Tue 7 Sep 2010
Why? Where? What happened?
Posted by Jaime under Children Development, Thaddeus Aaron
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The little guy began asking WHY very early, before he was even two. Most of the time, I am being grilled on the most mundane things.
Me:”Let’s go home now”
Thaddeus:”Why must go home?”
Me:”Because its late”
Thaddeus:”Why is it late?”
Me:”Because the moon has come out”
Thaddeus:”Why the moon has come out?”
Me:”Because it’s night already”
Thaddeus:”Why is it night already?”
Me:”Because the sun has gone to bed”
Thaddeus:”Why the sun has gone to bed?”
Me:”Because its late already”
Thaddeus:”Why is it late already?”
Me:”…..”
You get the drift?
Sometimes he would try to answer the questions himself by starting the next sentence with BECAUSE but is unable to complete his sentences properly most of the time, with the BECAUSE hanging in the air…
It really takes a lot of patience to field his WHYS especially when you have to crack your head to answer a string of questions you know will lead to nowhere. Yet I know its important to be responsive and encouraging in this phase, so even I feel like pulling my hair out and run screaming in circles, I smile and try to think of coherent answers to the one million and one WHYS!
But there are instances when it’s really legitimate WHYS and I don’t really have answers for them. One case in point, Talia started ballet lessons and the little man simply does not understand why he has to press his nose against the glass every time to see his sister and a bunch of cute little GIRLS having fun inside a room with a huge mirror. SIGH!
He would wail:”Jiejie goes to ballet class. Why didi cannot go ballet class?” Glupz! call me conservative, but I am not looking forward to putting him in a tutu, at least not NOW! and i think his interest stems from the fact that he wants to join his sister in everything now! So we stopped bringing him along when Talia goes for ballet.
And lately, the WHERES and WHAT HAPPENEDS has reared their heads too! We would be laughing and he would demand to know what happened. How do you explain a joke or what’s happening on TV?
He would also fight to repeat his day to me just as his sister is accounting to me the activities of her day. And two kids speaking at the same time and trying to understand them both at the same time is not easy.
He also has quite a sense of humour, albeit kiddy style! He chuckles easily when he finds something funny and would announced either “funny mummy!” or “funny jiejie!” and most frequently calling himself funny by declaring “funny didi!”
Funny boy!






























