My toddler is quite a chatterbox. At one stage I wondered if he would ever talk, and of course, now he never stops. I’ve realised how I tune out to him (bad mummy). The other day we were in a shop and the sales person was talking away to me and I wasn’t listening. I apologised when I realised and knew it was because I have to tune out to my son, otherwise I would go mad. The toddler is 34 months and has a great vocabulary. He’s inquisitive and very chatty and I can understand what he’s trying to say 90% of the time.
Over the last week or two he’s started asking what things are or do. Now, I thought I didn’t need to worry about this until he started school. How wrong was I?! The other day he pointed to the smoke alarm and asked what it was. I managed to explain that one. But his questions are getting harder!
We found some track for his Thomas train set in a charity shop and when we were on our way home he went through the pieces asking what each bit did. Now, I’m a bit lost when it comes to train parts. My default answer is increasingly being “Wait until Daddy gets home”. The toddler doesn’t forget either; he will ask Daddy.
This is a brilliant phase he’s going through but it’s making me feel inadequate as a parent! Thank goodness for google.
Exhausted from talking all day long!
1 Comment
Alexandra
January 24, 2013 at 9:56 amI know how it feels, don’t worry, no parent can answer ALL their kids’ questions!
My little ones tend to ask “Why” all the time. You could not imagine how many times one can wonder “why”. I guess they gonna be philosophers when they are older!