Thursday, May 26, 2011

You've Spent Too Much Time With A Toddler When...

1.Upon hearing the news of a friend's promotion you clap your hands and say "Good Job!"
2.You announce to a room full of adults, "I'm going to go pee-pee in the potty" and once there leave the door ajar
3.You start fixing yourself a drink and realize that without thinking you pour it into a sippy cup and snap on the lid.
4.If you know the location and contents of the baby bag, but haven't seen your “going out” purse in over a year.
5.If you cut everyone's meat and blow on it as you set the plate down.
6.You can sing the Elmo song in your sleep, but have not spoken an uninterrupted sentence in months.
7.You use toddler-ese without realizing it (ex: "I'm sleepy, I think I'll get in my me-mes and go night-night.")

8.Instead of saying yes when you like an idea you just repeat a key word (ex: Do you want steak for dinner? Steak!, Do you want to take the first shower? Shower!)
9.You sweetly reply, “almost” when someone asks for an eta instead of an actual estimate. OR you relay time information by a small child's schedule (ex: Can you pick up X at the store? Um, maybe I'll run there after snack, but before nap>).
10.You start referring to EVERYONE in the third person. "Does Susie have a pretty new dress?"
11.You immediately bring any transparent object to your eye and look through it.
12.You can recite episodes of Blue's Clue, but have no idea what's going on in the world. Or you know the price of diapers in every store in town, but have no idea what size clothes you wear anymore.
13.All of the activities you want to accomplish (showers, cleaning, paying bills)have become "me time".
14.Your first impulse when entering any living room is to sit on the floor.
15.You can name every character on Sesame Street, but have no idea what's happening on your favorite shows (or even what your favorite show are).

I know there's more...Help me out parents, leave any I missed in the comments. Thanks.

4 comments:

  1. Someone, in a group of your peers sneezes - and you exclaim, "Goodness!"

    Again, in a group of your peers, you say with great feeling, "Look! A DOGGIE!"

    I've done both.

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  2. He, he! Those our good. Once my mom was out with friends and someone said "let's get the map" and she started singing the song from Dora!

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  3. I sing the mail song from Blues Clues like every day (I may not be a mommy but I was a full-time nanny for 5 years)

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  4. Ha! I do too. "We just a let-ter!"

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