Toddlers are mysterious creatures.
With their chubby hands and lack of ankles, they can often be mistaken for highly complex beings, interested in calculated pursuits like hijacking your technology and strategically interrupting your sleep.
But when it comes down to it, toddlers are very, very simple. In fact, we think that every interaction you have with your toddler can be boiled down to five basic conversations, that take place across a (wide) variety of scenarios.
Below are the five core conversations you have with your toddler:
…Can I have it?
Toddler: Can I have it?
Parent: No.
Toddler: But I really, really want it.
Parent: I know, but unfortunately, you can’t have it.
Toddler: Perhaps you misheard me. I want it, very much please.
Parent: I heard you. But no, you cannot have it.
Toddler: *baffled*
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Here's my gem from today...
Toddler: "I did poo and I didn't wipe my bum cos it doesn't stink"
Me: "but you need to wipe your bum"
Toddler: "no I don't and I didn't flush the toilet either"
Me: "you need to flush the toilet because nobody wants to see your poo"
Toddler: "they do"
Me: "no they don't"
Toddler: "yes they do!!"
Me: 😩
And "Poo". Where? On the floor/in my pants/in the bath/need to do poo...usually when leaving house/have just left house/have just arrived somewhere as you realise you have no clean undies with you!