So Katie and I were at ToysRus. I'm not in the habit of shopping at ToysRus, but I was looking for something specific. As we wandered down the aisles of brightly colored child bait, Katie was pretty well behaved. She would occasionally squeal and point, but but mostly she was quiet.
Untill we got to a particular section. Then the squealing and pointing became yelling and grabbing. And finally crying and bouncing.
Which only stopped when I gave in and took a couple off the shelf and handed one to her.
Was it candy? Was it Disney Princesses? Was it Dora the Explorer?
No, it was books.
When we got to the checkout she reluctantly handed over the book to be scanned. I asked her if I could carry it so it wouldn't get snowed on. She vehemently shook her head. which impressed the clerk.
When we got to the car I threw the book in the front seat with my purse and buckled Katie into her car seat. As I was about to close her door she looked at me with a face that would break your heart and whispered "Book". I gave her the book back.
I find it only a little disconcerting that she says banana and book and still doesn't say mama.
Oh, well, It will come.
Yeah, she does me proud.
GHR
Untill we got to a particular section. Then the squealing and pointing became yelling and grabbing. And finally crying and bouncing.
Which only stopped when I gave in and took a couple off the shelf and handed one to her.
Was it candy? Was it Disney Princesses? Was it Dora the Explorer?
No, it was books.
When we got to the checkout she reluctantly handed over the book to be scanned. I asked her if I could carry it so it wouldn't get snowed on. She vehemently shook her head. which impressed the clerk.
When we got to the car I threw the book in the front seat with my purse and buckled Katie into her car seat. As I was about to close her door she looked at me with a face that would break your heart and whispered "Book". I gave her the book back.
I find it only a little disconcerting that she says banana and book and still doesn't say mama.
Oh, well, It will come.
Yeah, she does me proud.
GHR
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OTOH, I'm sure you ask her if she'd like a banana or a book pretty darn frequently :-)
GHR
I can also recall a time when my oldest niece referred to me and her other aunt as "Uncle ____". Took a while for her to figure out the difference between Uncle and aunt :-)
Hugs! Sue
Yay for another proven bookworm :-)
Does she say "Daddy" or any variation thereof?
GHR
You're doing it right.
As for the books-- you're obviously doing it right :) Keep up the good work...
Unfortunately, even bookish fanish kids succumb to the princess phase. We try real hard to downplay name brands, but the pressure is intense.
Wait til she starts trouble shooting the classroom smart board. Mere had to tell the teacher how to download and install the upgrade when the little reminder window popped up.
Great story, BTW. Fannish children. Such a joy.
To Mere's credit, she is not really into the Barbie stuff and is really only interested when some other kid is into them and wants to play. Right now, she's really into Roald Dahl books and movies. She can recite most of Matilda along with the movie. It's one of her "comfort" movies when she's sick or feeling down/insecure. We've always encouraged her to think outside the box. We don't censor Mere much, either. I figure if she's old enough to be asking for something, she's old enough to handle it (with parental guidance).
Take her to a library--the librarians will swoon.
'Nuff said.
If she's already on Seuss alphabet, then she may teach herself to read early. You might want to watch out for it, so that you can help her if this happens before she gets to school. It makes sure that everything gets learned properly the first time. (Yes, I speak from experience.)
Re Mommy; *You* call yourself Mommy to her face, but does Roper? And everyone else?
And yes, I'm doing a happy dance. Very cool. Very Roper. Very Katie.
He still loooves to be read stories (and gets to hear them several times a day). Only form of entertainment he loves more than that is 'tinging' (which is what he calls singing - he still hasn't figured out how to get his tongue around sibilants yet).