.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: That's where the cars will be driving.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It's the only place they're allowed to drive.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Well, if they could drive on the sidewalk, there wouldn't be anywhere that was safe for us to walk on.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Because cars are big and heavy.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It ... makes the people inside the cars feel safer.
PRINCE: Why do we have to go home?
ME: We live there.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Because that's the house Daddy and I chose to buy.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: We liked the neighborhood and we thought the schools would be good for when you get old enough to go to school. And it's close to your grandmother, that didn't hurt.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Oh for heaven's sake.
PRINCE: Why can't I stop in the middle of the street?
ME: I think you know why.
Anyway, recently he has also occasionally had complete meltdowns when it's time to leave the house in the morning or at bedtime. (Transitions. I know. It's totally age appropriate. I'm not impatient with him. In fact this morning I said "I know it's hard to be two and a half, isn't it." He said "I don't want to be two and a half!" I said "Well, you're in luck, because you won't be for long. But I don't know how to tell you this - I don't think it's going to be a lot easier to be three.") When I'm trying to hug him through a sobbing wiggins I sometimes pat his back and say "I love you, [prince.]" And he picks up his head and looks at me accusingly and said "You don't!"
Maybe we'll get that all out of his little system before he's a teenager, why not. :-}
In other news, I have a little honeybee necklace I recently got and have been wearing a lot (and have lately developed A Plan to (a) have a bail added to it so it will slide more easily on a chain - a better and longer one than came with it - and also add a fox and a treble clef, for Reasons), and now the prince says he wants a necklace. In fact he wants this necklace, which I tell him belongs to Mommy and he can't have it. But I promised him he can have a necklace when he's bigger; and then I promised him I'd work on getting him one he could wear now, if he really wants. And he has shifted from wanting a honeybee necklace of his own (though he still sometimes wants mine) to wanting a blue necklace. So what I need is a blue necklace about 14" or less with a breakaway clasp to make it safe for a preschooler. Extra points if it has or can admit a honeybee charm. Or Grover. ... It's taking some looking.
PRINCE: I want to stop in the middle of the street.
ME: No, we can't do that.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It's not safe.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: That's where the cars will be driving.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It's the only place they're allowed to drive.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Well, if they could drive on the sidewalk, there wouldn't be anywhere that was safe for us to walk on.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Because cars are big and heavy.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: It ... makes the people inside the cars feel safer.
PRINCE: Why do we have to go home?
ME: We live there.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Because that's the house Daddy and I chose to buy.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: We liked the neighborhood and we thought the schools would be good for when you get old enough to go to school. And it's close to your grandmother, that didn't hurt.
PRINCE: Why?
ME: Oh for heaven's sake.
PRINCE: Why can't I stop in the middle of the street?
ME: I think you know why.
Anyway, recently he has also occasionally had complete meltdowns when it's time to leave the house in the morning or at bedtime. (Transitions. I know. It's totally age appropriate. I'm not impatient with him. In fact this morning I said "I know it's hard to be two and a half, isn't it." He said "I don't want to be two and a half!" I said "Well, you're in luck, because you won't be for long. But I don't know how to tell you this - I don't think it's going to be a lot easier to be three.") When I'm trying to hug him through a sobbing wiggins I sometimes pat his back and say "I love you, [prince.]" And he picks up his head and looks at me accusingly and said "You don't!"
Maybe we'll get that all out of his little system before he's a teenager, why not. :-}
In other news, I have a little honeybee necklace I recently got and have been wearing a lot (and have lately developed A Plan to (a) have a bail added to it so it will slide more easily on a chain - a better and longer one than came with it - and also add a fox and a treble clef, for Reasons), and now the prince says he wants a necklace. In fact he wants this necklace, which I tell him belongs to Mommy and he can't have it. But I promised him he can have a necklace when he's bigger; and then I promised him I'd work on getting him one he could wear now, if he really wants. And he has shifted from wanting a honeybee necklace of his own (though he still sometimes wants mine) to wanting a blue necklace. So what I need is a blue necklace about 14" or less with a breakaway clasp to make it safe for a preschooler. Extra points if it has or can admit a honeybee charm. Or Grover. ... It's taking some looking.
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