Now The Bean talks in full sentences it's great having funny little conversations with her, often without any sense. I love fathoming out how her mind is working so I can understand a bit of toddler logic... for example, this is an extract of a conversation we have had.
Bean: Mummy you can't drive
Me: Yes I can, why can't I drive?
Bean: Because you've got boobs mummy
Is this early sexism passed on to my two year old from the male race? Or did she take in more than I imagined when a builder on my road helped me into a tight reverse park and when I thanked him he said, 'that's OK, you women need all the help you can get'! I was fuming and felt like backing into his stupid orange cement mixer on purpose. Just for the record, I'm pretty damn good at reverse parking...
Other hilarious conversations include:
Me: Your dolly's shoes have fallen off, can you put them on again?
Bean: No Mummy I can't
Me: Why not
Bean: My belly button might fall off
and
Bean: How old are you Mummy?
Me: How old do you think?
Bean: One, two
Me: I'm two plus twenty-eight
(then later on on the bus)
My mummy is two plus 'tenty-ate'...
More worrying is my friend's five year old who commented while she was getting out of the shower, 'Small boobs, big bum' then chanted it like a mantra all morning. I've got that to look forward to. It's only a matter of time before I hear The Bean ask an embarrassing question like, 'Mummy, why is that man so fat?' For now I'm just enjoying having an insight into the complicated world of being a toddler through her speech.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:35 PM