Toddler Speak
Like everything else, having a toddler who is starting to use lots of words has some awesome advantages and some slight disadvantages.
Plus: When we ask, "Who loves you?" and he answers "Mummmmmy!" with great enthusiasm.
Minus: When he's crying and yells "Mummmmy, Daddddy, Mummmy, Dadddddy." Well let's just say it makes bedtime a lot more emotionally draining on those nights when he's resisting sleep.
Plus: He can tell us what he wants!
Minus: He does, constantly - the other day he stood at the cupboard yelling "Cookie! Cookie! Cookie!" as my friend's child ate an organic banana. Or throughout dinner he stares at our laptops and repeats "Elmo, elmo, elmo! Abby!!! Elmo, elmo, elmo. Abbbbbby!" So much for quality family time!
