Colourful star stickers lie dormant in the bathroom cupboard. Located there since POD uttered the words “wee wee”, they are to be given out as a reward for using the potty. Only one has been issued so far. For not severing a finger in the nail cutting process.
Despite calling Granddad Dove “Ga Gam”, POD’s vocabulary is coming on leaps and bounds. As has her understanding of what certain words mean. We’ve established Mummy, Daddy and POD have elbows, backs and belly buttons. On some days we also have eyebrows and foreheads. There is some confusion however surrounding the little hip mole that POD and Mummy share but Daddy doesn’t.
Aside from the obligatory “no”, POD’s most favoured words are “Bellyolly” (Ben and Holly), “weetch” (Room on the Broom) and “barnya” (banana). POD loves bananas even more than “soomas” (satsumas).
Other classics include calling her muzza (muslin) “Noony” and repeatedly saying “Mummy boooob”. Seemingly I just have the one. If you’re in a shop, she likes to yell “Hello man” at the top of her voice. It’s particularly effective in gaining unwanted attention on the “I look like a yeti” days.
If you ask her, POD knows where her bottom is although its exact whereabouts appear vague. She knows Sudocrem doesn’t go on your bottom when you’re still clothed.
POD has realised saying “I need wee wee”(or even better “I need poo”) is the most effective way to achieve freedom super-fast. It’s the best game going. The landing then becomes a speedway for our naked bottom warrior. Once confined to the bathroom playground, on offer is modelling the potty as a hat, filling it with bath creatures or using it as a ship. Sometimes it will be used as a step. Handy when unraveling toilet roll and tearing it up into little pieces. A superb game when Mummy is in the shower with shampoo on her head.
POD asks “Whatsatt?” and points at every available opportunity. A light switch, the stair gate and a radiator dryer all got the pointy finger treatment earlier. As did the poople on the bathroom floor the day before. Hers not mine. We also hear “what’s happening” when something is not quite right. Like the duck that fills itself with water and capsizes in the bath. I ask myself the same question. Ducks are supposed to float aren’t they?
This is our toddler POD. She’s two. She shares her birthday with Jesus.
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That made me smile. I just love their little words that only make send if you live with them every day. Lovely to have you on the link 🙂
My menace does the same, only more about toys than clhetos, although he is also partial to new outfits (but generally I choose them). However the argos catalogue is looked through every evening, better than reading to sleep he thinks. Each day his christmas list gets longer, oh and the adverts, they bring about many requests too!!! I am learning the power of no more and more, and building a philosophy that disappointment is a valuable lesson for all children! Last year, at six, his christmas list was an ipad, a wii and a television for his bedroom needless to say, he didn’t get them! You have to admit though, she has style, her choices are good! Perhaps you need to get cheaper catalogues to leave around!
Thank you, she’s hilarious! And for the lovely welcome 🙂
Pod sounds adorable, she reminds me a lot of my son..also 2…but nowhere near potty trained yet! They may get on 🙂
Aw thank you. She’s nowhere near being potty trained either! Just using the words “wee”, “poo” and “potty” as an escape route 🙂
This is such a lovely post. It’s great when toddlers reach the age when they are starting to communicate. Especially when only mum knows what they are saying! My son says achmed when he wants an orange and it confuses everyone in the room!
Thank you Jess, the blog is only two weeks old. Brilliant your son says achmed for orange. Toddlers are just amazing aren’t they 🙂
Oh bless – it seems ages since my Ozzy was 2 when in reality it’s only a year but yes, I recall that wassssat? stage!
They grow way too fast don’t they? Ozzy looks like great fun 🙂
Oh bless, she is adorable. Makes me yearn for those years again! (When in fact it was only about a year and a half ago!!!)
Aw thank you. They grow up so quickly don’t they? I can’t believe she’s two already!!!