Yes, its true. At some point you will feel insane as a mother. I do. Not TOO often, but the other day I had moments of just laughing. I mean really, you either have to start laughing or lose it. I’m at the point of just laughing.
After hours of:
Son #2: “I scared”
Me: “Why?”
Son #2: “Because I do”
Repeat that about 10 times. Then take a 5 min break and repeat again. (I should elaborate on that, but that’s another post for another time. Noah is becoming aware of lots of sounds now.)
Then there are moments with requests.
Son #2: “I want toast please!” (Cute he says please, awww…)
Me: ”Ok, give me one second then I’ll pop one in the toaster.”
Son #2: “okay”
I get up, go put the bread in the toaster, Son #2 has SEEN this and walks away with me into the living room while we wait. Then..
Son #2: ”I want toast”
Me: ”I know buddy, I put it in the toaster”
Son #2: “Okay”
A moment goes by…
Son #2: “I want toast”
Me: “I know, I have it toasting for you”
Son #2: “Okay”
Another few min.. man this toast is taking forever!!
Son #2: “I want toast”
Me: Blank stare.. “Noah, it’s toasting, do you understand what I said? Yes I made the toast, when it’s done you will have toast..”
Son #2: “Okay”
We will repeat this until the toast FINALLY pops up.
Yes yes.. everyone, some days bring total insanity to motherhood!
I guess you can gather, this is mostly with my little 2 year old. He is a wonderful talker, but I do believe he does not grasp some concepts, like “In a minute, or it’s almost ready” etc.
He sure is cute though.
He makes up for his lack of understanding with how cute he is!! :O) Oh I bet in a few weeks his understanding with get a lot better. They grow up sooooo fast!! If you had stood by the toaster he would have thought you were toasting it, but you walked away. How could you do such a thing?? ;O) At least he was nice about it and didn’t get mad. On your defense, I know what you mean. I had this little girl that would drive me insane. Good thing she was a cutie too!! ;O) She was harder to laugh about and now I laugh with her. :O) I like that. :O)
You know, that’s true. If I had stood by the toaster with him, he just might have understood a bit more.
I think it’s something we all get to go through, just a bit on insanity.
Two year olds… such fun. Sadly, I still have conversations like this with my eight year old when she’s tired! I made her oatmeal — and stood in the kitchen waiting on the microwave — and she asked again if she could have oatmeal. Really?
Kids must think we have magic powers to make everything happen instantaneously. After all, we do have eyes in the back of our heads!
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haha Kids, got to love them!
My 3 year old is like that. And I know he understands MUCH more then Noah (he is almost 4 really).
I do agree, they must think we have magical powers. I remember saying to one of the boys, “I know, I am MAKING IT, I can’t just make it pop out of no where.” hehe Oh to get into their little minds. Would be interesting. Then again, we were like that once. I sure wish I could remember how my brain was ticking.
How can such an amazing little boy cause all that insanity?? He is adorable. I know how challenging children can be and I have been there too. There are times when children think you have ten arms, 2 heads, and unlimited energy. Good luck and enjoy every second of it.
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Thank you! I agree, he is a cutie. He can melt me in seconds with his sweet little voice and that adorable little smile.
Unlimited energy! No kidding! I am 32 week pregnant now, and my oldest is like, “Mommy, lets march around the house and do this and that etc etc” And I just got done doing something like that. I’m tired! haha And yes, I’ll enjoy it as much as I can. I know one day they will be men, and I’ll have all these wonderful memories of insanity, yet precious insanity really.
Hah, he sure is cute!
Repeated question bug me with my 5 year old. I think it is the “why” stage…Like I ask her to put the toys she was playing with into a box. “Why”. Because we have little space and after playing we need to use it for something else.”Why”. Because we don’t have a separate room for playing. “Why”….over and over again!
I laughed out loud when I read what you said. haha My conversations with my two year old have a lot of “whys” too. But he doesn’t understand, well my 3 year old doesn’t either, that it’s not “Why Not” it just “Why”. So my conversation with my two year old will go like this. “That truck is big!” (lame example, but you will get the idea), His reply: “Why not?” then my response: “You mean WHY?” His reply: “Because I do.” lol Children are amazing.
haha, yeah, the mistakes they make! Amazing! Actually yesterday I had a flow of inspiration and put together all the funny things my pupils said (I teach English during my “free time” (sic!)) and post it on my blog. It’s so awesome! One of them confused “curtains” with “courtesan”. Yeah…:D
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He is adorable Sarah. My son is starting to talk quite a bit as well. When you tell him just a minute he will sometimes say, “Okay” and it is so cute. He hasn’t started the why questions but I am sure those are just around the corner.
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Aww, it is so cute when they do start to talk to us. Hearing those sweet little voices.
I GET the cute, I swear I do. I have my own collection of cute. But *there are days* LOL. Hubs and I say that in general our life is governed by the ‘Rule of 7′. If you don’t convey your message 7 times in a row (machine gun fashion tends to work best), then you won’t be heard or understood. So in your scenario I would have said: ‘The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. The toast is in the oven. “. Downside? You sound like Rainman Upside? He won’t ask again. hahahahaha
BTW – My eldest is 13, and he still doesn’t hear me. He also doesn’t appreciate my rule of 7 anymore, it’s clearly worn out its novelty. But then, so have I.
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