the workings of a toddlers mind

sit down and eat please "but mummy, i cant sit" SIT. DOWN. "i cant sit mummy!"

he says this to me AS HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF SITTING DOWN. yes you CAN sit, you are sitting down right now!!

what does he think he is saying to me? i dont want to?


on a toddler related note, im really not sure how to continue with the toilet training.

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unless he has a severely upset stomach (i am SO not letting him eat more than 1 dried apricot a day, ever ever again. it was bad) and it just.. leaks... he invariably tells me before he has to poo. he says hes already done it, but he's still getting his talking straight. so off we go to the toilet, and depending on how urgent he seems, i either put him straight on the toilet seat, or take a minute to put his very own special toddler sized seat on. then he goes, all is well, we have a happy boy, and the day can continue. other than fruit induced stomach upsets, ive only had ONE pair of pooey pants in the past couple months. this is good!!!

what im not sure about it is how to deal with the wee side of things. "i needa do wee mummy!" no you dont, you just did it all over the floor. admittedly, its not as messy as if he had it the other way round, but its still annoying, and i just dont know what to do. he's getting better, and that extreme happens very rarely now. usually he just does a little wee, then off we go to the toilet. and by little, i mean a wet patch the size of his palm, or smaller, in his underpants ("i YUV bloo onda-pans mummy!") and occasionally through to his trousers. but how do i get it from a small wee, then off to the toilet, all the way to NOTHING, just asking to go to the toilet? is he simply unaware of whats happening till hes already started? i just dont know what to do. do i keep asking him every half hour if he needs to go, and hope he understands? do i let him run around completely naked from the waist down? do i put the wet underwear back on him so he sees how uncomfortable it is and is more motivated to do things 'properly'? im lost here.

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and on ANOTHER toddler related note, i bet you didnt know youve been singing the alphabet wrong for all these years.

A B C D E F G, H I K K L..P. Q R S, T U V, W X, Y and Z. now my my my A B C, nextime wone joo sing wivme.

i think hes doing pretty well considering his only words till the age of about 2 were "hi" and "mamamamamamamamamamamama". i cannot convince him that the first K is actually J, and he cannot grasp L-M-N-O-P, just says L..P rather quickly, but hes out of the infinite loop (ABCDEFG, HIJKLMNOP. QRS, TUV, WX, Y&Z, now i know my ABCDEFG, HIJKLMNOP... etc etc ad infinitum) and he actually says ZED instead of ZEE. he hasnt been corrupted by all the american TV yet. and his timing is almost perfect. other than L..P. hes pretty much grasped the tune, too. my clever, clever critter.

he can also sing twinkle twinkle, most of insy-winsy-spider, and parts of bob the builder theme song. i am so PROUD. edit: also row, row, row your boat. and brush, brush, brush your hair. dont ask.