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Toddler talking
Scott and Drew were at Costco when I got home. When they got home, Scott came inside with Drew and Drew promptly (even as I called out a greeting) began demanding "outside!" Daddy began trying to discourage this.
Me, coming into the hallway with my arms out: "May Mommy have a kiss?"
Drew: "No."
Me: "May Mommy have a kiss if she takes you outside?"
Drew: "Do dat!" And he lunges for me and plants a kiss on my lips, clinging to me and demanding, "Outside!"
We went outside, of course, as quickly as I could put my shoes on.
What astonishes me is the language connections being made in the past few months. "Do that" as an agreement to my suggestion strikes me as a remarkably sophisticated response for an under-2-year-old. Not yes, or no, or repeating what I said, but "do that". (Which is one of his new favorite phrases in the last couple weeks, I must note.)
When he grabbed his little plastic pig (which he did, I should note, by opening the front door, which he can just barely reach the handle on) and brought it outside, he declared "outside pig!"
Me, coming into the hallway with my arms out: "May Mommy have a kiss?"
Drew: "No."
Me: "May Mommy have a kiss if she takes you outside?"
Drew: "Do dat!" And he lunges for me and plants a kiss on my lips, clinging to me and demanding, "Outside!"
We went outside, of course, as quickly as I could put my shoes on.
What astonishes me is the language connections being made in the past few months. "Do that" as an agreement to my suggestion strikes me as a remarkably sophisticated response for an under-2-year-old. Not yes, or no, or repeating what I said, but "do that". (Which is one of his new favorite phrases in the last couple weeks, I must note.)
When he grabbed his little plastic pig (which he did, I should note, by opening the front door, which he can just barely reach the handle on) and brought it outside, he declared "outside pig!"