Today in the 30 Day Challenge I’m supposed to write about something I need to forgive myself for. However, in September, I wrote a post about a friend of mine who passed away and I never sent the final letter. That pretty much sums up something that I need to forgive myself for and in the pregnant, emotional state that I am in …. I don’t want to go back to that moment, so feel free to revisit.
What I really want to talk about is the stage of development that I’m in with the Bug. We live in two zones – utter joy and amazement vs. the terrible two’s. Oh yes, we are there. We are in the throes of not using our “listening ears” and having to go to timeout when we aren’t nice. Honestly though, despite the tantrums and whining, he is still SO MUCH FUN.
But there’s a problem.
I hate that I can’t understand a thing he says.
Ok, that’s not true. I can understand some things and I’m always incredibly proud of myself when he’s talking to my husband and I can translate. Unfortunately, a typical scenario involves him saying a phrase OVER AND OVER and me saying, “honey, I am so sorry, but mommy has no idea what you want/need/are asking for.” It completely sucks as a parent.
His big brown eyes will look up at me pleading “Doo Dah! Doo DAH! DOO DAH!!!” and I just have to sit there and point at everything in the room to no avail. You have to wonder how their little brains work. I just figure he thinks I’m a total dummy.
For the past few days, he’s talked several times about a “buuuuccsh” (sort of sounds like brush and bus combined but believe me, it’s not either of those choices.) He says it over and over and over and I have not a clue what it means. I know it’ll change. I know in a few months, I’ll know what “buuuccsh” means and I’ll figure out what Doo Dah is and all the other funny little gibberish things he says. For now, I guess I just make do as a mom. We all go through it, get through it and come out of it with fun memories of the way our children used to pronounce things.
I don’t want to wish this time of his life away by any means — but if an “enunciation” fairy could fly in to our house for awhile, that would certainly help.
I’m just sayin’.
I was so surprised the day I woke up and started understanding Christopher. I don't know if my ears got better or his speech did – but I was so grateful either way!
OK so I want to take a stab at buuuuucsh…Maybe he is saying PUSH? I only suggest it because our boys are so close in age and Oscar is asking to Push EVERYTHING. Only his sounds more like BEESH. Maybe it's a stage? It sounds like you are doing an awesome job trying to help him out. And I can't wait to hear what you are having!!
And I will take a stab at Doo Dah. Do that? Are you doing something that he wants to do.. so he is saying do that? Dylan's enunciation is great but Scott is still tough to understand at times. I often take his hand and tell him to show me what he wants/ is talking about.