I was excited when my child learned how to speak. I was really excited when I realized he could talk and express himself so clearly. My Sam talked for well over a year and never really got stuck in the question faze. I bragged that he was bright enough to know the answers tot he questions so he didn't bother to ask.....seriously, was I misguided. Who, what, where, when why why why start pretty much every sentence that comes out of his mouth. Sam not only asks questions, he rarely stops to hear the answers. His questions are so predictable that I can usually answer them before he asked them.
Why we going shopping
Because we need food
Why we need food
Because we have to make something for dinner
Why we have to make something for dinner
So we are not hungry
Why we not hungry
You get my point....you cannot out answer a toddler. My favorite question is....Where my house go? I cannot see my house, Where my house go mommy?...Sometimes he will repeat this questions 10plus times and I (the ever patient mother) will try hard to give him an explanation his little mind can understand...but I cannot win, he out asks me every time.
So, I have started to try to teach him what an appropriate question is. I have explained that the question "Where grandma's house go" does not make sense and that he should think about what he is asking. Well, once again my toddler has proven one that he really does listen to what I say and two, that all things come around (in my case rather quickly.
This morning while we were getting ready for the day I asked Sam what he wanted for breakfast (perhaps a good question, but the reality was there is usually no choice...miniwheats is the weekday breakfast of choice around here...) Sam answered. "why you ask me that question mommy, we always have cereal, no pancakes, no waffles, we eat cereal...(then there was a long pause, Sam looked up at me with his head cocked sideways and said quick frankly) that wasn't a good question mommy, think about is, just think about it first..."
