I’m having one of those times when I feel like I work at an insane asylum for very small people. I’ve been trying to write a post about it for three days, but can’t manage it. And, so, I present three video clips that remind me of my life right now, and why my darling boy is driving me up a fricking wall.
1. He has switched from calling me Mommy to calling me Mama. Turns out this is actually the more annoying version. Especially when you say it once every 15 seconds. “Mama! Mama? Hey, Mama?”
2. He never, ever stops talking. This is largely very cute, and his memory for detail is alarmingly good. But he has to tell you EVERY detail. And he’s 2.5, so sometimes it takes about 5 minutes to get a full sentence out.
3. We haven’t hit the “why” phase yet (and, believe me, I am grateful), but he is constantly asking questions. Weirdly obvious ones, sometimes, as though asking questions is a new way to tell a story. “Mama, where are we going?” “Where are we going after the gym?” “What are we going to do after we leave the post office?” “Mama, where are those guys going?” “Mama, what is that lady doing?” “Mama, are you peeing?” “Mama, do you have a placemat?” “Mama, are you eating dinner?”
Again, like many (most?) things this age, it is simultaneously adorable and enough to make you rip your hair out.
(This video is hilarious in its entirety, but skip to 7min for the bit I’m thinking of. Language is not really suitable for work, or for little pitchers with big ears.)
I hat to be the first to say it, but it doesn’t stop. At least it hasn’t stopped at 4.5 years. The only change is that they now listen to the answer and have really thoughtful followup questions. They still want to know everything about everything. They are good at tag teaming, too. When one of them runs out of questions, the other one jumps in to keep the same conversation going.
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I have 4.5 year old twins and I can SOOooooo relate. They already know I’m out numbered when Daddy leaves for work. That’s when I just turn on a show “one of my favorites”…zone out for about 30 minutes while they watch a movie. Then….come back to planet earth
You are truly one of us!!…a Mama {I had to throw that in there for your little one..LOL}
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just wait until the why’s hit. it amps up the simultaneous adorable/crazy annoying bit THAT MUCH MORE. in the past two months, abel has asked why at least five times every day. i lay in bed at night thanking god that ozzy hasn’t hit this phase yet (or better yet, never will…ha!). because honestly, i can’t imagine dealing with it x2. and tonight, after a day at work where EVERYTHING went wrong, including my computer crashing right before a presentation, the dreaded happened, “mommy, why is my penis suddenly so long? why?” my response? go ask daddy.
LMAO on video number 3, thanks for sharing–good luck!
The Mama switch is funny! Wait until he starts using your first name
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My son has hand-me-down shirt that he wears. It says: “My parents wanted me to talk but now that I do they wish I’d be quiet.” Yup.
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Have to agree, the questions just keep coming the older they get.
In the 2s, it was only Nate asking questions. Now it is both Alex AND Nate asking question after question after question. The average four year asks something like 400 questions a day!
That is why that San Diego cross-country flight alone was SO LONG. Question after question ALL DAY LONG with no break. I was more tired after that trip than I felt running 13.1 miles Saturday.
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Oh, I HATE being called “mama” … I’ve even banned Maggie from calling me that. (Put in terms of “you don’t like being called Marjorie now…I don’t like being called mama…I’m mom or mommy.” (I totally LOL’d at that first clip!)
And OH the “why” stage. *sigh* I wouldn’t mind it so much if they REALLY wanted to know all of those why questions…but they really don’t.
I’ll have to come back and watch the 3rd clip…there are little ears around right now
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I could trade you Daniel for Melody, and you might not notice the difference, except for the absence of that spectacular smile of his.
At least Daniel asks different questions. Julie asks the same question over, and over, and over. I don’t know if she is testing me and wants the same answer every time or if she needs me to explain things a different way. “Where we going Mommy?” To the store “Where we going Mommy?” To the store “Where we going Mommy?” To the grocery store “Where we going Mommy?” I don’t know. “Where we going Mommy?” Honey can you please just watch your DVD?
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LOL! The last video is hysterical! Going through the same thing with my soon to be 3 year old twins right now! They ask me all of their questions when we are in the car and they have me trapped! As far as names go, I’ve begun ignoring their incessant questions after a while of trying to answer. They then resort to calling me “mom, mom, mom, mom…” Recently, after not answering several rounds of mom, my son changed to “hey you!” No kidding!
Love the post! My favorite is when I’m the only one in the car with my daughter and she calls out Mom to get my attention. As if she’d be talking to someone else! I’m the only one there! If you start talking to me I’m sure you’re not speaking to someone else.
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Oh, I hope you read back as I just clicked over from hdydi.
I love this post – your choice of video clips are PERFECT! I have an almost 6 y/o and twin 22 month olds, all girls. My husband and I joke about the 2nd video since it came out. The first time I saw it I laughed so hard cuz it’s my oldest. One of my 2 y/o talks just as much. Thankfully, the 3rd is quiet and reflective most of the time. But the two vie for attention already. They all do the momma thing and Louis CK nails kids perfectly. I also love the hide and seek part of his routine.
thanks for posting this.