One of the biggest challenges of having a toddler is communication. It's not that she doesn't understand what I'm saying. On the contrary she knows exactly what I'm saying all the time. It's trying to figure out what she's saying that is the hard part. Amanda is constantly trying to tell me things, and if and when I don't understand she gets very frustrated with me. She repeats herself until I acknowledge what she has said no matter how many times she has to say it. Someone asked me the other day if she could talk, and she can, you just may have no clue what she is saying. The problem is, she does.
Here's a conversation we had just this morning as I was getting her into her car seat:
Amanda: nnn ot (pause, no answer) nnn ot (pause, no answer) nnn ot.
Me: It's hot? (Did you guess that one? She was referring to her seat being hot because, you know, we live in Texas and this time of year everything is hot)
Amanda: Nah. (Sounds like she's saying no, but really it's "yeah")
This is what we go through all day long. It is utterly exhausting. Everything she wants sounds like something else. When she wants a drink, any drink, she asks for milk. Except it really sounds like Elmo and if you ask her if she wants Elmo she definitely does not. I'm sure she thinks I'm a major idiot. Maybe if she says it louder I'll understand?
I know this won't go on much longer, she'll get it soon enough. I also know that I will definitely regret any wish that she could talk, because that always comes back to bite you. Three kids talking non-stop is going to be very interesting. At that point I really will have to get more sleep.
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