Recent Conversations with my Toddler

“Mama, I want vitamin.”

“Ok, what color?”

“Orange.” (Or it could be Red…it varies weekly)

“Ok, here you go.”

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

(Eats the vitamin.)

“Mama, I want vitamin.”

“Only one a day, sweetheart.”

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“Mama, Tiger!”

“What about Tiger? What’s wrong?”

“Tiger medicine.”

“Tiger is all done with his medicine. It’s all gone.”

“Tiger all better?”

“Yes, Tiger is all better.”

“All better. Yeah!”

(Repeats every single day.)

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“Ok, Bea, it’s time to go to daycare.”

“Ok.” (Turns off TV.)

“Are you going to say bye to Barney?”

“Bye Barney. Bye Mator. Bye Sally. Bye Lightning. Bye Blankie. Bye Bow-Wow. Bye Balloon.”

“Ok, you ready?”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s do it.”

“Let’s do it.”

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“Mama, what happened?”

“Olivia was crawling and she saw the cat food. She took the bowl and spilled cat food all over. That is why daddy was loud.”

(Blank look.)

“Did you understand?”

“Mama, what happened?”

“Ok, let me try to explain this better. Tiger and MooMoo’s food. Olivia. Cat food all over floor. Needs to go in the garbage now. Daddy funny being loud.”

“Mama, what happened?”

“I don’t know, baby.”