The defiance begins
03/10/05 12:06 Filed in: Life
You'll find
this hard to believe, but occasionally, just every
now and then, Carlo can misbehave the teensiest
little bit. And when that happened on the weekend
Daddy picked him up and put him, sobbing, in the cot
for time out.
A couple of minutes later, when Josie went to retrieve him, he told her '*sob*Daddy *sob* naughty *sob*'.
And so the Terrible-Two defiance begins.
Now when he doesn't get what he wants, or he is asked to 'put that down' or his request is declined he spits out 'Daddy Naughty!'
He has added 'no' to his vocabulary.
Would you like some bread, Carlo? 'No bread.'
Want to go for a walk? 'No walk!'
Say goodnight to Daddy. 'No Daddy! Daddy Naughty.
I tried a line from Independence Day: Do you want world peace, Carlo? 'Peace! No peace.'
Yesterday while Josie and I had lunch I sent him away. 'No way!'
Josie spoke to him sweetly and explained he could have some time when we finished lunch. 'Go away,' I added. '[screeeeech] No Way.'
Soft talk repeated, and as he toddled off, 'and go away'. Spins around 'No Way! Daddy Naughty!'
A couple of minutes later, when Josie went to retrieve him, he told her '*sob*Daddy *sob* naughty *sob*'.
And so the Terrible-Two defiance begins.
Now when he doesn't get what he wants, or he is asked to 'put that down' or his request is declined he spits out 'Daddy Naughty!'
He has added 'no' to his vocabulary.
Would you like some bread, Carlo? 'No bread.'
Want to go for a walk? 'No walk!'
Say goodnight to Daddy. 'No Daddy! Daddy Naughty.
I tried a line from Independence Day: Do you want world peace, Carlo? 'Peace! No peace.'
Yesterday while Josie and I had lunch I sent him away. 'No way!'
Josie spoke to him sweetly and explained he could have some time when we finished lunch. 'Go away,' I added. '[screeeeech] No Way.'
Soft talk repeated, and as he toddled off, 'and go away'. Spins around 'No Way! Daddy Naughty!'
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