Swing? Down!
The scene: The Man-cub and I are in the backyard. He spots his tree swing.
Man-cub: Swing? Swing?
Me: Oh, you want to swing? OK. Umpf. Here you go. Aaaaand . . . . Swing! Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down?
Me: You want down already? OK. Come here.
Man-cub: No! Swing!
Me: All right. Swing it is. Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down?
Me: You just got in the swing. You sure you want down?
Man-cub: No! Swing!
Me: That's what I thought. Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down! Down!
Me: Argh! Which is it? Do you want to swing, or do you want down?
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down!
Me: OK. That's it. Let's try something else for a while. Umpf. There. Do you want to look for butterflies? Play with your ball? Water the plants?
Man-cub (crying): Swing! Swing!
Me: Swing?
Man-cub: Swing!
Me: Swing. Umpf. Whee.
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down! Down!
Man-cub: Swing? Swing?
Me: Oh, you want to swing? OK. Umpf. Here you go. Aaaaand . . . . Swing! Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down?
Me: You want down already? OK. Come here.
Man-cub: No! Swing!
Me: All right. Swing it is. Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down?
Me: You just got in the swing. You sure you want down?
Man-cub: No! Swing!
Me: That's what I thought. Whee!
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down! Down!
Me: Argh! Which is it? Do you want to swing, or do you want down?
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down? Down!
Me: OK. That's it. Let's try something else for a while. Umpf. There. Do you want to look for butterflies? Play with your ball? Water the plants?
Man-cub (crying): Swing! Swing!
Me: Swing?
Man-cub: Swing!
Me: Swing. Umpf. Whee.
Man-cub: (smiling)
Man-cub: Down! Down!
Labels: Man-cub, this is why I'm crazy
posted by Holly at Tropic of Mom at 3:28 PM
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11 Comments:
and this would be the lynchpin of their master plan to drive us all INSANE! :P
Ah, what a familiar argument. It seems like as soon as they have even the slightest grasp on language they make it their sole intent to mess with our heads. Oh I can relate.
Dude. I know this conversation all too freaking well!
*le sigh*
Loving that label!!! HA HA!!! I feel your pain! He just keeps signing milk even when he doesn't mean it.
My daughter doesn't talk yet, but we go through this same scene, varied a thousand ways, every single day.
A good depiction of why us moms go crazy!!!
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hugs from NC
Oh yes, this is a familiar song!
It kills me when they want up up up down down down up up up down down down
sigh
:)
Holly
They sure like to keep us on our toes don't they?!?! hehe
Oh man. I'd love to tell you this is just a phase, but I haven't seen the end of it yet with my 3 yr old.
LOLOLOL!
I'm only laughing because I have had many similar conversations with my own little Kiddo.
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