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my precocious kid
May. 31st, 2019 12:13 pmThe 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:
( Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was ... )
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.
( Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was ... )
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.
