Toddler Communication

Maybe I forgot about toddlers repeating things or maybe Jacob and Ava are just special, but it is flabbergasting how many times the kids make me repeat things. 

Jacob: "mom, you find my truck?"

Me: "yes, Jacob, I found your truck."

Jacob: "this my truck, mom?"

Me: "that's your truck. "

Jacob: "you find it? My truck?"

Me: "yes. "

Jacob: "my truck?"

Me: "YES. Your truck. I found your truck, Jacob!"

Ava: "you find Jacob's truck?"

Seriously, it is like living in the Twilight Zone or a mental institution or something. Preschool teachers must have nerves of steel. 

But trying to get a three year old to listen is even worse. 

Jacob: "I want a drink, pwease."

Me: "thank you for being polite. Would you like water or milk?"

....

Me: "Jacob, water or milk?"

...

Me: "Jacob?"

...

Me:"hello? Jacob?"

...

Me: "JACOB!"

Jacob: "you find my truck?"

If I spend half my days repeating things, I spend the other half looking for things the kids NEED. 

Jacob: "mom, I no find my truck?"

Me: "I think it's downstairs. "

Jacob: "where my truck go?"

Me: "I'm looking for it. Just a minute."

Jacob: "where my truck go? Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. "

Me: "I'm looking. "

Jacob: "I want my truck, mom."

-still looking ten minutes later-

Ava: "tummy hurts. Poop."

-take Ava to potty-

Ava: "I help you."

-spend 5 minutes helping Ava walk downstairs and changing her into the pajama shirt and Adam's bedroom slippers that she finds on the floor.-

Jacob: "I want my truck. Where my truck go?"

-finds truck in the middle of the floor where Jacob has been playing.-

Me: "Jacob, I found your truck!"

Jacob: "you find it, mom?!"

Me: "here it is."

Jacob: "I no want it. Where my train go?"

Ava: "I help you!"