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Sleepless days and sleepless nights

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This is not meant to be insensitive to any parent whose child has a speech-delay issue, but oh my god, there are times when I wish Milo would just.stop.talking. Look, I love love love that his vocabulary has quadrupled in the last two months. I love that he’s starting to grasp the syntax of the English language. I love listening to him play with his toys as they talk to each other. (Except for a few weeks ago when I overheard Buzz saying to Woody, “God damn it! GODDAMMIT, WOODY! Be careful!” in the bathtub. Oops.) I love being greeted in the mornings by him, and I love his sweet-sounding high-pitched voice. It’s wonderful to be able to speak interactively with him, to carry on basic conversations, to watch him as he listens to my requests, comprehends my meaning and then decides to ignore me.

But sometimes I just feel like I can’t take any more conversations about trains, train whistles, cabooses, whether or not dogs can go on subways, etc. I get a little tired of constantly answering the “What’s that noise, mommy?” It’s not like I want to be able to sit around and debate, like, Heidegger and other post-Kantians, but dang, I would love to hang out with him in companionable silence sometimes.

(Please remind me I said this in about 13 years when I’m moaning about how my kid never talks to me anymore because he’s too busy texting while the auto-pilot is driving his hovercraft or something.)

Filed under toddlers just like a tiny buzzing in my ear all day long

  1. mommaofboys said: We all have days like this. I used to tell my older boys today my name is shit, and you are allowed to cuss. So no calling me. I was only joking of course. But having 3 constantly saying mommy was driving me bonkers! I always wondered why couldn’t they ask their dad!
  2. upthewolves said: Oh lord I feel you. I always said I wanted a child who preferred to talk all the time instead of never wanting to sit down/bouncing off the walls. I eat my words a lot. Just 5 minutes of silence every now & then is a blessing.
  3. sdotmarymartha said: the dude doesnt even have real speech yet but he never stops talking. I am dreading/anticipating the day the words start flowing. Amazing and brain draining all at once.
  4. junecleaverish said: Yes. This. All of it.
  5. mommy-of-two-2013 said: Lol, its definately o.k to feel like that. Moms need quiet and occassional adult conversation. ;-)
  6. lazydad said: I hear you! I was lucky because my kid barely said 10 words until he was three (and everyone thought he had a learning disability), and then he started talking in complete sentences and hasn’t stopped talking since! Silence would be nice sometimes.
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