What do you want for lunch?
Do you need a fresh diaper?
Can you believe the Mideast peace process is stalled again?
She never responds or even raises her eyebrow at my questions, until recently. Now if I suggest something to her, she actually communicates with me. I was so excited the other day when I realized if I asked her to point to the cat in her book, she actually did it! If I ask her to move a toy, she'll move it! Now I just need to train her to clean the house....
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| I've always known what you're saying |
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| But now I enjoy your reaction if I actually do what you ask |
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| "Move the piano" you say. What am I, your servant? |
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| I don't think you can make me relocate my toys until I'm 13 |
Faith and I read her picture books at least 46 times a day. I think that's why she can always point to the right picture if I ask (practice makes perfect!). She will literally smack me in the head with this book until I read it to her.
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| Every chapter is a cliffhanger |
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| Read it again Mommy! |
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| Don't make me stomp my adorable foot! |
Now Peanut isn't the only one who sometimes listens to me in the house when I give a command.
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| If you say "Peanut, go to sleep!" I'll do it |
I'm going to try a command on you: Enter my Fisher House raffle! Haha, if half of you listen as well as the baby or the dog, we might get 1 or 2 more entries. It's only $5.00 to enter and if you donate $50, you have the option of requesting that I wear your name somewhere visible as I run the Marine Corps Marathon. :)
If you could teach a small child any command, what would it be? My husband thinks "Get Daddy a beer" would be a good one for developing motor skills. :)
I'm entering today!...just as soon as I pay the bills. If I didn't do those first, bad things would happen.
ReplyDeleteI totally want to teach Pippi to bring me stuff. She already knows how to open the pantry, so I figure that's a start. The fridge is next.
Ooops, I forgot to actually enter your raffle. Just did it (pay day!).
ReplyDeleteI keep telling husbad we need a beer-fetching monkey. These dogs are too stupid and babies take to long to learn to be useful. Helper monkeys are the way of the future.
I can, and do, teach small children many commands: "fill this water bottle" "go get me a pen off my desk" "come over here and let me hand you this trash so you can throw it away". They are so very useful. That scene in gone with the wind when all the men are arguing over who gets to get Scarlett her dessert? That's what my class is like if I need to recycle a piece of paper. Have you ever done a post on an average day in your house? As in, a day with a one year old? Because I am very curious to see what that might be like.
ReplyDeleteoh damn, I didn't realize we could make you wear our name during the race. I'll see if the wife thinks you're worth $50. :)
ReplyDeleteMike wants to train Bungee to "get daddy a beer" so I'll get on board with Jeff.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger we used to teach my baby cousins to say ridiculous things to embarrass their parents when out in public.
That is adorable. So precious that she's learning to really respond!
ReplyDeleteHaha, my FIL STILL had his children trained to get him a beer! And the youngest is 16!
ReplyDeleteKeep plugging your raffle, I'm checking the car seats. I'm sure the kids have drop some quarters in there will all our running around this summer! Although our latest money hemmorage was caused by yellow jackets (wasps) chewing a hole through LBM's bedroom ceiling. I so wish I was kidding!
ReplyDeleteLove that Faith is taking commands but LBM quickly learned how to say them back to me once he started actually "hearing" me. Now when I say LBM please put your trucks away before getting out your blocks. He says, you put my trucks away, peas mommy. And he is so darn cute!
I hate to break it to you, but you aren't going to be able to tell her to do anything when she's 13! So enjoy her listening to you now while you can!
ReplyDeleteA real response! How fun!
ReplyDeletehaha, i bet the response you would love to hear is , "Yes mommy dearest; always." hahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteI think I would teach my kid "change your own diaper."
ReplyDeleteaw what a fun age!!!!! Isn't it incredible to see them suddenly react and act like a real human being? hehe
ReplyDelete"Go get the stroller ready, put Peanut on her leash and tie it loosely to the stroller handle, put two water bottles into the stroller, then buckle yourself into the stroller." -- seems a good command.
ReplyDeleteAww, that's awesome. My 11-month-old has started following certain commands. Can't wait until he can bring me the crossword and a cup of coffee!
ReplyDeleteHow about responding to the words, "Stop," or, "No!" I feel like they can't quite get those down!
ReplyDeleteHaha, this is really funny. I would want Giada to listen when I tell her not to grab her privates while I'm in the middle of changing her very dirty diaper, and also when I ask her to stop putting the kitten in her mouth. Yeah, those are the commends I'm mostly looking forward that she follows for now.
ReplyDeleteI think I will want my child to fall asleep on commend. does that make me a bad future parent?
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