Forbidden words
Hmm…first post for the month of April…let’s make it a fun one yea 
If you are a parent to a toddler, have you experience the "forbidden words" symptom?
What I mean is certain words that we spoke on normal conversations being picked up by our little one. Then, the demands comes in as if its unstoppable and we regret using that word. Later, we sort of like formulate with our spouse that these forbidden words should be spoken in a language that little one not yet understood…hopefully for a while more….
Lately, I have discovered quite a number of "forbidden words" with my little one, Zoe…
Scenario 1 - Chocolate
Me: (telling Daddy)…today I finally cleaned the fridge and throw away some of those long forgotten chocolates…so messy!
Daddy: ok!
Zoe: Choc-ket!…ehhhh…Mommy, I want eat choc-ket…ehhhh
Scenario 2 - Playground
Me: (telling Daddy)…today i saw your friend’s wife at the playground with her baby…
Daddy: oooh…
Zoe: Mommy….i wanna go pay-ground! wanna go pay-ground!!
Me: No Zoe! its night time now, we go some other day…
Zoe: NOooooooo! I wan go pay-ground! (pulling my hands and reaching to the door)
Me: Arrrrgggghhh…I should have just shut up!!!
There are many forbidden words now like ice cream, cake, hypermarkets name like Giant or Tesco…hmm…even I loose track of it.
Since we do not want to create unwanted cries and whines, we speak carefully nowadays avoiding any of these forbidden words that we know will trigger Zoe’s keyword search engine…or we said it in another language that she do not understand yet. I tell u!!!….susah-nya! (difficult)
On another note, few days back at around 4-ish morning, Zoe sit up suddenly and started to whine. I was so sleepy and asking her to stop whining and tell me what she wants. The conversation goes like this…
Me: Zoe! stop whining, Mommy dun understand u, tell Mommy what u want, u want milk?
Zoe: ….ehhh…I want shopping!
Me: huh! (thinking inside what have I done wrong to deserve this and let out a big sigh)…dark dark outside, closed already! Go back to sleep…
Zoe: shopping….ehhh (eyes half closed)
Luckily she falls back to sleep shortly after some patting from me….
Do you have issues like these with your toddlers?
#1 and #2 I know....though not in so many words!
#3 !!! LOL....what have you done Mrs Shopaholic!!! But you know...at least you will have a shopping kaki now for the rest of your life!
Comment by Ann — April 8, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
Ann - Hmm...its just comforting to know that other ppl understand what I am going thru...hahaha! and...I welcome more shopping kaki but not at 4am!!!
Comment by ponytales — April 9, 2009 @ 1:09 am
remember you used to laugh at us using malay words...wait till zoe goes primary school...now we just avoid any secrets in front of alyssa...sigh!
Comment by waiyin — April 9, 2009 @ 7:54 am
Wai Yin - Yes, I remembered especially when its happening to me now...u mean its gonna last till primary or more like its never gonna end...sigh....big sigh....
Comment by ponytales — April 10, 2009 @ 1:04 am
First time on your blog and I like it a lot... Well my son is 17 months old and has not starting saying any words except mama and come so don't know much but I am sure kids do pick up whatever we say.
Comment by Jaanvi — April 10, 2009 @ 5:41 am
Jaanvi - Hello! Thanks for dropping by
Yes, when they started picking up our words, that's whole new toddler world that we need to handle...hee hee
Comment by ponytales — April 10, 2009 @ 6:16 am
Woahahahahah!!! My Ah Fie also will make noise if she hears tesco!
speaking of whine, Ah Fie also wakes up in the middle of the nite and whines a lot. sometimes talk silly stuff too ...
Comment by duckie — April 10, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
The kids in my house will even follow us when we mentioned "MYDIN". LOL!
Comment by gina — April 11, 2009 @ 1:34 am