My daughter is entering a new phase in her development into a functioning member of society.
She’s started to ask questions. All…kinds…of questions.
“Where are we going?” is a popular one.
“What are you doing?” is another.
“What are you making?” happens around dinner time.
“Where is Leo going?” happens usually when our dog Leo is lying right in front of her, fast asleep with no intention of moving anywhere for the next few hours.
“Will you play with me?” happens while I’m trying to work and my wife is trying to get my daughter out the door.
“Are you wiping my butt?”…that one’s only happened once, and oddly enough it didn’t happen at the changing table. She actually asked me that one after a bath. ”No, honey,” I replied. “I’m drying you off.”
That’s not to say that she’s outgrown the declarative statement. She’s actually started to expand her statements to add qualifiers to make her pronouncements more palatable for adults.
“I don’t want to take a bath…right now. I take a bath later.” (this of course happens when she is going to take a bath, right at that very second)
“I’m going to play for a little while” (This is a common bedtime declaration)
“You break my tower…in a few days” (this one happens when I ask her to put away her building blocks. She’s very particular about how her constructs are treated)
