Day 17: Toddler Talk

The many (and very common) phrases of my two year old son.

• I need help, Mama.
• Tractor ride. (Asking Grandpa to take him for a ride on the mower- of course when blade is off)
• This one.
• School buses. More school buses! One more school bus! (On our drive to daycare)
• Mama’s turn. Charlie’s turn!
• Mama crying. (I cried a lot when Ollie was first born… hormones, right?!?)
• I take it.
• Kinda cute. (Talking about Ollie or his beloved stuffed animals)
• One more?
• Mama, do it.
• What happened?
• What happening over there?
• What going on over there? (So nosey and curious)
• Play Monna song! (Charlie talking to the Alexa to play the Moana soundtrack)
• Bless you, Ollie.
• Excuse me. (He is terribly polite!)
• I want one. (Any time he hears the crinkle of a wrapper, thinking it must be a treat.)
• More please?
• Spit up again. Need a new bib. (Referring to Ollie. He spits up. A lot.)
• Where go? (Loves to hide things under his shirt to mimic Daddy’s magic tricks)
• Daddy, where are you? (Playing hide and seek with Daddy)
• Big one! (Building tall towers with his blocks.) 
• By sheep. See later. I come back. (Saying goodbye to his lovey in the car this morning before drop-off at daycare)

I love actually knowing what he is saying, that he can successfully communicate with me. There are plenty of other little phrases he’s currently saying, and I have no idea what he means. Sometimes I try to play along and guess. Other times, I just say, “Sorry, sugar, I don’t know what you’re saying.”