I Want a Drink of Water

The other night Amanda woke up screaming at around 2a. I went into her room to see what was the problem. As soon as I walked into the room we had this exchange:

Amanda: I wawawa

Me: You want some water?

Amanda: Nah (she still says Nah for Yeah)

Me: Okay, I'll go get you some, hold on.

Yes, that is what talking to a two year old is like. You ask, just to make sure you understood what they were saying, and then try to fulfill their every need. About ten second after I left the room she started to cry again. I wasn't really sure why, but since I knew she wanted water, I went downstairs, found a sippy cup and lid and stopper, filled it with water and then headed back upstairs. When I offered it to her she said no and threw it on the ground. Now I was stumped.

I asked again, "Do you want water?". She either didn't answer or whispered the answer so I couldn't hear it over her noise maker and the air conditioning. I tried to give her the cup again, but she didn't want it. At this point I was confused. She told me she wanted water, I gave her water, and she didn't want it. What was I missing.

So, for the next couple of minutes, I just kept asking over and over again, "Do you want wa-ter?", making sure to enunciate water as well as I could. "Yes, or no?" I must have asked her this question as least 10 times. At that point I didn't really care what she wanted, I just wanted to go to bed.

Finally, and I'm not sure why, I decide to look around the room. I didn't want to turn on the light because it was way too bright and might wake her (and me) up further, so I grabbed her gloworm which just happened to be on the footrest to her glider rocker. I squeezed it's stomach to make it light up and started waving it around the room. I'm not sure I even knew what I was looking for. After two rounds with the worm I looked into her crib and found a cup of water that Charlie had probably given her right before bed. I handed it to her and she was happy as could be and layed right down to go to sleep.

Just one more reason why this baby is going to drive me to insanity.