So Creed is throwing a fit about something. He is really good at this.
I try to distract him by giving him a toy which he promptly throws across the room.
I try to threaten him with a time-out if he doesn't stop - to which he replies "yeah tata. yeah tata" (which in his 2 year old speak can be translated to mean 'yeah time-out -bring it on mom'
So then I try a comforting and distracting strategy. I start singing a song to help him forget his irritation.
He stops crying, walks up to me, takes his pointy finger and presses it on my knee and exclaims "off, Mommy, off"
I've just been turned "off" by my 2 year old.
Creed now uses this feature on mommy often when he gets tired of her singing and talking.
Monday, December 01, 2008
The Off Button
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3 comments:
Very sweet. I guess we forget that they wish we had off buttons too.
great story, thanks for sharing...i know it may not have been funny when creed was "turning you off" but it made me laugh (hope you don't mind).
I thought they didn't try that until the teen years. I know we would always make a big deal when my mom started singing Streissand to us. PAINFUL! In retrospect, she had a really good voice and we probably gave her a complex...poor thing. I say, keep singing. He probably really does like it!
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