Sunday, May 9, 2010

Life with a soon-to-be 2yr old

It's been good and I know it will get better over the long haul... (you know how the graphs always show an upward trend even if the line itself is jagged with little ups and downs?) The family has had incredible fun with Our Little One since the day he was born and he continues to bring joy and love to all of us as we grow together and live under the same roof (and just those few times that we do like to think the other person will just disappear from the face of the Earth even just for 5 min)...

These days, its been rather trying (just to say the least) to get Our Little One to respond quickly to instructions... as we all know (or try to at least pretend we understand) toddlers have a mind of their own and live mostly in their own worlds till like maybe.... God knows when .... Let's face it, even as adults we have come across or are guilty of living in our own world sometimes (for those lucky enough to get away with it, all the time)... but with Our Little One... my patience is learning new heights all the time..

Recently however, the Mommy has learnt some new tricks (who says you can't teach an old b****new tricks?) to most effectively get the attention of Our Little One.... it all has to do with a certain toy train that Our Little One has become very infatuated with... no names here since I don't get advertising revenue but using the T toy train in every of The Mommy's instructions has been very effective. For example, "If you don't come here and wash your hands right now, I will take T away from you." And lo and behold, Our Little One just scoots up and runs to the bathroom and readies himself at the wash basin.... I mean how effective is that! It's a miracle!

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