Ellie will soon be three, but she has the attitude of the average 13-year-old.
The most recent addition to her vocabulary?
"Whatever, Mama."
I am not making this up.
She routinely looks at me, holds up one tiny hand, palm out, and says "Whatever." I get this in response to bedtime, bathtime, and requests to pick up her toys or put on her coat. I tried to blame my sister, who is fond of "whatever" as an all-purpose response to . . . well . . . whatever. But then I was informed by several people that I say it a lot, too. So I guess the fact that I'm raising a miniscule diva is no one's fault but my own.
Another new trick is that she now calls me out when I talk to myself. If she hears me mumbling, she says "Mama, who you talk?" More often than not, I am forced to say "Nobody." Or "Myself."
How embarrassing to be caught by the toddler holding a conversation with yourself.
If she doesn't hear something I've said and wants me to repeat it -- a favorite stalling tactic -- she also asks, "Mama, you talk me?" I was prepared for this response the other day when I asked her to put her toys away in preparation for bedtime.
But that's not what I got.
Instead, she looked up at me, cocked her head to one side, showed me her palm in classic "talk to the hand" style, and said, "Mama, you no talk me."
Excuse me?
My not-quite-three-year-old told me -- ORDERED ME, in fact -- to stop "talking her."
Sigh. It's gonna be a long 18 years.
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I had three older sisters and currently have a 15-year-old niece who's putting my oldest sister through the ringer. Good luck! They don't get any less sassier.
ReplyDeleteMy 2 year old is starting to say "go away momma." I thought I wasn't supposed to get that until she was a teenager. Or a tween. But not at 2! :(
ReplyDeleteKyle would say "I not be talkin' to you." Lee Ann
ReplyDeleteYou poor poor thing. The heart bleeds for you. Yes, indeed, it is a rocky road ahead. Siddharth does this funny head jiggle when he says "Whatever" -- but I've developed the fine art of giving him "the look" -- and then he's like "Uh-oh Mom, you're giving me the look. I know that look!" At which point I burst out laughing, if I haven't finished tearing my hear out. Damini has thing about saying "Fine", with a lot of emphasis on the "F" -- I mean she makes it sound like a 4-letter word. Oh right, it is one!
ReplyDeleteHilarious...my daughter who just turned 4's current favorite is "Momma you don't tell me No". But then I realized that I say that all the time too, so I am to blame for raising a diva.
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